Joe Cordina faces a court appearance in July after being charged “with assault and threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place”.
The 32-year-old Welshman is a former super-featherweight world champion and was due to fight for the WBO lightweight title in the United States on 4 July.
South Wales Police (SWP) has confirmed Cordina and another man “have been charged in connection with an incident outside Pentwyn Service Station, Pentwyn Road, Cardiff, on February 27, 2026”.
SWP stated: “Joseph Cordina, 34, from Pontprennau, has been charged with assault and threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place. He is due to appear at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on July 7.
“Jamie O’Brien, 32, from Pentwyn, has been charged with assault and is due to appear at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on July 28.”
Cordina was due to fight American Abdullah Mason in Cleveland on Saturday, 4 July, but has said the United States embassy in London turned down his visa application.
Cordina revealed in a social media post on Wednesday that he had been denied a US visa, saying: “I was due to fly to the United States this week. A couple of days back I went to the US embassy in London and they basically denied me a visa.
“I tried to explain certain things, and had all the paperwork to back it up, and they wasn’t having it.
“They just sort of basically told me you ain’t getting in.”