Gary Cully revealed he had agreed to battle former World Champion Joe Cordina solely to see the battle fall by.
Cully was supplied the prospect to battle the Welsh fighter on 12 October in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia and wasted no time in saying ‘sure’.
Nevertheless, the previous tremendous feather IBF world champion was handed a shot a Shakur Stevenson and his WBC light-weight world title and it was again to the opponent drawing board for the Kildare native.
Hand surgical procedure has since dominated three-weight world champion, Stevenson out of that battle so the Son of Sarto might properly get the prospect to battle his Matchroom stablemate.
The person dethroned by Anthony Cacace is in search of a light-weight battle and is eyeing up a November or December date. Contemplating he was being lined up beforehand the Unit 3 southpaw will definitely in be the body.
Talking to Irish-boxing.com earlier than it was Stevenson – Cordina was confirmed as off the thrilling Naas puncher stated: “I accepted a giant battle for Riyadh season, October 12 two weeks in the past and I believed that was going to return off. It might have been an enormous alternative, life-changing. We’ve seen that Joe Cordina is preventing Shakur Stevenson now, in order that fell by. I accepted that battle and wished to take that huge oppurtuinity, however like I stated it fell by so we’re engaged on whats subsequent. It is going to be this facet of the New Yr however when or the place it will likely be I’m be aware fairly positive but.”
A battle with a longtime title like Cordina would have been enormous for Cully and with the ‘Wizard’ now deemed a worthy Stevenson opponent it simply received larger. Safe a battle with Cordina and beat him and the Nial Barrett-trained fighter can legitimately name out the American world title holder.
If the supply does come the previous Irish champion’s method, he’ll probably keep true to his ‘say sure’ mantra and take it.
“I actually need to get essentially the most out of those subsequent 4 to 5 years as a result of then it’s a lifetime of trying again and I don’t need to have any ‘what ifs’ in boxing. That’s why each alternative that pops up I say sure to, each alternative that’s going to higher my profession or higher my future.
“I work exhausting within the gymnasium each single day as a result of when it’s gone it’s gone. Whenever you’re 32 or 33 and also you’re completed and also you’re trying again in your profession for the remainder of your life. I don’t need to have any what ifs or maybes or ought to have completed this or ought to have completed that. I gained’t have any of them regrets so I’ll take each alternative. I’ll work as exhausting as I can and I’ll be 100% each time to do this.”