Newly minted WBC Super Featherweight champion "Ice Water" O'shaquie Foster of Orange is a promotional free agent and wants to unify with newly minted IBF champ Joe Cordina of Cardiff, Wales. Cordina won the IBF belt that he was forced to vacate due to a broken hand in late 2022 when he outboxed Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov in Cardiff back on April 22nd. The East Texas native has just informed Bad Left Hook that he is no longer signed with Probellum and is now a promotional free agent. He said he is free to sign with anyone and fight anyone of his choosing.
Foster, who captured his world title at the Alamodome back in February when he dominated Rey Vargas over 12 lopsided rounds, has been calling out the IBF champ for the past few days. Foster has expressed openness and interest in talking to both PBC and Matchroom in attempts to make unification bouts and the biggest fights in the division. Cordina fights under the Matchroom banner which is run by Eddie Hearn, who has not only had massive success in the Lone Star State but has also called the Texas Commission "the best in the united states" and "one of the best in the world" Making a Foster-Cordina unification bout for later this year in Texas a very, real possibility. The Orange native added he is willing to go over to the UK to make the fight as well. "I am ready to take over the division,” he told Bad Left Hook. “I am more than happy to travel to the UK to face Joe Cordina, but only if they pay me – the money has to be right.” The WBC champ said.
Cordina expressed mutual interest in the fight. Cordina took to Twitter and replied to a Tweet from 3DBoxingblog and said "...I just fought a week ago let me have a little bit of time with my family. The fight will happen, just relax."