Another man, Jamie O’Brien, 32, from Pentwyn, has also been charged with assault in connection with the same incident and is scheduled to appear in court on July 28.
The charges were announced one day after Cordina confirmed he had been denied a visa to enter the United States, forcing him out of his planned July 4 challenge against WBO lightweight champion Abdullah Mason in Cleveland.
“It’s not injuries. I’ve seen a lot of reports saying injuries, but there’s no injuries,” Cordina said on Instagram. “I’ve had a great camp and I was meant to fly over this week. A couple of days back, I went to the U.S. Embassy in London, and they basically denied me a visa.
“I tried to explain certain things, and I had all the paperwork to back it up, and they wasn’t having it. They basically told me, ‘You ain’t getting in.’”
Cordina said he was “absolutely gutted” after missing what would have been an opportunity to become a three-time world champion and capture a title in a second weight class.
The unbeaten Mason (20-0, 17 KOs) will now make the first defense of his WBO lightweight title against Albert Bell (28-0, 9 KOs) in the main event on July 4 at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland.
