By: Sean Crose
The World Boxing Group has decreed that junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora sq. off towards dwelling legend Terence Crawford for Fundora’s junior middleweight title. “Please be suggested that the events herein have thirty (30) days upon issuance of this discover to barter and attain an settlement for the above -referenced WBO Jr. Middleweight Obligatory Championship Contest,” the Group posted in an official letter on Wednesday. “If an accord shouldn’t be reached throughout the timeframe said herein, a handbag bid might be ordered per the WBO Rules of World Championship Contests.” In brief – a quite vital title combat has now been formally ordered by the WBO.
Fundura received his title belt the exhausting method, by grinding out a victory over the extraordinarily gifted, however brutally reduce, Tim Tszyu final March. Extraordinarily tall for his measurement, Fundura is named “The Towering Inferno,” as he stands at almost six and a half ft in top. The Florida based mostly fighter has a report of 21-1-1, his lone loss coming on the gloved fists of Brian Mendoza by way of seventh spherical knockout in 2023. His lone draw was the results of a ten spherical affair with Jamontay Clark again in 2019 – ages in the past by boxing requirements.
Crawford, in fact, wants no introduction. Maybe the one greatest fighter of his era, the Omaha native has now received world titles in quite a few weight divisions. What’s extra, he received the undisputed welterweight championship of the world final summer time when he fully dominated a clearly outgunned Errol Spence. Now, seeking to turn out to be a junior middleweight world titlist (he at the moment holds an interim title) Crawford can also be being seen as a candidate to face tremendous middleweight king – and fellow future Corridor of Famer – Canelo Alvarez. Though he’s now 36 years previous, Crawford has confirmed to be all the pieces the world has stated he’s with a report of 41-0.
Nonetheless, a bout with Fundura would clearly be an attention-grabbing affair. Nobody will argue that Fundura shouldn’t be as expert as chess mater Crawford, however he has top and youth in his favor, each in giant doses. Crawford is on one other stage than most fighters, although. Extraordinarily affected person, he waits a couple of rounds to see precisely how he’ll defeat his opponent – then goes proper forward and does simply that, most of the time throughout the distance. Seeing Crawford’s genius at work towards the confirmed coronary heart of the taller, youthful Fundura might be one thing followers will quickly discover themselves wanting ahead to.
