On the undercard of the Golden Boy Promotions Floyd Schofield-Rene Tellez Giron occasion that was broadcast dwell on DAZN, Gabriela “Candy Poison “ Fundora stopped Gabriela Alaniz (15-2, 6 KOs) within the seventh spherical and received the undisputed flyweight crown.
Gabriela Fundora got here into Saturday night time’s undisputed championship bout because the IBF champion and her opponent Gabriela Alaniz entered the competition because the unified WBC, WBA, WBO world champion. The battle turned out to be an motion packed bout that Fundora was capable of finish by stoppage.
Two years in the past, siblings Gabriela and Sebastian Fundora had been doing tv interviews talking about who would be the first to win a world title. Again in October 2023, Gabriela received the IBF world title, and 5 months later her brother turned a unified champion when he defeated Tim Tszyu and received the WBO and the vacant WBC belt.
On Saturday night time, Gabriela Fundora had the chance to up the ante in her pleasant sibling rivalry along with her brother Sebastian. In her conflict for undisputed, the 5-foot 9-inch southpaw Gabriela Fundora landed a stable proper hook early on within the opening spherical.
As spherical one progressed, the 5 foot 3 inch Gabriela Alaniz closed the gap, landed a pointy mixture, after which obtained out of vary. Within the second spherical, Alaniz was capable of land one other stable mixture, however she paid the value as Fundora responded by connecting with a giant proper hook.
Alaniz had a superb begin to spherical 3 as she linked with a 2-1 mixture and adopted it up by touchdown a flurry of punches. A firefight broke out within the ultimate 30 seconds of the fourth spherical as each Fundora and Alaniz landed a number of energy pictures.
In rounds 5 and 6, Alaniz was capable of land her offense, however each time Alaniz linked, she was hit by return hearth. On the midpoint of the seventh spherical, Fundora landed a giant left hand that knocked Alaniz off stability.
Seconds later, Gabriela Fundora landed one other huge left hand that despatched Gabriela Alaniz all the way down to the canvas. Alaniz was capable of proceed, however Fundora proceeded to land one other arduous shot, which despatched Alaniz again all the way down to the canvas.
As soon as once more, Alaniz was capable of rise up, however she appeared a little bit wobbly. At that time, the referee determined to step in and put a halt to the competition. With the knockout victory, Gabriela Fundora (15-0, 7 KOs) is the brand new undisputed flyweight champion.
Now that the 22-year-old Fundora has efficiently conquered the flyweight division, she’s has quite a lot of profession choices to select from. Nevertheless, earlier than she proclaims any plans with reference to her boxing future, Fundora needs to the touch base along with her co-promoters Golden Boy and Sampson Boxing with a view to pursue the most suitable choice.
