Former unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. is anticipated to return from his lengthy layoff in early 2025 and problem WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) for one or each of his titles. The struggle has but to be introduced by the PBC, however it’s anticipated to quickly.
Will probably be a tricky struggle for Spence to maneuver as much as 154 to tackle the a lot youthful 26-year-old Fundora, who may have an enormous peak and attain benefit over him. The 6’5 3/4″ Fundora has wins over Tim Tszyu, Erickson Lubin, and Carlos Ocampo. His peak and youth could possibly be a nightmare for Spence, who seemed shot in his loss to Terence Crawford.
Ring Rust
Given Spence’s layoff and up to date performances, it’s not more likely to finish nicely for him in opposition to Fundora. It’s unclear whether or not Errol’s motivation for taking this struggle with no tuneup is only for cash or what. It could possibly be only a money out for Spence to get one final payday earlier than retiring.
Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) hasn’t fought in 16 months, 3 weeks since his ninth-round knockout loss to Terence Crawford on July 29, 2023. Will probably be a nasty look on the WBC and WBO’s half to permit Spence to struggle for his or her belts, coming off an extended layoff, a brutal knockout.
If the Fundora-Spence struggle does happen within the first quarter of 2025, it is going to be fascinating to see how Spence appears. He’s had repeated lengthy layoffs since 2020, combating solely thrice in 4 years.
His final two performances in opposition to Crawford and Yordenus Ugas had been lackluster. That’s not stunning, given the accidents from his 2019 automobile crash in Dallas, Texas, weight issues, and pure ageing. Like loads of fighters that make thousands and thousands, the motivation to maintain busy drops off, and so they spend much less and fewer time within the ring.
If Spence had proven some initiative, he might have come again and crushed one or two of the highest contenders at junior middleweight.
Spence is ranked #1 with the WBC however by no means with the WBO. They’ll need to agree to permit Errol to struggle for his or her belt. If not, it might fall vacant, seemingly leading to WBO interim champion Crawford being moved as much as full belt champ. Which may not be a superb factor for the WBO as a result of it’s questionable whether or not Crawford will ever struggle once more at 154. He’s dialed in for the Canelo Alvarez struggle.
