Errol Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) will emerge from an extended 18-month layoff to tackle WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) in late January in Arlington, Texas.
In response to Barboza Field, the Spence-Fundora combat shall be staged at both Cowboy Stadium or Cowboy Coaching facility. Each locations are wonderful for this match-up, which ought to appeal to a whole lot of curiosity.
It’s not a superb signal that Spence is coming off an extended layoff, a nasty knockout loss, and combating in a weight class he’s by no means competed in. But when Spenc loses, he’ll have a superb excuse.
Spence-Fundora was anticipated to happen in October, however Fundora has been coping with an injured nostril from his earlier combat towards WBO 154-lb champion Tim Tszyu final March in Las Vegas. Fundora defeated Tszyu by a 12-round cut up resolution on the T-Cell Area however suffered a nostril harm on this grueling contest.
Spence entered the ring after the combat, making it clear that he can be the subsequent opponent for Fundora to defend towards. Sadly, it’s taken longer than anticipated for the combat to occur lastly.
There are a whole lot of questions on what Spence, 34, has left after the way in which he carried out in his final combat towards Terence Crawford in July 2023. The beforehand unbeaten unified welterweight champion Spence took a beating from Crawford, dropping by a ninth-round knockout in an undisputed conflict. Spence made Crawford look higher than he truly was.
Spence goes into his combat towards the 6’6″ Fundora able the place he can’t afford to undergo one other unhealthy loss. The excellent news is that he’s not regarded big just lately, and he’s not coming off a automobile crash.
Going into the Crawford combat, Spence had placed on a whole lot of weight because of 17 months of inaticity and good consuming. That turned his coaching camp right into a fats farm and should have performed a component within the consequence.
