Sebastian Fundora will defend his WBC and WBO junior middleweight titles subsequent towards Errol Spence in early 2025 in Texas.
Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) reportedly reached a cope with WBO obligatory and interim champion Terence Crawford to permit him to defend towards Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) subsequent.
If Fundora defeats Spence, he’ll face WBO obligatory Crawford later in 2025. A win for Spence would arrange a doable rematch with Crawford. That might be an enormous struggle as nicely.
How massive is unknown as a result of many boxing followers wouldn’t be serious about seeing a second struggle between Spence and Crawford because of how one-sided their contest was final 12 months, in July 2023. Crawford knocked out Spence within the ninth spherical in a very one-sided struggle.
Mike Coppinger broke the information that Fundora would struggle Spence subsequent, with Crawford stepping apart to let that massive match happen.
Followers are enthusiastic about Spence taking up Fundora, but it surely might finish badly for the 34-year-old. The 26-year-old Fundora is younger, energetic, in his prime, and tall at 6’6″. This struggle might finish badly for Spence, who doesn’t consider in taking tuneups.
Spence hasn’t executed something to deserve a title shot towards WBC and WBO 154-lb champion Fundora. Errol has been sitting for 15 months since dropping to Crawford on July 29, 2023, and it’s not precisely honest that he’s allowed to leap the road in entrance of the opposite contenders within the WBC/WBO’s rankings to problem Fundora for his belts.
Spence seemed fairly pale in his struggle towards Crawford, his match towards Yordenis Ugas in April 2022, and his conflict towards Danny Garcia in December 2020, 15 months earlier than that.
The accidents and smooth dwelling that Spence has had since 2020 has contributed to a drop off in his recreation. His final three performances look nothing like the way in which he’d fought again in 2018 and earlier.
It’s unclear who Crawford will struggle whereas he’s ready for the smoke to clear from the Fundora vs. Spence struggle. Given the 37-year-old Crawford’s age and up to date lackluster efficiency towards Israil Madrimov on August third, he must return to the ring quickly towards one of many contenders in order that he doesn’t enable extra ring-rust to build up. Crawford didn’t look good coming off of a 13-month layoff to problem Madrimov for his WBA junior middleweight title.
