WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, desires to make a unification battle subsequent towards WBA champ Terence Crawford, not a title protection towards Errol Spence.
Crawford vs. Fundora Would Be Large
Boxing insider Manouk Akopyan reviews that Lewkowicz is “centered on” making a battle with the unbeaten Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) somewhat than Spence. It is sensible for Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) to battle Crawford subsequent, provided that he’s well liked by His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, and a match between them would make some huge cash for one of many Riyadh Season occasions.
Turki desires to offer Crawford the largest battle potential, and he had hoped to arrange a conflict towards unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem like it’s going to occur as a result of Mexican star’s lack of curiosity and excessive price ticket.
The cash Crawford would make preventing the 6’6″ ‘Towering Inferno’ Fundora gained’t be anyplace near what he would get preventing Canelo, however it might nonetheless be fairly good. Crawford vs. Fundora would doubtless usher in good numbers on PPV within the U.S. and be higher than his current battle towards WBA 154-lb champion Israil Madrimov on August third.
Combating Spence gained’t deliver the identical sort of consideration and cash as a match towards Crawford, who’s on the prime of his sport at 37. Spence’s loss to Crawford final yr and 14 months of inactivity could have harm his recognition with followers.
Fundora is coming off a 12-round cut up choice win over WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu on March thirtieth, and he’s lastly in a position to return to the ring after coping with accidents from that battle.
“A battle between Sebastian Fundora and Errol Spence continues to simmer; promoter Sampson [Lewkowicz] tells me he’s solely centered on staging a battle for Fundora towards Terence Crawford,” stated Manouk Akopyan on X about WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, curiosity in making a battle with Crawford subsequent, not Errol Spence.
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