Is the shopping done? Fundora thinks he can win

Sebastian Furdora says his next title defense of his WBC and WBO junior middleweight belts “should” be against Errol Spence. Fans have mixed feelings about Fundora, 6’5 1/2″, fighting a burnt-looking Spence because he hasn’t performed well since his car accident on October 10, 2019.

Is Spence washed?

Errol has fought just three times in the last four years as of 2020, and has been out of the ring since suffering a ninth-round knockout against Terence Crawford on July 30, 2023. In that bout, Spence looked like a broken shell of a fighter. it had been years before.

Spence’s activity since 2020

– Terence Crawford: defeat by TKO 9
– Yordenis Ugas: UD 12 victory
– Danny Garcia: UD 12 win

His reflexes, speed and power were gone. He took a beating from Crawford, who was made to look better than he actually was by how physically depleted Spence appeared. During the interview of the fight, you could tell that Spence wasn’t right. He seemed to have a mouth full of marbles and was speaking in slow motion.

Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) and former unified welterweight champion Spence (28-1, 21 KOs) were mentioned as next in line to fight following Sebastian’s win over WBO 154-pound champion Tim Tszyu on March 30 earlier this year.

Spence entered the ring at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas immediately following Fundora’s 12-round split decision against Tszyu, making it clear that they would fight next.

«It should be next. I think it will be a good fight with a lot of action. Throws a lot of punches. I throw a lot of punches,” Sebastian Fundora told BoxNation about him and Errol Spence brawling afterwards. “He’s a come-forward fighter. I consider myself that, too. It would be good for the Mexican fans in America.”

The Fundora opportunity

It’s no surprise that Fundora, 26, is excited to fight Spence because his chances of winning would be high. Fans would much rather see Fundora face someone more convincing, like the IBF 154-pound champion Bakhram Murtazaliev neighbor rather than Spence. At least that fight would be more sporting.

Fundora is seen as a vulnerable card champion who will only hold his title as long as he is carefully matched. His title reign will end if he fights someone of quality like Murtazaliev, Vergil Ortiz Jr, Serhii Bohachuk or Israil Madrimov.

Fundora is scheduled to fight a rematch against Brian Mendoza to avenge his seventh-round knockout loss on April 8, 2023. That was just a year ago, and has done nothing to go in the direction of fighting Mendoza again.