Errol Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) will emerge from a protracted 18-month layoff to tackle WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) in late January in Arlington, Texas.
In accordance with Barboza Field, the Spence-Fundora combat shall be staged at both Cowboy Stadium or Cowboy Coaching facility. Each locations are glorious for this match-up, which ought to entice lots of curiosity.
It’s not a great signal that Spence is coming off a protracted layoff, a foul knockout loss, and combating in a weight class he’s by no means competed in. But when Spenc loses, he’ll have a great excuse.
Spence-Fundora was anticipated to happen in October, however Fundora has been coping with an injured nostril from his earlier combat in opposition to WBO 154-lb champion Tim Tszyu final March in Las Vegas. Fundora defeated Tszyu by a 12-round cut up choice on the T-Cellular Enviornment however suffered a nostril harm on this grueling contest.
Spence entered the ring after the combat, making it clear that he could be the subsequent opponent for Fundora to defend in opposition to. Sadly, it’s taken longer than anticipated for the combat to occur lastly.
There are lots of questions on what Spence, 34, has left after the best way he carried out in his final combat in opposition to 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 really was.
Spence goes into his combat in opposition to 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 enormous lately, and he’s not coming off a automobile crash.
Going into the Crawford combat, Spence had placed on lots of weight as a consequence of 17 months of inaticity and good consuming. That turned his coaching camp right into a fats farm and should have performed an element within the final result.