SEBASTIAN FUNDORA has been ordered to face Terence Crawford in a super-welterweight unification this 12 months.
Fundora at present holds the WBO and WBC titles on account of his blood-soaked cut up choice victory over Tim Tszyu in March. The division’s newcomer Crawford, in the meantime, is the WBA champion following his win towards Israil Madrimov in LA earlier this month.
Now the chairman of the WBO Championship Committee Luis Batista Salas has knowledgeable each side by way of electronic mail that they’ve 30 days to achieve an settlement for a three-belt unification. If they’re unable to take action, a handbag bid will happen.
As per the WBO’s rules, both aspect are in a position to request a handbag bid at any level throughout the 30-day negotiation interval, which kicked off on August 28.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 30: WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu (L) takes a punch from Sebastian Fundora through the ninth spherical of a title struggle at T-Cellular Area on March 30, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fundora received Tszyu’s title and a vacant WBC title by cut up choice. (Picture by Steve Marcus/Getty Photos)
Crawford, a former WBO champion at welterweight, light-welter and light-weight, is first in line for a shot at Fundora by advantage of additionally successful the WBO interim title throughout his victory over Madrimov.
It had been urged that Fundora may face Errol Spence Jr earlier than the 12 months is out however there seems to have been little motion on that struggle and now it may very well be the one man to have overwhelmed the Texan up subsequent as a substitute.
Nonetheless it’s unclear what 36-year-old Crawford will do subsequent, with a money-spinning showdown with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez nonetheless acutely potential he may resolve to swerve Fundora altogether.
