The World Boxing Group has ordered WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) to face interim champ Terence Crawford subsequent. Terence (41-0, 31 KOs) holds the WBA 154-lb title and the interim WB) belt.
30-Day Negotiation Window
In the event that they select to struggle, Crawford and Fundora have 30 days to agree in a handbag bid. It’s unknown if the struggle will occur as a result of each fighters produce other concepts for who they wish to struggle.
Crawford has proven little interest in making an attempt to develop into undisputed at 154, maybe as a result of laborious work he would wish to place in by defeating Fundora, 26, after which the winner of the Tim Tszyu vs. Bakhram Murtazaliev.
Crawford would in all probability go on this course if he weren’t pushing for a profitable struggle in opposition to Canelo Alvarez at tremendous middleweight. There’s extra money for Crawford to scoop up in opposition to Canelo, and he’d solely should struggle as soon as to get it.
If Crawford chooses to try to develop into undisputed at 154, there’s the likelihood he might lose to Fundora or the Tszyu-Murtazaliev winner. Both means, it’s lots of laborious work, excessive threat, and punishment that Crawford should take to perform this activity.
Fundora’s Towering Presence
Fundora, 6’6″, is so tall, and he’s obtained a adequate beard to take Crawford’s pictures and dish out a beating on him. If Crawford thought he took many laborious pictures from Israil Madrimov earlier this month, simply look forward to what he must take combating Fundora.
It wouldn’t be good as a result of he throws lots of punches, and he’s not shot or weight-drained like Spence was final yr. That was Crawford’s greatest profession win, and he didn’t look wherever close to nearly as good in opposition to Madrimov earlier this month on August third.
Fundora was speculated to defend his WBC and WBO 154-lb titles in opposition to Errol Spence subsequent. If that’s nonetheless his plan, he’ll vacate his WBO title if Crawford agrees to the struggle. There’s good cash Fundora could make combating Spence, and it’s probably an even bigger payday than in opposition to Crawford except His Excellency Turki Alalshikh is excited about contributing to the purses to make this a Riyadh Season occasion.
Crawford is coming off a slim 12-round unanimous choice over WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov in his debut at 154. Terence didn’t look good in that struggle, displaying that he’d hit his ceiling for what he might do in shifting as much as his fourth division at 36.
