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″, going up against the burned-out Spence, who has not performed well since his car accident on October 10, 2019.
Is Spence washed up?
Errol has fought just three times in the last four years since 2020 and has been out of the ring since suffering a ninth-round knockout against Terence Crawford on July 30, 2023. In that fight, Spence looked like a broken shell of a fighter. he had been years earlier.
Spence’s activity since 2020
– Terence Crawford: TKO 9-loss
– Yordenis Ugas: UD 12 win
– Danny Garcia: UD 12 win
His reflexes, speed and power were gone. He took a beating from Crawford, which was made to look better than he actually was because of how physically exhausted Spence looked. During the match interview you could see that Spence was wrong. He sounded like he had a mouth full of marbles and was talking in slow motion.
Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) and former unified welterweight champion Spence (28-1, 21 KOs) have been mentioned as next fights since Sebastian’s win over WBO 154-lb champion Tim Tszyu on 30 March 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 they would fight next.
“It should be next. I think it’s going to be a good fight with a lot of action. He throws a lot of punches. I throw a lot of punches,” Sebastian Fundora told BoxNation about him and Errol Spence fighting next. “He’s an up-and-coming fighter. I consider myself to be that too. It would be good for the Mexican fans in America.”
Fundora’s opportunity
Unsurprisingly, Fundora, 26, is excited to fight Spence because his chances of winning would be high. Fans would much prefer to see Fundora take on someone more convincing, like the IBF 154-lb champion Bakhram Murtazaliev next rather than Spence. At least that match would be more sporting.
Fundora is considered a vulnerable paper champion who will only hold on to 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 was scheduled to fight Brian Mendoza in a rematch to avenge his seventh-round knockout loss on April 8, 2023. That was only a year ago and he has made no move toward fighting Mendoza again.
