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WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, says he’ll meet with the crew this week to resolve which path ‘The Towering Inferno’ will go for his subsequent combat following his fourth-round TKO win over Chordale Booker (23-2, 11 KOs) on Saturday night time on the Michelob Extremely Enviornment in Las Vegas.
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Fundora (22-2-1, 14 KOs) says he’s keen to defend towards his WBO necessary Xander Zayas subsequent, however Lewkowicz says he desires to debate the choices. There are extra profitable fights for Fundora on the market towards Errol Spence and Jermell Charlo.
The Zayas Mandate
These are larger names than the 22-year-old Zayas. High Rank will probably be pushing for his or her fighter, Xander, to get his mandated title shot towards Fundora. The WBO has made it clear that they need Fundora to face Xander subsequent. They’ve 120 days to make the combat occur.
If Fundora vacates, that received’t fear High Rank as a result of they need Zayas to carry the title, and it doesn’t matter how he will get his palms on the belt. If he’s holding a title, it’ll validate him to followers within the New York space and in his native Puerto Rico. It’s loads higher for High Rank if the WBO belt is vacated as a result of Zayas isn’t in the identical galaxy as Fundora talent-wise. These simply want Zayas to have that title so he can milk it towards tender opposition and make tens of millions combating in New York Metropolis.
Fundora has acquired to make the best resolution since you by no means understand how a combat will end up. Tonight, he regarded nice, knocking Booker down within the fourth spherical and getting a stoppage moments later. This was Sebastian’s first combat in a 12 months, and he regarded like he’d by no means been away.
“We have a lot of great fighters in this division at 154. We have one of them in the crowd, Zayas. I can’t wait to share the ring with him,” stated Sebastian Fundora on the post-fight press convention on Saturday night time following his fourth-round knockout win over Chordale Booker.
Promoter’s Selection
“Then we have these other big names. We’ll see where those belts go. I only need two other belts. When this happens, Puerto Rico vs. Mexico, it’s going to be a great fight,” stated Fundora about him and Xander Zayas. “It’s a great Latin fight. Boxing needs it right now.”
“It’ll be a good fight, but we need a few days to sit with the team to make a decision where we want to go,” stated promoter Sampson Lewkowicz concerning the subsequent combat for Sebastian Fundora.
