Fans on social media are stepping down yesterday’s revealed battle between WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora and Keith Thurman for October 18 in Las Vegas.
Vergil Ortiz jr. Is the WBC-Tus-Time Champion and should be the challenging Fundora (23-1, 15 COs) for his title. Ortiz Jr., 27, waited for his title shot and is from behind-the-back victories over Israil Madrimov and Serhii Bohachuk.
The “dinosaur” returns to box
Ortiz jr. Ran the Gauntlet to put himself in position to fight ‘the towering inferno’ fundora, but he is bypassed in favor of the risen dinosaur Thurman, which is from the Mesozoic by PBC after being frozen on his couch for millions of years.
A clear ‘cash-out’ battle for fundora
This is a fight that should not happen, especially since Fundora has already made easy defense of the title against the crop Tim Tszyu and the additional Contender Chordale Booker. For Fundora to fight Thurman, it indicates that he wants to pay as much as possible before he was deprived of by Vergil Jr.. He knows what’s coming. So, he wants to get while it’s fine.
People don’t want to watch 36-year-old Thurman (31-1, 23 COs) get a title shot. The soon 37-year-old ‘One Time’ has only fought once since 2022 and beat the second level fighter Brock Jarvis with a third round in March.
“Breaking: verbal agreement in place for Sebastian Fundora to defend his WBC 154lb title against Keith Thurman on October 18 in Las Vegas,” per Box scene.
Who Thurman should have fought instead
Thurman has to earn a title shot by defeating one of the contenders in the top 15 ranking of the WBC:
– Jaron Ennis
– Serhii Bohachuk
– Jesus Ramos jr.
– Israil Madrimov
– Erickson’s Lubi
– Charles Conwell
Thurman’s chances of defeating any of these fighters almost do not exist. In his recent comeback against Brock Jarvis, he looked slow, old, and his reflexes were completely gone.
The years were not a ‘one -time’ in terms of its physical skills and hairline. He fights nothing like him in 2016, when he was before injuries and was a lack of ambition that was a promising career up to that point.
Last updated on 08/14/2025
