Lonnie B. Thompson predicts that the WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora Keith Thurman will beat out when he attacks him in their battle in their battle in MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 25.
The dormant super-middleweight Thompson mentions that former WBA and WBC welterweight champion Thurman (31-1, 23 COs) was not active enough for him to have a chance to beat the young 27-year-old Fundora (23-1, 15 KOs).
Fundora’s body shot KO plan
‘Fundora tear to the body. I just can’t see that Keith Thurman is holding him off. Once he Touch him on the body, it’s over, ” said Lonnie B. Thompson Fighting typeTalk about the Sebastian Fundora against Keith Thurman Fight. “No,” Thompson said when asked if Tim Tszyu was a tougher opponent for Fundora in their two fights than Thurman would be on October 25. “Yes, I believe (Thurman is a step down).”
The body attack of Fundora will test Thurman’s ability to withstand such types of shots. He had problems with body concerts in the best, by Manny Pacquiao, Luis Collazo and Diego Chaves injured. Thurman beat Chaves and Collazo, but he was still injured in those fights.
Thurman’s inactivity keeps him in danger
“He wasn’t active yet. Fundora is a difficult battle. To get out of the gate and get in front of him. It’s hard, ‘Thompson said that Thurman has had a difficult struggle with so few activities for the past six years.
Even in Thurman’s first nine years ago, Fundora would be pure trouble for his high volume, size, body sponge and relentless combat style. The hit-and-move style that Thurman when he was younger would not hold Fundora. He cut off the ring on him as against Nathaniel Gallimore and forced him to exchange.
Sebastian’s style beat Thurman
“He is (fundora) like 9’11” and throws shots from all over. Keith Thurman, I never thought he was nothing special. I don’t see what possible chance he has to beat Fundora. How is he going to box someone with arms (really) long? How is he going to hit him with a stitch? ‘says Thompson.
The last opponent Thurman fought at high level was the then 40-year-old Manny Pacquiao on July 20, 2019, and he lost him by a 12-round decision. In Thurman’s two fights since then, he fought the Unranked Brock Jarvis and Mario Barrios. Without Keith taking some tight fights to get him, it will be a hard fight for him.
“He will have to come close, keep it aggressive and get into a fire. Absolutely. You saw Brian Mendoza. He was just there, middle distance in the area, and he caught him, ‘said Lonnie B. about Mendoza, who beat Fundora in the seventh round in 2023. “It seems his chin is stronger. Fundora.
Thurman, 36, did not fight the kind of opposition in his last two fights to prepare him for a fight against the 6’6 ″ fundora. In addition, “once” Thurman’s inactivity will set him a major disadvantage against a younger, high volume fighter like the 27-year-old Fundora.
Thurman’s last four battles:
- Brock Jarvis: March 2025
- Mario Barrios: February 2022
- Manny Pacquiao: July 2019
- Josesito Lopez: January 2019
Last updated on 08/19/2025
