LAS VEGAS – After Sebastian Fundora emerged from his bloodbath with Tim Tszyu in 2024 with his hand raised, Errol Spence was soon in the ring to announce that he would be next in line for the tall Californian.
There were reports that Fundora-Spence would happen in October in Dallas, but Spence opted to not box before the end of the year.
Instead, it is unknown whether Spence will fight again, but if he does, Fundora is open to entertaining him still and fighting the fight they seemed destined for last year.
“Of course I want that fight,” Fundora said. “It’s a big fight, it’s a big, big, fight, but of course it didn’t happen, so you just have to keep a good mindset and go, whoever it is we fight, we train 100 per cent for them, whether it’s a Spence or a [Chordale] Booker, it doesn’t matter.”
On Saturday, Fundora defends his WBC and WBO junior-middleweight titles against Chordale Booker at the Mandalay Bay, and while the 23-1 (11 KOs) challenger from Stamford is at the forefront of Fundora’s mind, the champion remains open to a fight with Spence.
“You know what, I hope so – why not?” he said. “It’s a great fight. I think he’s a great fighter but we’ll see what happens in the future.”
Fundora is also happy fighting any of the leading names in a stacked division, and he knows that with his two belts he has the currency to stake a claim to fight any of the leading lights – although calling out prospective opponents is not his style, so there is no immediate talk of a rematch with Erickson Lubin, of fighting interim champion Vergil Ortiz, of unification fights or anything else.
“The reason I answer questions like that is because I don’t call out anybody,” Fundora added. “Everybody that you name, I will fight. I want to fight all those guys. I’m not afraid of anybody. I have these two titles so they have to come and fight me. So whenever I get that call, whenever I get that contract to fight these guys, you’ll see me headlining or whatever the case is fighting these guys.”
