Unified champion Sebastian Fundora open to Tim Tszyu rematch ‘if he gets a belt’

HAMBURG – Sebastian and Gabriela Fundora are at the WBC Convention in Germany, both hoping to find out what the next steps in their careers might be.

It is likely that Sebastian, the WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion, will fight Errol Spence next, though it could become clear later this week when that fight could be made.

“We are both the champions, so whatever they give us is what we’re going to take,” said Sebastian, who is now part of one of boxing’s hottest weight classes.

“It’s exciting, and it is just that. I’m the unified champion at 154 and everyone wants a piece of me. Everyone has a target on me, so it’s a great feeling. Before, I felt no one wanted me. Now we’ve got the belts, they’re coming after me.”

In March, Fundora won a close Fight of the Year contender over Australian Tim Tszyu. The tip of Fundora’s elbow cracked Tszyu on his scalp, splitting him open and making the fight a bloody mess. Fundora was always confident he would win, despite coming in at late notice, and the fight was similar to how he thought it would be.

“I always think I put on exciting fights,” he said. “With all that blood going around it definitely showed we do that, but it was a good comeback from a loss [a stoppage defeat to Brian Mendoza] and we showcased some different stuff from our style, usually, and we showed our reach a little bit more, and it was good for the fans.”

Tszyu is coming off a second loss, to Bakhram Murtazaliev for the IBF belt, in Orlando in October, and is now a little bit more removed from Fundora’s thoughts and his agenda. Australian hero Tszyu will have to fight his way back if he is to get back in with Fundora.

“Hey, if he gets a belt [they can fight again],” said Fundora. “I was hoping he’d get the IBF with the last fight that he fought, but things didn’t go his way. Maybe. The only reason he wanted to fight us is we were bringing the WBC belt for the unification. It has to make sense to me.”