Leonard Bundu: record, next fight and profile →
Welterweight rising star Errol Spence Jr. insists he’s fully focused on upcoming opponent Leonard Bundu with the lure of a shot at the IBF world title on the horizon. The fight is scheduled for August 21st.
Most questions understandably were directed toward Errol Spence Jr. during a 40-minute conference call Thursday that featured Spence and Leonard Bundu. The hard-hitting Spence is an unbeaten, hard-hitting, rising welterweight star with an Olympic pedigree.
Boxing’s hottest young star Errol Spence Jr will be back in action exclusively live on BoxNation when he challenges the tough Leonard Bundu in a welterweight world title eliminator on August 21.
BROOKLYN - Undefeated rising star Errol "The Truth" Spence Jr. (20-0, 17 KOs) is set to take on once-beaten contender Leonard "The Lion" Bundu (33-1-2, 12 KOs) in a 12-round welterweight world title eliminator that headlines Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC Sunday, August 21 from Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn.
Italian Olympian Leonard Bundu (33-1-2, 12 KOs) is already gearing up for a planned IBF final welterweight eliminator with Errol Spence Jr. (20-0, 17 KOs), which is being targeted to headline a special Sunday edition of Premier Boxing Champions on NBC. The date of the fight is August 21
Errol Spence promised to deliver big news and lived up to his word. The unbeaten welterweight contender appeared as a guest commentator during Saturday’s edition of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC in primetime. Topping the bill was a major upset with unheralded Joe Smith Jr. scoring a stunning 1st round knockout of Top 5 light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara in front of a hostile crowd at UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Also on the show was Spence’s teammate from the 2012 London...
It’s likely that Errol Spence will have to move into the mandatory challenger position in order to force the hand of reigning welterweight titlist Kell Brook. The trick is finding a willing opponent to help get him to that point.
41-year old Italian Leonard Bundu (33-1-2) won the vacant EBU welterweight title in Florence last night (April 22) with a nine round stoppage of Finland´s Jussi Koivula (19-3-1). Koivula was second best throughout and was floored twice in the eighth.
45-year old Italian Gianluca Branco (49-3-1 and inactive since late 2014) has relinquished the EBU title. He was to have defended the title on April 22 in Florence against Leonard Bundu (32-1-2). The rumors have been flying for weeks that Branco would pull out and now it´s a fact.
The all-Italy matchup between reigning EBU welterweight champion Gianluca Branco and official challenger Leonardo Bundu is now set to take place April 22 at the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence, Italy.