Sebastian ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora says he hopes Erickson ‘The Hammer’ Lubin recovers fast from the facial damage he suffered in their fight last Saturday night and he states that he’d like to fight him again.
Sebastian Fundora won more than just the vacant WBC interim 154-pound title last night. “The Towering Inferno” earned a shot at the Brian Castano-Jermell Charlo rematch winner (set to go next month; this a return of a great yet controversially scored battle, the draw seeing both men remaining as champions), while the 24-year-old may be collecting Fight of the Year accolades when the time comes.
Top super welterweight contenders Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora and Erickson “Hammer” Lubin delivered an instant classic Saturday night, as Fundora captured the Interim WBC Super Welterweight Title via TKO after nine rounds in the SHOWTIME main event from The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, part of Curio Collection by Hilton in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
In a big surprise, tall 6’6″ Sebastian ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora (19-0-1, 13 KOs) stopped #1 WBC Erickson ‘The Hammer’ Lubin (24-2, 17 KOs) in the ninth round in a battle for the interim WBC 154-lb title on Saturday night at the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
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Junior middleweight contender Erickson Lubin (24-1, 17 KOs) will be headlining this Saturday, April 9th against Sebastian Fundora (18-0-1, 12 KOs) on Showtime at the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Highly ranked junior middleweights Erickson ‘The Hammer’ Lubin and Sebastian ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora are in negotiations for a fight in the spring on Showtime in the co-feature bout on the undercard of David Benavidez vs.
Gervonta “Tank” Davis, one of the biggest stars in all of boxing, put on a career-defining performance Saturday night live on SHOWTIME PPV from the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta, scoring a scintillating 11th round TKO over the previously-undefeated Mario Barrios to capture the WBA Super Lightweight Championship in the action-packed Premier Boxing Champions event.
Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (25-0, 24 KOs) did an admirable job in taking apart WBA World light welterweight champion Mario Barrios (26-1, 17 KOs) in scoring an eleventh round knockout on Saturday night to become a three-division world champion at the age of 26 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
Gervonata ‘Tank Davis (24-0, 23 KOs) weighed in at 139 3/4 pounds on Friday at the weigh-in for his title challenge against WBA secondary light-welterweight champion Mario Barrios (26-0,17 KOs) for their fight on Saturday night.