Promoter Leonard Ellerbe is critical of Team Tszyu looking past the Sebastian Fundora fight on Saturday towards a lucrative match against WBO junior middleweight mandatory Terence Crawford for a clash that could take place in the fall.
Tim Tszyu faces what is very likely his biggest challenge on Saturday. Quite literally. As fans know, the unbeaten 154 pound star in the making will face late sub, the almost freakishly tall for the weight Sebastian Fundora, who also happens to be a southpaw.
Tim Bradley views this Saturday’s headliner between WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu and Sebastian Fundora as a fight that could lead to stardom for the winner if they’re victorious against pound-for-pound fighter Terence Crawford in the fall.
Jeff Mayweather is leaning towards Terence Crawford defeating Tim Tszyu when or if the two fight.
He feels that Crawford is on a different level talent-wise than WBO junior middleweight champion Tszyu (24-0, 17 KOs), but he still feels it won’t be an easy fight for the 36-year-old.
Tim Tszyu and his manager, Glen Jennings, plan to begin negotiations with WBO mandatory Terence Crawford immediately after their Saturday night fight against Sebastian Fundora in Las Vegas.
Sebastian Fundora will attempt to dethrone WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu and capture the vacant WBC title this Saturday, March 30th, on Prime Video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
WBO Junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu will have his work cut out for him against the 6’5″ Sebastian Fundora on March 30th on Prime Video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Exciting news regarding the March 30th fight between defending WBO 154-pound champ and late-replacement challenger Sebastian Fundora. As per a message on social media from Mike Coppinger, WBO president Paco Valcarcel has let it be known that the winner of the bout that will go down in Las Vegas, will have five days to begin negotiations with the current WBO mandatory challenger, who happens to be reigning pound-for-pound king Terence Crawford.
As legit as the notoriously injury-prone Keith Thurman’s latest injury is, Tim Tszyu has obviously been left frustrated at the way yet another big fight for him has fallen apart, perhaps for good.
WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu is already planning to exploit Sebastian Fundora’s weaknesses to defeat him on March 30th in their battle on Prime PPV.