Sebastian Fundora Says Fight Delay Gave Him More Time to Study Keith Thurman

The WBC junior middleweight champion says the added months allowed him to study Keith Thurman more closely

Sebastian Fundora believes the delay that moved his fight with Keith Thurman from October to March may have helped him. The WBC junior middleweight champion said the extra time allowed him to study his opponent more closely.

In boxing, postponements rarely help a fighter. Camps lose rhythm, preparation gets interrupted, and sharpness can slip during long stretches away from competition. Sebastian Fundora sees it another way. The WBC junior middleweight champion said the extra months allowed him to ease certain parts of camp while spending more time studying the opponent waiting for him in Las Vegas.

Fundora explained that his camp never fully stopped during the recovery period. Instead, the structure of the work changed. Some drills were reduced while others continued so that he could remain active without worsening the injury that forced the original date to move. He referred to the added time as a “blessing,” an unusual way for a fighter to discuss an injury delay.

That outlook fits the way Fundora handles his preparation. The 28-year-old does not treat camp as a short run tied to one date on the schedule. His work in the gym stays constant, with sparring, conditioning, and technical drills flowing from one camp into the next. The postponement therefore did not interrupt his rhythm. It simply gave him more time to study the man across the ring and tighten the details of his approach.

With the fight pushed back several months, Fundora gained extra time to study Thurman’s habits. Camps rarely get that kind of window. Opponents change, schedules shift, and preparation has to adjust on short notice. In this case the matchup stayed in place while the date moved, allowing Fundora to keep the same opponent in mind throughout the delay and keep refining his approach.

Fundora also points to his rematch win over Tim Tszyu last summer as the level he plans to maintain. That fight remains the reference point for how he expects to perform against Thurman. In his view, the delay did not break the rhythm already built in camp. It simply added more time to prepare for the next opponent.

The story surrounding the March 28 fight in Las Vegas therefore reads differently than the usual injury setback. Fundora does not treat the layoff as lost ground. He sees it as extra time in the gym, studying Thurman and tightening the details of his approach before fight night.