Errol Spence said on Instagram today that he’s “NOT” fighting WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora on March 29th in Las Vegas, as reported. Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) doesn’t say when or if the fight will happen.
March was never a good month for the Fundora vs. Spence fight because WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis is defending against Lamont Roach on 3/1 on PBC on Prime Video PPV. Having two pay-per-view events in March would be a disaster for Premier Boxing Champions, and the Spence-Fundora fight would be a casualty because it happens on the 29th.
Spence Says, “No”
The former unified welterweight champion Spence, 34, has been lying low since being knocked out in the ninth round by Terence Crawford on July 29th, 2023, and he doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to return to the ring.
Errol made a lot of money in that fight and built up a nice nest egg of dough from his 13-year pro career, allowing him to sit idle the last 18 months since his loss to Crawford.
Regular fighters can’t afford that, but when you’ve got millions in the bank, you see the extended vacations and casual attitude about returning to action like we’re seeing here.
If the Fundora vs. Spence fight happens in the first half of 2025, that’s great. It would be bad for the careers of both fighters if the fight didn’t occur until the second half of this year. They’ve been inactive for so long, and they’re destroying their careers.
Fundora, 27, is young enough for the inactivity not to affect him physically. You can’t say that for Spence, who turns 35 on March 3rd. Errol had already looked like a shell of his former self in his fights against Terence Crawford and Yordenis Ugas. Moreover, Spence has had so many injuries and been so inactive over the last five years that it’s negatively impacted his career.
If they can’t get this fight made soon, ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora needs to move on, an look at other alternatives. He can’t afford to waste any more time waiting on Spence to make this fight happen. Obviously, the money is the reason Fundora has stuck it out this long waiting on this match to happen, but he could have made a lot of dough just by staying busy.
