By: Sean Crose
The very first thing that strikes you in regards to the man is his peak. At over six and a half inches tall, he’d match proper in with a room filled with heavyweights. Sebastian Fundora isn’t any heavyweight, nonetheless. Actually, he’ll be preventing for quite a few junior middleweight titles this weekend when he squares off towards the 5 eight and a half Tim Tszyu in Las Vegas. Once more, Fundora’s peak – contemplating the load division he’s preventing in – is gorgeous. It additionally offers the Californian a definite peak benefit towards most, if not all, of his opponents. Fundora, nonetheless, might have all the benefits he can get heading into this weekend.
For the 24-0 Tszyu is a tough hitting, extremely assured Aussie, one whose on the verge of being a respectable star within the sport of boxing. Certainly, he was initially imagined to face widespread former welterweight champion Keith Thurman. An harm took Thurman out of the battle, nonetheless. Suffice to say, Thurman’s loss was Fundora’s achieve, for now the 13-1-1 fighter has an opportunity to change into a junior middleweight world titlist, in addition to the toast of boxing. All he has to do is defeat Tszyu Saturday night time in Las Vegas…however that’s no simple process.
Positive sufficient, Tszyu is the favourite strolling in to this week’s pay per view most important occasion, and with good purpose. Fundora misplaced his final battle, in any case, by way of knockout to Brian Mendoza. In different phrases, he hasn’t appeared his greatest currently. What’s extra, Tszyu is undefeated, and two of his final three fights have ended throughout the distance. There’s the matter of Fundora’s peak, nonetheless. Plus the very fact he’s a southpaw. Plus the truth that Tszyu tends to carry his head a bit upright. In different phrases, this is among the extra attention-grabbing matchups to be made this yr.
“What a change of occasions huh?” Fundora requested at press convention on Thursday. “From opening the cardboard to now preventing on the principle occasion proper right here within the battle capital of the world, Las Vegas…this can be a huge alternative we’re going to reap the benefits of and change into a world champion on Saturday night time.” Tszyu, who himself has been on the lookout for an enormous alternative to show simply how good he’s, in all probability views Saturday in some regards the identical approach Fundora does. Whoever wins is arguably going to search out himself within the highlight to any extent further – a motivating issue if ever there was one.
