WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora says he’s sure that he’ll defeat Tim Tszyu of their rematch subsequent month on July nineteenth on the MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs) predicts that he’s going to knock out Tszyu (25-2, 18 KOs) and shut the chapter of their rivalry. Tszyu believes the explanation he misplaced a 12-round break up resolution final 12 months was because of him struggling a lower within the second spherical and dropping focus. He says he began making an attempt for a knockout and stopped pondering clearly.
Fundora, 6’6″, appeared assured right now on the press convention and the interviews. He feels he’s acquired Tszyu’s quantity and can beat him for the second time with none points.
Fundora Assured, Predicts Tszyu KO
“I don’t assume this struggle goes the space. I’ve been coaching arduous and rising because the first struggle. Final 12 months was an awesome 12 months, however this 12 months is gonna be even higher,” mentioned Sebastian Fundora about his rematch towards Tim Tszyu on July nineteenth.
If Fundora knocks out Tszyu, it’s going to wreck his profession. It’ll be his second KO loss in his final three fights, and an indication that he doesn’t have the chin or the expertise to hold with the highest fighters at 154. It wouldn’t essentially be the top of Tim’s profession. He would at all times transfer down in weight to 147 or transfer as much as 160 to attempt to reinvent himself.
“The final struggle was an awesome struggle. Why not struggle him once more?” mentioned Fundora to Purple Glove Information. “I don’t assume so. I had two weeks final time, too. Now I’ve 10 weeks or no matter it’s, similar to him. We’ll see,” mentioned Sebastian when advised that Tszyu says this time it’ll be totally different as a result of he’ll have 10 weeks to organize as a substitute of two weeks like final time after they fought in 2024.
U.S boxing followers would have most popular that Fundora defend towards Vergil Ortiz Jr. or struggle Bakhram Murtazaliev reasonably than face Tszyu once more. There’s quite a lot of Australian cash that made the rematch between Fundora and Tszyu make sense.
Sebastian’s Certainty of Victory
“I do know I can beat him. I don’t assume. I do know I can beat him. I believe that I beat him fairly honest final time, and I simply need to do it once more. I’m simply prepared to indicate everybody why I’m the most effective 154-pounder on the earth,” mentioned Fundora.
