The WBO has ordered a jr. middleweight mandatory championship contest between current interim champion Terence Crawford and full champion Sebastian Fundora. The parties have 30 days to negotiate and reach an agreement. If an accord is not reached within the timeframe, a purse bid will be ordered with a minimum acceptable bid of $200,000. Either party may request a purse bid procedure at any time. The split will be no greater than 80/20 with the specific split determined using a ratio based on the average purse of each fighter’s last three (3) fights.
The Crawford-Fundora WBO mandatory is enforced to immediately terminate the WBO interim champion status of Crawford and recognize only one world champion in each weight category.
Naaaaaaaaa Crawford is afraid of Vergil !!!!
Crawford knows he has no stamina to fight Ortiz
Ortiz threw punches through the 12 rds and received 700 powerful punches
Crawford got tired with 70 punches against madrinov
Cut it out. No one is “afraid” of anyone. You quickly forget Ortiz’s post fight interview. When asked about Crawford he half heartedly said he’d fight him but called out another fighter instead. Why would Crawford be afraid of Ortiz who called Crawford p4p#1 in the world? Make it make sense.
Ortiz also got knocked down twice and TC didn’t. You’re being one sided in your observation. Sebastian has a title so why wouldn’t TC want that fight?
Well, even better if Ortiz was knocked down two times he get up and won that fight
Besides those knockdowns were circumstantial Ortiz was never hurtled
After tc watched ortiz fight, he just realized he has no physical condition to fight Ortiz and I don’t blame him. He’s.Old
TC would have a easier time with Ortiz than Fundora and also Ortiz cannot beat Fundora either
That makes no sense at all. What does circumstantial have to do with anything? A knockdown is a knockdown. Neither guy is afraid. TC had a legit tough opponent. The diehards. 10 fights in the pros but his amateur pedigree is top tier. Every fighter has an off night. After 10 straight KOs and multiple undisputed titles he’s entitled to have a bad night.
Tc is not even number 1 pound for pound the number one is Uzyk the number two is in Inoue then Crawford is the number three. You are the only ones who call him number one.
Dude Ortiz called him #1 p4p.
I like Virg, but his last fight exposed some of his flaws. He better brush up
on his defense before he fights Bud.
You cannot have any defensive lapses against Crawford.
Fundora is more Dangerous than that hype Job Ortiz
BoriMex brought up Bud fighting for another belt at 154, then going up to 160. I me too ed that he should run the table at 154 and retire. We might get both?
Crawford could go to 160, but who is there that will make the money he wants. There are no people at 160 that have any kind of name recognition. He has a lot of names at 154. Fundora, tszyu, Ortiz, Spence rematch( maybe), Ennis if he comes up, rematch with madrimov. The only person at 160 that could command a payday is the charlo that fought canelo, but to me he is washed up too.
This is not a easy fight for Crawford at all I actually got Fundora winning
If Crawford fights (and beats) Fundora, that puts him one fight away from 3x undisputed champion in three. Would be a helluva way to end a career.
For sure. I anticipate that’s what he will do, Lucie unless he keeps chasing that other guy at 168.
HOPEFULLY he does let that go. Clearly that other guy has very little interest in that…. cartoon fight.
Yeah….@68 is a pipe dream!!
Bud would need some of that special Ryan Garcia lemon drink
to make his mark at 168. He’s not
ready for that just yet. Those guys are cruiserweights on fight night.
He does not need to be undisputed again
He need to beat Vergil convincingly
Stop being happy with paper championships
Exactly! Why try to make history and do something that has never been done before, when you can fight Vergil Ortiz instead!
Good point, but if it’ll take too long to unify or unable to and there’s availability for a belt @60 that’ll be quite the feat as well! Time will tell?! He’s certainly a special athlete and a generational talent
I don’t know if this is the Turki Alalshikh effect but I’m definitely a fan. Definitely didn’t see this coming. I thought Spence vs Sabastian was to take place later this year in Texas Stadium. The way Spence was talking in recent interviews it seems like he’s semi-retired. The Crawford lost did a number on him. I would have loved to see Sabastian run it back with Tszyu but I’m a fan of unifying all titles so there is one champ. Maybe I’m asking for too much but if this is going to be a Saudi card I hope Turki Alashikh can get Tszyu vs Ortiz as a co-main. Winner gets a shot at Crawford vs Sabastian winner.
Tszyu got ordered to fight the IBF champion, Murtazaliev, and last I heard, that fight was happening in October.
Who cares what the WBO orders!
Well, people I think the alphabet mafia is going to crush our hopes and dreams of seeing some pretty interesting fights at 154, but turki might be able to make it happen. Here’s to a Crawford/fundora and maybe tszyu/Ortiz after he beats murtazaliev in October. Remember Ortiz is probably running it back with bocachek. Probably didn’t spell that right. Oh well! You know what I mean!
Fundora is a very fun fighter to watch – but man his chin sticks out way too much. I think he got lucky with the cut against Tszyu but has a ton of heart. Crawford was unbeatable at lower weight not sure he carries the power at the higher weight.
David, I think Crawford can unify at 154, but like you I think his power is topped out. I don’t think it’s as extreme as Loma at 135 (that guy is definitely a 130 ceiling, but his skills allow him to win), but I definitely think 160 would be a bridge too far. As for Canelo at 168…please don’t do it.
I thought Spence vs Fundora was set for an October fight?
I do believe Bud would chop down the towering tree
that is Fundora.
Crawford should stay away from 154 and retire for entry in the HOF.
He’s not going to retire anytime soon.
Not when he is trying to make history.
Expect him to be around at least 3 more
years, minimum. I think Canelo will hang it up before Bud does.
this certainly would be the big fight in this division, though Fundora should give tzyu a rematch I feel.
I’ll take Fundora, Bud looked like shit in his last fight
Fundora might actually win that fight. Crawford did not look good against a fighter with only 10 pro fights a fight many people thought he lost or draw in. Crawford is not as great as people think he is. Crawford made a living in weight classes with weak opposition and champions. Once good challengers pop up what does Crawford do? He ducks and gives up titles. We may never see the fights we need which is Crawford vs Ennis or Ortiz both of which have a high probability at beating Crawford.