Sebastian Fundora gained his first match towards Tim Tszyu, however an inadvertant elbow brought on a nasty reduce that affected Tszyu all through the bout. On Saturday, there was no fluke reduce, only a dominant displaying by WBC junior middleweight champion Fundora earlier than Tszyu retired in his nook because the co-main occasion of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Mario Barrios PPV event in Las Vegas on Saturday.
It took little time for Fundora to ship a message to Tszyu, touchdown a thudding left within the first spherical that dropped Tszyu to the canvas. Tszyu beat the rely, but it surely took a number of rounds earlier than it appeared he’d shaken off the knockdown and was totally again within the combat.
Fundora, the tallest champion in boxing regardless of combating at simply 154 kilos, used his attain brillaintly all through the combat, peppering Tszyu with jabs in addition to straight left fingers that appeared as if they might not miss.
Tszyu ultimately fought his approach again into the combat, having good success with heavy left hooks and overhand rights in rounds six and 7. Whilst Tszyu started to search out extra success, he was being tagged with a gentle stream of punches from the champion.
After the seventh spherical, a spherical that will have been Tszyu’s better of the combat, the referee checked on Tszyu within the nook and was instructed Tszyu had nothing left.
“He is one powerful motherf—er,” Tszyu mentioned of his choice to cease the combat. “I attempted to offer it all the things, however I simply could not do it. The victory belongs to Sebastian Fundora, the very best 154-pounder on the planet in the present day. He was simply the higher man. … He is the higher man. He is very exhausting to land. He is tall as f— and generally I felt I used to be shadowboxing myself, however it’s what it’s.”
Fundora confirmed a mature strategy to the combat after spending a lot of his early profession exchanging photographs in toe-to-toe battles regardless of his ridiculous peak benefit.
After the combat, Fundora mentioned that he realized he’s not going to develop anymore, saying, “I am not ingesting any extra milk.” Understanding that, he determined it was time to embrace his bodily benefits.
“I felt like I am clearly the higher man,” Fundora mentioned. “Everyone seems to be telling me I am a bully within the ring, and I assumed let’s simply bully these guys. … I checked out myself within the mirror this morning and thought, ‘Oh wow, I’ve attain.'”