On Saturday, March 30, Keith Thurman was as a result of conflict with Tim Tszyu on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas for the first PBC pay-per-view occasion with Prime Video. The pair have already taken half in a press convention, with Tszyu and “One Time” each lately talking to Dan Rafael concerning the upcoming bout. As revealed by Rafael, Thurman has picked up an damage and is out of the March 30 card.
Consideration has shortly turned to what occurs subsequent for the upcoming PPV occasion, and it has been confirmed that 154 lb. contender Sebastian Fundora would be the opposition for the Australian fighter.
Keith Thurman Harm Guidelines Him Out of Tim Tszyu Battle
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The unique X put up from Rafael detailed Thurman had sustained an damage, and the battle was unsure as per a supply: “Per supply concerned within the occasion: Keith Thurman has some type of damage & March 30 battle is unsure. ‘What number of occasions have you ever seen a fighter go to the physician 12 days earlier than a battle for an damage and the battle undergo? It doesn’t look good,’ supply stated.”
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Shedding Thurman from the cardboard is a giant blow to the occasion, as it’s the first PPV for PBC with Prime Video. Rolando Romero is because of face Issac Cruz, with Erislandy Lara–Michael Zerafa and Sebastian Fundora vs. Serhii Bohachuk was as a result of be the unique PPV opener. Bohachuk will stay on the undercard as deliberate.
Sebastian Fundora
The battle between Tszyu and Fundora shall be for the vacant WBC 154 & in all probability Tszyu’s WBO strap, pending WBO approval. In a latest press launch, Fundora spoke on his hopes of going through Tszyu sooner or later: “After all I’d need to face Tim Tszyu subsequent if we each win,” stated Fundora. “He’s the primary man within the division and I’d be proper below him after my battle. I need that battle and I’ll be ready for it.”
The battle has come rather a lot before the “The Towering Inferno” may have ever anticipated.
The 26-year-old Californian has solely been defeated as soon as in his skilled profession, which got here in April 2023 in a shock KO loss towards Brian Mendoza. Curiously, Tszyu defeated Mendoza by a 12-round punishment in Australia final October.
