Sebastian Fundora fires warning to Keith Thurman earlier than title battle
Revealed on March 4, 2026
On March 28, on the MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas, Sebastian Fundora defends his WBC tremendous welterweight world title towards Keith Thurman on a PBC Pay-Per-View occasion. These two had been initially resulting from meet final October, earlier than a Fundora hand damage led to the bout being postponed. Forward of this world title conflict, “The Towering Inferno” has spoken by way of a PBC press launch, the place he fired a warning to Thurman when discussing the trash-talking of his March 28 opponent.
Sebastian Fundora vs Keith Thurman set for March 28
Fundora (23-1-1, 15 KOs) was final in motion delivering a beat-down to Tim Tszyu of their rematch, with Tszyu retiring after spherical seven. That win made it three wins in a row since Fundora suffered a shock defeat towards Brian Mendoza.
Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs) has dazzled at instances throughout his profession, however in recent times, inactivity has contributed to his profession virtually grinding to a halt. Wins over Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter present the elite talents he had at his greatest. It stays to be seen if sufficient of Thurman’s expertise stay to bother “The Towering Inferno.”
Fundora fires warning forward of Thurman conflict
Through a press launch, Fundora exhuded confidence:
“Beating this former world champion will make an enormous assertion,” mentioned Fundora. “I nonetheless really feel like I’m on the high of the division. I don’t suppose we’ve misplaced any momentum, we simply needed to reschedule. We’re not hiding from anyone. That is gonna remind everybody that we’re on the high.”
“Keith’s trash speak is nice for TV, that’s what I’ll say,” mentioned Fundora. “He’s at all times been the dangerous man going right into a battle due to that. And he backs it up rather a lot. However this time he’s not gonna be capable to again it up.
“I’m not distracted by the speaking. It doesn’t trouble me one bit. Perhaps if he wasn’t as well-known as he’s, it might have caught me off guard. However once I step into the ring with these guys, I anticipate them to hate my guts. I anticipate that they wanna do away with me. That’s boxing. We’re in a aggressive sport and we need to do the identical factor to one another. It’s nothing private, however we each gotta do what we gotta do,” mentioned Fundora.
