For a while now, boxing fans have been wondering when Terence Crawford and Sebastian Fundora would get in the ring and face one another.
Crawford last fought in August and it seemed his victory had set him on to the path to a mega fight with Canelo Alvarez.
Alvarez himself only fought in September, so the likelihood of that fight happening soon was a little farfetched.
In the meantime, a title unification fight between Terence Crawford and Sebastian Fundora was next on the cards.
Fundora, the current WBO and WBC light middleweight champion, instead wanted to step in the ring with Errol Spence Jr.
Are you keeping up so far?
Now there seems to have been some resolution on the matter.
After the WBO had given Terence Crawford and Sebastian Fundora time negotiate their fight, it has now seemingly been resolved for the time being.
According to Mike Coppinger from ESPN, Crawford has agreed for Fundora to first fight Errol Spence Jr.
The idea is that a future fight between the pair would be much bigger if Fundora was to beat Spence Jr.
Sebastian Fundora and Errol Spence Jr. are now expected to meet in early 2025.
This is an intriguing match up just because of all the possibilities that it opens up.
Spence Jr. lost to Crawford last year and there has not been a rematch so far.
If he beats Fundora, that may be back on the table.
Once it progresses to the next phase of this plan, Crawford beating either of those fighters must surely put him in a conversation for a clash against Canelo Alvarez.
A face off between Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez is something that all boxing fans would love to see and would be a big time bout for 2025.
Ahead of tomorrow’s WBO deadline, Terence Crawford and Sebastian Fundora reached a resolution to allow Fundora to proceed with a voluntary defense with the understanding the junior middleweight title unification will be explored afterward, sources told ESPN. This paves the way…
— Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) October 9, 2024
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