October 8 at the arena Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson (California, USA), the debut defense of the title of “interim” WBC champion will be held by an American fighter of the first middleweight (up to 69.9 kg) Sebastian “Infernal Tower” Fundora (19-0-1, 13 KOs). His opponent is the former challenger from Mexico, Carlos Ocampo (34-1, 22 KOs).
In 2018, he tried to take the IBF belt a lower division from the American Errol Spence, but lost ahead of schedule. Since then, Ocampo has been on a 12-win streak. In 2022 took the belt WBC Latino in opposition to
Omir Rodriguez and title WBC Continental Americas with Mikael Zyusky.
As part of the show, another “interim” WBC title will be played. In the middleweight limit (up to 72.6 kg), the Dominican Carlos Adames (21-1, 16 KOs), who upset the Ukrainian Sergey Derevyanchenko in December, will fight with the Mexican ex-challenger Juan Macias Montiel (23-5-2, 23 KOs). However, we warned about this option in the article Usyk – Joshua 2 and the top most likely rematches in boxing.
The rematch in the second flyweight limit (up to 52.2 kg) will open the broadcast: the current IBF champion Argentine Fernando Martinez (14-0, 8 KOs) will meet with the previous holder of this belt, Filipino Jervin Ancajas (33-2-2, 22 KOs) ), which he almost beat with one wicket in February of this year.
Promoter Bob Arum (Top Rank) stated that the ex-absolute super lightweight champion (up to 63.5 kg) Briton Josh Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) refused another belt. As expected, we are talking about the IBF title – he was ordered to fight the unbeaten Ponce.
According to the boss Top RankTaylor will defend his remaining WBO title in a rematch with compatriot Jack Catterall (26-1, 13 KOs), whom he controversially beat in February.
Previously, there were rumors that this fight already has a date and place. The champion said that he remains in super lightweight: he wants to “shut everyone up.”
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