Fundora to top Showtime tripleheader
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Sebastian Fundora will defend the WBC interim junior middleweight title against an opponent to be determined on Oct. 8 in the main event of a Showtime tripleheader, a source with knowledge of the plans told Fight Freaks Unite. The site has not been determined.
Fundora (19-0-1, 13 KOs), 24, a southpaw from Coachella, California, claimed the vacant interim belt by ninth-round knockout of Erickson Lubin on April 9 in a fight of the year candidate in which both fighters were knocked down.
The card will also feature a middleweight fight between Carlos Adames (21-1, 16 KOs), 28, of the Dominican Republic, and Juan Macias Montiel (23-5-2, 23 KOs), 28, of Mexico, the source said.
Adames is coming off his biggest win via 10-round decision over three-time title challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko in December. Macias has won his only fight since showing enormous heart in a lopsided decision loss challenging WBC titlist Jermall Charlo 14 months ago.
The third fight on the telecast will be an immediate rematch between IBF junior bantamweight titlist Fernando Martinez and Jerwin Ancajas, multiple sources said.
Martinez (14-0, 8 KOs), 31, of Argentina, scored a wide decision over Ancajas (33-2-2, 22 KOs), 30, of the Philippines, to claim the 115-pound title in an upset on Feb. 26. Ancajas had held the belt since 2016 and made nine successful defenses.
Flyweight Gabriela Fundora (8-0, 4 KOs), 20, of Coachella, California, who is Sebastian’s sister, will also appear on the undercard against an opponent to be determined.
interesting..with that being said if montiel gets ko'ed by adames, we are going to have another open talk dialogue revisiting the excuses certain people were making for jermall charlo after the montiel fight