FOLLOWING sizzling on the heels of final week’s postponement of Josh Taylor vs. Jack Catterall II, studies recommend that one other intriguing battle has sadly fallen by the wayside as we speak (March 18).
The March 30 welterweight battle between Tim Tszyu and Keith Thurman, which was to function PBC’s inaugural pay-per-view providing on Amazon Prime, is off as a result of an damage suffered by Thurman in coaching. The damage, supposedly an damage to his biceps, has pressured Thurman to withdraw from the battle and leaves Tszyu now looking for a substitute opponent.
That opponent, in keeping with ESPN’s Mike Coppinger, may very properly be Sebastian Fundora, who was set to battle on the occasion’s undercard in opposition to Serhii Bohachuk in a vacant WBC title battle. As an alternative, due to Thurman’s damage there may be now each probability Fundora will step in to interchange “One Time” and battle Tszyu for the Australian’s WBO model of the super-lightweight crown.
If that proves to be the case, credit score should go to each Fundora for taking the chance at brief discover (when coming off his first loss) and Tszyu for agreeing to the swap when the distinction in types between Thurman and Fundora is so stark and dramatic. In any case, to go from making ready for an inactive and maybe over-the-hill former champion who stands at 5 foot 9 and fights within the orthodox stance to now making ready for a six foot 5 southpaw nonetheless very a lot on the rise represents fairly the handbrake flip. Fairly the chance, too.
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