{"id":938198,"date":"2026-10-19T00:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T00:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/938198\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T00:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T00:22:09","slug":"terence-crawford-sums-up-jaron-ennis-chances-of-beating-sebastian-fundora-at-154lbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/938198\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford sums up Jaron Ennis chances of beating Sebastian Fundora at 154lbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/terence-crawford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terence Crawford<\/a> has reassessed the threat of Sebastian Fundora following his tougher-than-expected battle with Ermal Hadribeaj over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Most anticipated a comfortable night\u2019s work for the \u2018Towering Inferno\u2019, whose 6ft 5\u00bdin frame and 80in reach makes him a rather unusual operator at 154lbs.<\/p>\n<p>In recent performances, he has managed to use these advantages particularly effectively, keeping both Tim Tszyu and Keith Thurman on the end of his long levers before orchestrating mid-rounds stoppages.<\/p>\n<p>Many therefore expected him to do the same against mandatory challenger Hadribeaj, who entered their contest with an unbeaten record but was largely unproven at world level.<\/p>\n<p>To his credit, though, the \u2018Albanian Sniper\u2019 made for a plucky opponent who, surprisingly, would often get past Fundora\u2019s jab and find ample success on the inside.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/50208058\/sebastian-fundora-retains-title-last-second-ko-ermal-hadribeaj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fundora scored a 12th-round stoppage<\/a> \u2013 in the final second of their contest, no less \u2013 but was hardly afforded a straightforward defence of his WBC title.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, many have considered whether he would pose any genuine threat to Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis, who secured a seventh-round stoppage victory over Xander Zayas in June.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, the 29-year-old claimed the WBO and WBA super-welterweight titles and is now set to face Josh Kelly in a unification match early next year.<\/p>\n<p>As for a potential clash with Fundora, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/crawford-on-who-will-beat-jaron-ennis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Crawford previously favoured the 28-year-old<\/a> but now, taking to social media, has suggested that Ennis\u2019 speed would be too significant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoots too fast for Fundora.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boots too fast for Fundora.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/terencecrawford\/status\/2111655594029691270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Ennis dethrones IBF champion Kelly in his next outing, then an undisputed showdown with Fundora could become realistic for later next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford has reassessed the threat of Sebastian Fundora following his tougher-than-expected battle with Ermal Hadribeaj over the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":938199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-938198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/938199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}