{"id":491952,"date":"2026-03-24T04:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/491952\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T04:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:10:15","slug":"sebastian-fundora-says-thurman-underestimating-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/491952\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Fundora Says Thurman Underestimating Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxing247.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add East Side Boxing as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770669047_552_google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEV0p2ZUdsdVp6STBOeTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow East Side Boxing on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he doesn\u2019t think we\u2019re mature enough to be in the ring with him,\u201d Fundora said during a recent interview with Brian Custer. \u201cI\u2019ve been boxing my whole life as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fundora pointed to a wider view that he feels has followed him throughout his career. His height and awkward style brought attention quickly, but he believes that also led to people overlooking the work behind it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a lot of people think we just blasted on the scene because we\u2019re tall and it just happened for us,\u201d he said. \u201cNo. Rome wasn\u2019t built in one day, and it\u2019s the same thing for Sebastian Fundora.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That frustration feeds directly into how he sees this fight. Thurman, a former unified champion, has built his reputation over a longer stretch and against established names. Fundora is coming in from a different place in his career, one that has not always been taken as seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Fundora is not dismissing what Thurman has done.\u00a0 He said he expects the version of Thurman that defeated Danny Garcia, even if he is unsure whether that fighter can still be after long stretches between fights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect the best Thurman,\u201d Fundora said. \u201cWill we see it? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The split between those two ideas sits at the center of the fight. Thurman\u2019s experience is established, but Fundora is preparing for a version of him that may not match that memory. If Thurman is expecting a fighter who is still growing into the level, Fundora believes that is a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>He has already started listing the names he wants after this, including Errol Spence Jr., Xander Zayas, and other titleholders at 154 pounds. The usual caution followed, but the direction was clear. Thurman is part of the plan, not the end of it.<\/p>\n<p>For Fundora, the fight is not about proving he belongs. It is about correcting how he is being seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI think he doesn\u2019t think we\u2019re mature enough to be in the ring with him,\u201d Fundora said during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-491952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}