{"id":69690,"date":"2025-08-15T20:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/69690\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T20:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:49:11","slug":"sebastian-fundora-to-defend-wbc-154-lb-title-against-keith-thurman-on-pbc-on-prime-video-ppv-october-25th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/69690\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Fundora To Defend WBC 154-lb Title Against Keith Thurman On PBC On Prime Video PPV, October 25th"},"content":{"rendered":"

WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora and Keith Thurman will headline on PBC on Prime Video<\/a> PPV on October 25th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n

Despite having fought just twice in six years, former WBA and WBC welterweight champion \u2018One Time\u2019 Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs) will be in the main event on pay-per-view against Fundora (23-1-1, 15 KOs). It\u2019s a questionable move to place this fight on PPV because the 36-year-old Thurman hasn\u2019t been active enough for younger fans to know who he is.<\/p>\n

It should be free because it\u2019s not a clash that resonates with fans of this era. If you could take Fundora back to 2016 when Thurman was still active, it might interest fans. Not now, though.<\/p>\n

Keith Thurman\u2019s Recent Inactivity<\/p>\n

Brock Jarvis: March 2025
\nMario Barrios: February 2022<\/p>\n

Thurman didn\u2019t fight in 2020, 2021, 2023, or 2024.\u00a0 Here is getting a world title shot on pay-per-view against WBC 154-lb champion Fundora after only one fight in the division, the non-ranked Brock Jarvis.<\/p>\n

For young fans, Keith is just a bald guy on YouTube who reminisces about his past as a fighter from many years ago. It\u2019s weird listening to him, like he\u2019s some old man who talks about his past life. It\u2019s so boring.<\/p>\n

Is Fundora a True PPV Star?<\/p>\n

Fundora isn\u2019t a pay-per-view fighter.\u00a0 He\u2019s never beaten anyone good enough to be fighting on pay-per-view, unless one considers the shell of Tim Tszyu as a big name.<\/p>\n

Mike Coppinger revealed the new<\/a>s of the Fundora-Thurman fight headlining on October 25th on PBC on Prime PPV<\/a>. Thurman\u2019s only fight in the last three years was against Australian fighter Brock Jarvis, who isn\u2019t a top-tier contender. He\u2019s just some Aussie guy with a resume full of wins over tomato cans, and who was knocked out in one round by Liam Paro in 2022. It took Thurman three rounds to stop Jarvis last March.<\/p>\n

Overlooked Contenders in the WBC Rankings<\/p>\n

Fans on social media are criticizing Fundora defending against the fossil Thurman, who is jumping ahead of these active top-tier WBC-ranked contenders:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Israil Madrimov
\u2013 Jaron Ennis
\u2013 Serhii Bohachuk
\u2013 Jesus Ramos
\u2013 Erickson Lubin
\u2013 Charles Conwell<\/p>\n

Thurman likely wouldn\u2019t be competitive against any of those fighters, as they\u2019re a lot younger, hit harder, and bigger than him. It\u2019s pathetic that he\u2019s getting a world title shot with just two fights under his belt since 2019. Putting the contest on PPV makes it even worse.<\/p>\n

Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Sebastian Fundora to Defend WBC 154-lb Title Against Keith Thurman on PBC on Prime Video PPV, October 25th<\/p>\n

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