Sebastian Fundora vs Chordale Booker Ends in Impressive Stoppage Win

Sebastian Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs) vs Chordale Booker (23-2, 11 KOs) was the headline event of a Premier Boxing Champions card on March 22 at the Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas, live on Prime Video. It was ultimately a routine win for “The Towering Inferno” as he stopped Booker in dominant style to retain his WBC & WBO super welterweight titles.

Sebastian Fundora Defeats Chordale Booker

Sebastian Fundora vs Chordale Booker Fight Recap

The opening round was cagey, with neither able to land anything of note. In the second round, Booker moved well and got inside the jab of Fundora. Fundora towers over Booker, but “The Gift” shined when he got inside at the beginning of the third round. Despite the promising moments for Booker, Fundora took charge in the third, landing eye-catching hooks, backing his opponent up.

The end for Booker came in round four, with Fundora landing a big left hook, which had his opponent in trouble and soon on the canvas. Despite beating the count, the punishment soon continued and the referee jumped in to wave the fight off.

It was a tentative start from “The Towering Inferno” but he quickly got in his groove and stopped Booker.

Post Fight Quotes

Following this dominant win, Fundora reflected on his win: “I’ve felt ready this whole time since my last fight. I’ve worked very hard this past year to be ready. Now I’ve successfully defended my two titles and the sky’s the limit. 

“I showed the fans that I’m a powerful fighter. I’ve always been a powerful fighter and I showed it even more tonight.

“We didn’t even bring a southpaw into camp. It was just about catching his footwork. He didn’t want to trade at all, so we just broke him down to the body and when I hurt him in the third round, it slowed him down a lot. 

“I’d love to be the undisputed champion like my sister. Whoever they have for me next, I’ll be ready. I want the IBF champion Bakhram Murtazaliev, plus Xander Zayas is the WBO mandatory, and I also want Errol Spence Jr. We have two belts, we have to defend them, and if anyone is willing to unify, let’s do that too.”

Televised Undercard

In the super welterweight division and the co-feature, Jesus Ramos Jr (23-1, 19 KOs) stopped the brave Guido Emmanuel Schramm (16-4-2, 9 KOs) in round seven. Schramm showed a great chin, but the power and accuracy of Ramos was the difference.

In the first fight of the televised broadcast, Elijah Garcia (17-1, 13 KOs) defeated Terrell Gausha (24-5-1, 12 KOs) by a split decision in their middleweight contest. The judge’s scorecards read 95-94 for Gausha, 95-94 for Garcia, with the final scorecard reading 96-93 in favour of Garcia. It was a great fight, with plenty of close rounds.

Undercard

Freudis Rojas Jr. (15-0, 11 KOs) extended his unbeaten professional record with a unanimous decision win over Maurice Lee (15-2-2, 6 KOs) in their welterweight clash. The cleaner work from the 26-year-old southpaw ensured he got the victory. The judges scorecards read 80-72 x2 and 79-73.

Alberto Mora (13-0, 9 KOs) won his super featherweight fight against Viktor Slavinskyi (15-4-1, 7 KOs) with the judges scorecards reading 80-72 x2 and 77-75, all in favour of the Mexican fighter.

Robert Guerrero Jr. (6-0, 3 KOs) won his lightweight contest in dominant style stopping Sean Armas (6-2, 3 KOs) in round two.

Brayan Gonzalez (3-0, 2 KO) impressed in his super bantamweight contest, stopping Justin Marquez (5-2, 4 KOs) in round number four.

Alexis De La Cerda (6-0, 4 KOs) defeated Sharone Carter (14-10-1, 3 KOs) in their super bantamweight fight by third-round KO.

Joseph Brown (5-0, 4 KOs) defeated Ezequiel Duran (4-1, 1 KO) by sixth-round TKO in their super welterweight fight.

Jursly Vargas (5-0, 4 KOs) defeated Uhlices Avelino-Reyes (3-2, 2 KOs) in their lightweight contest, with Vargas scoring the KO victory in round four.