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Sebastian Fundora vs. Keith Thurman
Virtual Press Conference
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WBC Super Welterweight World Champion Sebastian “The
Towering Inferno” Fundora and former unified world champion
Keith “One Time” Thurman previewed their world championship
showdown during a virtual press conference on Wednesday
before they headline a PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video
taking place Saturday, March 28 from the MGM Grand Garden
Arena in Las Vegas.
The reigning world champion Fundora will look for a
signature victory to bolster his claim as the world’s best
154-pounder when he takes on Thurman, one of the best
fighters of his era, who can solidify his resume by being
crowned champion in a second division.
In addition to being available for purchase on Prime Video,
regardless of Prime membership, fans will also be able to
continue to access the telecast through traditional cable
and satellite outlets as well as PPV.com.
The event is promoted by TGB Promotions and Sampson Boxing.
Here is what the fighters had to say Wednesday:
SEBASTIAN FUNDORA
“We’re ready to defend our title and remain WBC Super
Welterweight World Champion. I’m just looking at Keith as
another fight. I’ve fought a reigning champion and former
champions. So I just have to see it as another fight. I have
to go make the ring mine and make this fight mine as well.
“I’m the younger guy and I’m the champion. Lots of things
favor me in this fight. You can’t just rely on that of
course. But I’m extremely confident and more matured at this
point in my career.
“I have to expect the best Keith Thurman to come out. That’s
what we’re training for. Whether he brings it or not, that’s
not up to me. But I’ll be ready.
“He says I haven’t fought any OG’s, but that’s because those
OG’s aren’t around anymore.
“He looked good in his last fight, but I think my skills are
better. That’s why we’re fighting. I’m planning to go in
there and defend my title successfully.
“I’ve fought a lot of good fighters and I’m just seeing
Thurman as another fight. This would be a good win against
another accomplished former champion.
“Boxing is full of opinions. Anybody can say whatever they
want. Freedom of speech. Like whoever you like, but I
consider myself the best at 154 pounds.
“What I watch when I’m working my sister’s fights is a more
human reaction. I can see things from the outside view that
you don’t notice because you’re only focused on your
opponent. It gives you a different perspective.”
KEITH THURMAN
“He needs to be Sebastian Fundora, He’s trying to simplify
it for himself. It’s a heavy weight on the shoulders being
champion, I know. He’s gonna see what an OG can do.
“Great champions become champions again and you can’t stop a
champion from rising to the top. I’ve got several more
tangos left in me and that’s what March 28 is all about. I’m
back in the spotlight and ready to showcase my talents.
“When he goes down, he’s gonna realize what a legend is. He
hasn’t met one yet. He knows what he needs to tell himself
to get in the ring like it’s just another day. I take it a
little more serious than that, and he’s gonna find out that
March 28 isn’t just another day, it’s Thurman’s day.
“Fundora is starting to get better and better. He’s starting
to get some of those layers. But it takes a fight like this
to really reach the highest level. That’s what makes great
champions.”
“I’m healthy and I’m ready to get in the ring and swing. I
want the best. Fundora says he’s the best. I love going for
the belt and taking the belt. That’s what boxing is all
about.
“Danny Garcia is the only champion I’ve gotten to take the
belt from. Now it’s happening for the second time and in a
second division. I’m ready to keep writing my history.
“My sparring partners definitely have the height and reach
that’s gotten me familiar with what I need. Of course I
won’t be facing the real Sebastian Fundora until I’m in the
ring, just like he won’t be facing the real Keith Thurman
until then.
“I’m in there trading punches with heavyweights for this
fight. My two sparring partners are giving both of Fundora’s
looks, the come forward fighter or the back foot jabber, and
they’ve got me prepared for whatever he brings on March 28.
“This would be a great win on my resume. It would be a
legendary comeback win. There are times where you can win
against a soft champion, but that’s not Sebastian.”
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