Sebastian Fundora has expressed his desire to fight Vergil Ortiz Jr in the chief support for Canelo Alvarez’s return on September 12.
Sebastian Fundora (23-1-1, 15ko’s) is the current WBC super-welterweight world champion.
The man from West Palm Beach, Florida is set to face Keith Furman (31-1, 23ko’s) on Prime Video on the 28th of this month.
Fundora’s focus is fully on the test in front of him this month, but has plans to be a part of one of 2026’s biggest events.
Mexico vs The World is an event scheduled for September 12.
The bill will be headlined by the return of Canelo Alvarez (63-3-2, 39ko’s), with the face of modern boxing set to fight for world title honours once again.
Alvarez, from Guadalajara lost his undisputed super-middleweight crown to Terence Crawford (42-0, 31ko’s).
In the aftermath of this mega fight, Crawford announced his retirement, subsequently vacating the belts.
The opponent for Canelo’s return is unknown at this stage.
Another potential opponent is Riyadh Season ambassador Hamzah Sheeraz (22-0-1, 18ko’s).
The man from Ilford is set to fight for the vacant WBO super-middleweight championship next.
Other stars of Mexican descent like Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (23-0, 16ko’s) and Emanuel Navarrete (40-2-1, 33ko’s) have expressed their desires to feature on ‘Mexico vs The World’.
Fundora spoke to the Ring Magazine about the event: “It would be great to fight on the Canelo card,”
“I’ll be ready to fight again in September after the Thurman fight”.
“There are all kinds of big opportunities for me to be in big fights”.
“It can be against whoever, since there are all kinds of names. I’m going to fight these guys”.
“I’m chopping down whoever steps up. I’m building a legacy. I’ll fight Vergil”.
“I’m eventually going to get my hands on the Ring title, just like my sister Gabriella”.
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