Serhii Bohachuk voluntarily fights Sebastian Fundora in March

Serhii Bohachuk has volunteered to be the next challenger for WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora for his next fight in March. Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) saw two of his options for his next fight rejected by the World Boxing Organization last week.

Initially, Fundora planned to defend against Errol Spence (28-1, 22 KOs), but the WBO decided not to sanction the fight. Their reasons were that Spence had not fought for 1.5 years. after the loss he never fought at 154, and was not ranked in the WBO’s top 15.

Fundora’s team reportedly wanted to use Joey Spencer (19-1, 11 KOs), but he wasn’t ranked in the top 15 either, so he wasn’t a good matchup.

A dangerous challenge

Former interim WBC 154lb champion Bohachuk is ranked No. 8 by the WBO, which would make him the perfect Fundora opponent for his March 30 fight. The only problem is that Fundora management may not want to use Bohachuk (25-2, 24 KOs) because he is dangerous.

Although Fundora proved last year in Team Tsziu that he can beat the underdog, it’s a different story with Bohachuk. He’s not someone who loads up on individual shots like Tsziu. He lands consistent punches with heavy hands in the same manner as Artur Beterbiev, and is good at fighting on the inside. He can generate a lot of energy internally. Tsziu couldn’t do that.

If Team Fundora wants to break into the WBO’s top 15 contenders list, they might not be happy to see Sebastian fight someone like Charles Conwell or Xander Zayas. It’s two fights, as it would be if he fought Bohachuk.

If Fundora feels he’s up for it, he should fight Bohachuk because he’s free and volunteering to fight him. That’s half the battle.

Sebastian let’s fight in la

— Serhii Bohachuk 🇺🇦 (@SBohachuk) January 19, 2025