Sebastian Fundora’s Promoter Wants Crawford Next, Not Errol Spence

WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, wants to make a unification fight next against WBA champ Terence Crawford, not a title defense against Errol Spence.

Crawford vs. Fundora Would Be Massive

Boxing insider Manouk Akopyan reports that Lewkowicz is “focused on” making a fight with the unbeaten Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) rather than Spence. It makes sense for Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) to fight Crawford next, given that he’s well-liked by His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, and a match between them would make a lot of money for one of the Riyadh Season events.

Turki wants to give Crawford the biggest fight possible, and he had hoped to set up a clash against unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. However, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen due to the Mexican star’s lack of interest and high price tag.

The money Crawford would make fighting the 6’6″ ‘Towering Inferno’ Fundora won’t be anywhere close to what he would get fighting Canelo, but it would still be quite good. Crawford vs. Fundora would likely bring in good numbers on PPV in the U.S. and be better than his recent fight against WBA 154-lb champion Israil Madrimov on August 3rd.

Fighting Spence won’t bring the same kind of attention and money as a match against Crawford, who is at the top of his game at 37. Spence’s loss to Crawford last year and 14 months of inactivity will have hurt his popularity with fans.

Fundora is coming off a 12-round split decision win over WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu on March 30th, and he’s finally able to return to the ring after dealing with injuries from that fight.

“A fight between Sebastian Fundora and Errol Spence continues to simmer; promoter Sampson [Lewkowicz] tells me he’s only focused on staging a fight for Fundora against Terence Crawford,” said Manouk Akopyan on X about WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, interest in making a fight with Crawford next, not Errol Spence.
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