Serhii Bohachuk Volunteers To Fight 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) had two of his options for his next fight rejected by the World Boxing Organization last week.

Initially, Fundora had planned to defend against Errol Spence (28-1, 22 KO), but the WBO chose not to sanction the fight. Their reasons were that Spence hadn’t fought in a year and a half. after a loss, he had never fought at 154 and was not ranked in the WBO top 15.

Fundora’s team reportedly wanted to use Joey Spencer (19-1, 11 KOs), but he also wasn’t ranked in the top 15, so he wasn’t any good or an opponent.

A dangerous challenge

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

Although Fundora proved he could beat a hitter last year with Tim Tszyu, it’s a different story with Bohachuk. He’s not someone who loads up on single shots like Tszyu does. He constantly throws hard punches in a similar fashion to Artur Beterbiev, and he is good at fighting inside. It can generate a lot of power inside. Tszyu couldn’t do that.

If Team Fundora wants to force their way into the WBO’s top 15 contenders list, they might not be happy about Sebastian fighting someone like Charles Conwell or Xander Zayas either. These are two fights, as it would be if he fought Bohachuk.

If Fundora feels ready, he should fight Bohachuk because he is free and he volunteers to fight him. That’s half the battle.