By: Sean Crose
First issues first – Sebastian Fundora regarded unbelievable in his victory this previous weekend over undefeated junior middleweight titlist Tim Tszyu. He was battered, he was bloodied, however the Californian pushed forward, incomes himself not one, however two divisional championship belts. But it’s exhausting to disclaim that an unintentional head gash on the cranium of Tsyu modified the course of the complete struggle. “That struggle was fully noncompetitive within the first two rounds,” former world titlist Paulie Malignaggi mentioned on the Deep Waters podcast, “and I don’t need to hear that Fundora got here out with an adjusted sport plan and he adjusted. He didn’t regulate something.”
Positive sufficient, as gutsy as Fundora was, he was being merely outclassed by Tszyu till the minimize actually prevented Tszyu from seeing clearly. After that all of it got here all the way down to Fundora holding the partially blind Tszyu from efficiently coming in on him as had been the case earlier. In different phrases, it’s exhausting to not marvel if Tszyu would have gained had it not been for that unlucky harm. “Each single spherical you might be compelled to struggle with an harm like that,” mentioned Malignaggi, “you’re in all probability going to lose these rounds.”
Malignaggi then went on to point that Tszyu’s braveness had led to him damaging his profession. “He’s going to get fazed out as a result of he’s too harmful, as a result of he would have beat Fundora simply,” Malignaggi said. “As an alternative, now he’s going to go residence, he’s going to get phased out, they’re going to maneuver this title to Spence and PBC’s going to maintain it.” Positive sufficient, the fiery New Yorker made it clear that Tszyu, who took the struggle in opposition to the extraordinarily tall Fundora on quick discover (after the unique opponent, Keith Thurman, stepped out of the match as a consequence of an harm) deserves a a second go together with Fundora. “Tszyu deserves a rematch,” Malignaggi mentioned, “and he doesn’t need to be phased out now on account of doing the fitting factor.”
It’s exhausting to not agree with Malignaggi’s reasoning. With that being mentioned, Tszyu has been gracious in defeat (not that he doesn’t need a rematch). “Congratulations to @SebastianFundo1,” the Aussie claimed on social media. “Effectively earned victory. By no means backed out of any problem and making an attempt to encourage the subsequent technology to struggle by all adversities which can be offered. I’ll be again. For ALL the belts. The aim stays the identical. Warrior shit solely.”
