Fundora Retains WBC Belt With TKO of Thurman
Sebastian Fundora retained his WBC super welterweight championship against Keith Thurman on March 28, 2026, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Referee Thomas Taylor stopped the contest at 1:17 of the sixth round after Fundora’s pressure and combinations overwhelmed the former welterweight champion.
The champion steadily increased his attacking output
Fundora used his long frame and busy offense to make Thurman work through increasingly difficult exchanges. The champion’s power attack gathered momentum during the fourth round.
Thurman began the fifth aggressively and landed a clean right hand, but it did not interrupt Fundora’s advance for long. The defending champion kept responding and continued pressing forward.
A difficult fifth round led into the finish
Fundora closed the fifth with a left hook that sent Thurman back toward his corner unsteadily. The following round brought more hooks and an uppercut that opened a cut around Thurman’s left eye.
Taylor intervened as Fundora maintained the attack. Thurman later disagreed with the timing of the stoppage, but the official result remained a sixth-round technical knockout.
Another successful defense strengthened Fundora’s title run
The victory improved Fundora’s record to twenty-four wins, one loss and one draw. It was his third defense of the WBC championship he had won against Tim Tszyu in March 2024.
Thurman left with his second professional defeat. Fundora’s performance combined increasing pressure with sustained follow-up offense, allowing him to finish a championship contest against an experienced opponent without requiring the scheduled twelve rounds or a judges’ decision.
Sources
- PBC: official result and finishing sequence
- The Ring: championship-defense background
- CompuBox: round-by-round activity
