The IBF Bakhram Murtazaliev champion challenges Sebastian Fundora to Unification

The Junior Junior Medium Weight Champion Murtazaliev called WBC and the 154 -pound champion of WBO Sebastian Fundora for a unification fight after his fourth -round technical victory over Chordale Booker last Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Murtzaliev (23-0, 17 kos) published in X, congratulating ‘The Impome Inferno’ Fundora (22-1-1, 14 kos) for his victory over Booker (23-2, 11 kos), saying: “I’m ready!“It would be a great fight for fans if Sebastian were willing to take this risky fight.

Indisputable goal

At the press conference after the fight last night, he said that his goal is to become undisputed champion in 154. If Fundora was not only Using hollow words Sounds brave, taking Bakhram with his offer would be excellent for fans.

It is unlikely that Fundora and her promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, accept to fight Murtazaliev because it is dangerous and not someone who could stop and fight as he did against the Booker who hits the light last night.

Fighting thus against Murtazaliev will make Fundora dry quickly, perhaps in less than three rounds. That is the time it took in Bakhram to get rid of the former 154 -pound champion of the OMB, Tim Tszyu, on October 19 last year in Orlando, Florida. Tszyu tried Slug with Murtazaliev and fell four times in a third round knockout defeat.

Fundora would have to change her fighting style to have the opportunity to defeat Bakhram. He will not be victorious fighting with him in the trenches, using the same approach that worked against Booker and Tszyu.

Congratulations Fundora, great performance. I’m ready!

– Bakhram Murtazaliev (@Bakhram95) March 23, 2025

Zayas or Murtazaliev?

Murtazaliev would be a good option for Fundora if you want a way of diverting its mandatory WBO challenger, Xander Zayas. He can follow the unification route; There is no way that the OMB can clear it. However, I do not know why Fundora would avoid a weak hitter like Zayas, which is at the Booker Power level, but with more slips, in favor of fighting risky against Bakhram. That movement would not make sense.

Fundora said last week that she is interested in renewing conversations for a fight against Errol Spence if she still wants to fight him. It is a much bigger money fight than defending the little known Xander, 22.