Serhii Bohachuk volunteers to fight Sebastian Fundora in March

Serhii Bohachuk has volunteered to be the next challenger to WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora for his next fight in March. Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) has seen two of his options for his next fight rejected by the World Boxing Organization in the last week.

Initially, Fundora had planned to defend against Errol Spence (28-1, 22 KOs), but the WBO opted not to sanction the fight. His 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’s top 15.

It was reported that Fundora’s team wanted to use Joey Spencer (19-1, 11 KOs), but he was also not ranked in the top 15, so he was neither good nor an opponent.

A dangerous challenge

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

Although Fundora showed he could beat a slugger last year with Tim Tszyu, it’s a different story with Bohachuk. He’s not someone who focuses on individual shots like Tszyu does. He throws constant heavy-handed punches the same way Artur Beterbiev does, and is good at fighting on the inside. It can generate a lot of power inside. Tszyu couldn’t do that.

If Team Fundora wants to move up the WBO’s top 15 contenders list, they may also not be happy with Sebastian fighting someone like Charles Conwell or Xander Zayas. That’s two fights, just like it would be if he fought Bohachuk.

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

sebastian let’s fight in the

– Serhii Bohachuk 🇺🇦 (@SBohachuk) January 19, 2025