WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs) made short work of fringe contender Chordale Booker (23-2, 11 KOs), dropping him once en route to scoring a fourth-round technical knockout on Saturday night at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
After a year layoff, Fundora beat up the overmatched Booker and put him down in the fourth round with a hard shot to the head. He beat the count but was getting hammered, and the referee, Thomas Taylor, had no choice but to halt the fight. The time of the stoppage was at 2:51 of the round.
Undercard results
– Junior middleweight contender Jesus Ramos Jr (23-1, 19 KOs) made easy work of Guido Schramm (16-4-2, 9 KOs), stopping him in the seventh round of a total mismatch. Ramos Jr. hurt Schramm with a hard left hook in the seventh that had him looking out of it. Referee Mark Nelson then halted the fight. The time of the stoppage was at 1:38 of the round. Ramos Jr’s victory was his third straight since losing to Erickson Lubin by a 10-round decision in 2023. It’s hard to say whether Ramos Jr. is improving because his opposition has been worse since when he first started his career. He’s being fed
confidence-boosters repeatedly by his management.
– Middleweight contender Elijah Garcia (17-1, 13 KOs) won a highly questionable 10-round split decision over veteran Terrell Gausha (24-5-1, 12 KOs). Garcia was down hard in the first round after eating a right hand from Gausha, 37, and continued to take a lot of heavy shots in rounds two through eight. Garcia came back a little edge the later rounds with activity, but he was still getting hit hard with shots to the head from the 2012 Olympian Gausha.
The scores
95-94 – Garcia
95-94 – Terrell
96-93 – Garcia
This is the second fight in a row in which Garcia, 21, has looked poor. It’s starting to become clear that fans were wrong about this guy being a future world champion. However, he was 8-8 as an amateur before turning pro in 2020. The soft matchmaking made him look better than he is.
Official Results
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Sebastian Fundora def. Chordale Booker via TKO, Round 4 (2:51)
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Jesus Ramos def. Guido Emmanuel Schramm via TKO, Round 7 (1:38)
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Elijah Garcia def. Terrell Gausha via Split Decision (94-95, 95-94, 96-93)
Undercard Results
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Freudis Rojas def. Maurice Lee via Unanimous Decision (79-73, 80-72, 80-72)
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Alberto Mora Garcia def. Viktor Slavinskyi via Unanimous Decision (80-72, 80-72, 77-75)
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Robert Guerrero def. Sean Armas via TKO, Round 2 (1:00)
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Brayan Gonzalez def. Justin Marquez via TKO, Round 4 (1:57)
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Alexis De la Cerda Landin def. Sharone Carter via KO, Round 3 (2:59)
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Joseph Brown def. Ezequiel Duran via TKO, Round 6 (1:54)
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Jursly Vargas def. Uhlices Avelino-Reyes via KO, Round 4 (2:59)
