.Oct 24, 2024, 08:08 AM ET There was an opportunity Sebastian Fundora would certainly encounter Tim Tszyu in his following battle, a rematch of in 2015's blood-spattered decision triumph, however with Tszyu losing through TKO to Bakhram Murtazaliev on Sunday, Fundora possesses his eyes on a various opponent: Errol Spence Jr.Spence, a previous welterweight champion, hasn't fought since his ninth-round TKO loss to Terence Crawford in July 2023. Later, Spence had cataract surgical operation in January. While the fight have not officially been actually introduced, there's an opportunity they will certainly combat very early next year. May Fundora make the most of the chance and also loss Spence?Shakur Stevenson was actually scheduled to experience Joe Cordina this month yet experienced an accident to his right hand during instruction that required surgery. Currently Stevenson's looking for a new rival-- probably a best five fighter-- for February in a Riyadh Season card.Jack Catterall and Regis Prograis need to have declaration triumphes when they experience each other on Saturday, but can they receive it? Rafael Espinoza drew a distressed triumph over Robeisy Ramirez last December in some of the best fights of the year. Can easily they produce one more must-see fight in the rematch?One of the best pound-for-pound boxers, Naoya Inoue, has actually won planet headlines in 4 weight courses and also appears unbeatable. Yet his Oriental fellow citizen, Junto Nakatani, is actually wanting to get involved in the band along with Inoue and has won labels in three branches. While they are still separated through a department, can they satisfy in the ring following year?In action to a few of these pushing questions, Mike Coppinger as well as Nick Parkinson possess some answers.Don' t be actually amazed if ... Sebastian Fundora beats Errol Spence Jr.Fundora as well as Spence are slated to comply with in early 2025, sources told ESPN, in what will definitely be Spence's first fight due to the fact that he was actually taken apart through Crawford in July 2023. The struggle is going to additionally be actually Spence's very first at 154 extra pounds after combating at welterweight all of his profession. In between the sluggishness, brand new body weight training class and the incredible consequence he sustained in his last fight, Spence should be actually mattered as a longshot vs. Fundora.Fundora is actually a tricky enemy for basically any sort of fighter as confirmed by his March headline triumph over Tim Tszyu. Clearly, Fundora gained from his 1st career loss-- a KO vs. Brian Mendoza in a significant trouble last April-- as well as made a decision to use his tremendous elevation as well as meet more.At 6-foot-5 1/2 with an 80-inch reach, Fundora has otherworldly size for a 154-pounder. Certainly, Spence can't be actually suspended it goes without saying he is actually performed in the sporting activity. He was a staple of the pound-for-pound checklist for years and is one of the best welterweights of recent ten years.-- CoppingerDon't be amazed if ... Regis Prograis rejects Port Catterall a KO winJack Catterall, above, needs to have a victory over Regis Prograis on Sunday to continue his journey for that evasive world title. Result Robinson/Matchroom Boxing/Getty ImagesCatterall said to ESPN last week he feels he resides in the kind of his life, and based on his last getaway-- an unanimous selection sway former uncontested champion Josh Taylor-- it is challenging to assert along with the English opponent. Catterall should be actually a globe champion by now, after a debatable split-decision loss to Taylor in 2022, however a success over Prograis is likely to provide him an additional shot at delight in 2025. That desire might fire up Catterall to a gain Prograis, whom may possess adventure on his side as a two-time world champ, but he is out of type and also at 35 can also be out of time. His recent efficiencies advise Prograis could be on the downward slope.Editor's Picks2 RelatedPrograis endured a landslide selection reduction to Devin Haney in December after he was actually floored in Cycle 3 and lost every cycle in the courts' directories. To scrub sodium into the cut for Prograis, he possessed the ignominy of breaking the CompuBox record for fewest punches landed in a 12-round champion match with 36. He was likewise poor in a split-decision draw Danielito Zorrilla in June 2023, in an underwhelming homecoming match in New Orleans.But Prograis is difficult, and also will certainly be actually encouraged due to the necessity to create a big functionality to salvage his career. In 2019, when he was at his height, Prograis took Taylor to factors in an intense planet label marriage match loss on earth Boxing Super Collection last, and also sturdiness is likely to refuse Catterall a halt succeed facing his home fans at the brand-new Co-Op Live stadium in Manchester.As sharp as Catterall's performances have been actually recently, he is not a well-known finisher. Given that Oct 2017, Catterall has actually succeeded by deduction only three opportunities, all versus challengers with double or perhaps triple-digit defeats on their report (Kevin McCauley had 163 losses when they fought in March 2018) and also an aspects selection seems a probably end result.-- ParkinsonDon't be actually startled if ... Shakur Stevenson deals with William Zepeda in February's Riyadh Season cardShakur Stevenson, left behind, gained a consensual choice over Artem Harutyunyan to preserve the WBC light-weight globe label in July. Sarah Stier/Getty ImagesTurki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Amusement Authority, is planning a major memory card for Feb. 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and also one match that would absolutely accommodate on such a program would certainly be Shakur vs. Zepeda. The struggle has actually resided in the benefit months, with Stevenson aligned for a match against Cordina this month while Zepeda preps to encounter Tevin Farmer on Nov. 16. Farmer, naturally, possesses a comparable style to Stevenson as a slick, defensive-minded southpaw. Stevenson was actually never ever capable to combat Cordina as he underwent palm surgical treatment in September. But subsequently, Stevenson mentioned he organized to move into the match with the pressure fighter Zepeda, anyway.Hopefully, the match relates to fulfillment, however initially, Zepeda will definitely need to have to look outstanding but once again, and also this time around the rival (Farmer) figures to offer a sterner obstacle.-- CoppingerDon't be actually stunned if ... Naoya Inoue encounters Junto Nakatani in a megafight next yearNaoya Inoue, above, has actually succeeded globe headlines in 4 division, featuring the uncontested champion at bantamweight and junior featherweight. AP Photo/Hiro KomaeAn Inoue-Nakatani fight isn't just, probably, the greatest match in Eastern background. It is actually additionally among the most ideal matches that may be created in all of boxing.Nakatani eventually plunged ESPN's pound-for-pound list last week with another dominant title protection at 118 extra pounds. As well as it is actually crystal clear there is actually no bigger obstacle available for "The Monster" than his personal countryman.Nakatani has the size, power and technique to offer Inoue his toughest battle however, or even beat him outright. Such a match at the Tokyo Dome - where 55,000 folks observed Inoue defeat Luis Nery in May-- for Inoue's recognized 122-pound championship would absolutely generate gigantic business.First, Inoue will definitely deal with Australia's Sam Goodman on Dec. 24 in Tokyo before a feasible U.S. yield in the spring. After that? We can see Inoue combat his initial pound-for-pound opponent however.-- CoppingerDon't be amazed if ... the rematch in between Rafael Espinoza and Robeisy Ramirez produces one more match of the year candidateRafael Espinoza, right, defeated Robeisy Ramirez in a match of the year prospect back in December to succeed the WBO lightweight globe name. Mikey Williams/Top RankThe last time these pair of complied with, it produced a mystery, along with both boxers seeing the canvass in one of the very best fights of 2023, so expect yet another classic clash on Dec. 7. Espinoza produced a dismayed over Ramirez after getting in the fight under the radar. His quantity of hits was definitive, particularly late on, to make a majority selection as well as win the WBO featherweight title. Espinoza, 30, then pleased once again in an initial protection fourth-round KO of Sergio Chirino in June.Two-time Olympic gold medalist Ramirez should make one thing different to avenge the loss, which makes this match such a fantastic prospect. Ramirez, 30, has because sparkled in a battle in June, as he closed a Sphere 7 TKO gain Brandon Leon Benitez.Espinoza's elevation (6-1), the tallest globe featherweight champ in past history, will certainly once more be actually a determining think about this battle. Can Ramirez get inside Espinoza's array along with his glossy abilities? He dropped Espinoza in Sphere 5 in December, prior to exploring the canvas himself as the amount of blows took its cost in the last round.The rematch has all the ingredients for one more standard.-- Parkinson.