This Saturday, super welterweight secondary titleist will put his interim WBC 154lbs title on the line against Carlos Ocampo in a fight taking place at Dignity Health Sports Park, in Carson, CA - and broadcast by Showtime.
The event feels as though it is built around the Fundora family, as his sister Gabriela will be featured on the YouTube portion of Showtime Sports undercard action.
“I can guarantee the fans get their money’s worth. We put on a great show every single time, but now that I’m headlining my own show, I’m really going to make sure I put it all on the line. Plus, with my sister on the card, it’s just more motivation to perform,” said Fundora at Thursday’s press conference. “I’ve shown that I have a strong uppercut, but we worked on a lot of different things in this training camp. We work on everything and we work on being consistent so that we can break our opponent down.”
His opponent, Carlos Ocampo was seen in 2018 being stopped by Errol Spence in one round. Since then, Ocampo went on a run mostly off-television, including a win over world-ranked contender Mikael Zewski, who he stopped in nine rounds in Zewski’s hometown.
“I feel like I proved to the people that I’m an elite fighter. I can hang with anyone and I can stop them as well. I showed that I have what it takes to become a world champion,” said Fundora who is nicknamed “The Towering Inferno”. “Ocampo might come into this fight to display his boxing skills, or he might come on the inside looking to exchange. I’m confident in my corner and how we prepared and it’s going to show in the ring.”
As for the other Fundora fighting on the card, his sister, Gabriela, had the most heartfelt comments of the whole presser.
“It’s very exciting to be here in our hometown fighting together. It doesn’t happen very often. We’re going to bring fireworks and I hope the fans enjoy it,” said Gabriela. “It’s really cool to be fighting on the live stream before my brother’s show. I know that I enjoy watching myself fight and I feel like the fans are going to enjoy it as well.”
