Sebastian Fundora stops Chordale Booker in 4th round to retain WBC, WBO super welterweight titles

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23-03-2025

Sebastian Fundora needed just four rounds to stop Chordale Booker and successfully defend his WBC and WBO super welterweight world titles on Saturday night at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
The 6-foot-6 Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs), who carried an eight-inch height advantage into the contest, towered over Booker (23-2, 11 KOs). The champion established his southpaw jab and long right hook early in the fight and continued to have success with those punches throughout the contest. Despite being the shorter man, Booker chose to stay on the outside against Fundora and utilize lateral movement.
Although Booker had his moments, he was consistently out-landed by Fundora round after round, and it didn't take long before Fundora put a real dent in the challenger. In Round 4, Booker's head was pushed back with a left hand as blood poured from his nose. Fundora knew the finish was in sight and pounced on Booker with left hands and uppercuts, forcing him onto the canvas.
Sebastian 'The Towering Inferno' Fundora does it again 🥊Getting the KO and making quick work of Chordale Booker in 4 rounds pic.twitter.com/T466Xsxl2E
— Sports on Prime (@SportsonPrime) March 23, 2025
Booker rose to his feet with 30 seconds left in the fourth, but he couldn't see out Fundora's onslaught and was saved from further punishment on the ropes by referee Thomas Taylor.
Super welterweight is one of the deeper divisions in the sport, and Fundora holds two of its world championship belts. The WBA title is owned by Terence Crawford, who is headed toward a September showdown against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, while Bakhram Murtazaliev possesses the IBF crown. Fundora called out Murtazaliev for a three-belt unification showdown in his post-fight interview.
Fundora, who hails from Mexican descent, also mentioned his WBO mandatory challenger, Puerto Rico's Xander Zayas, as a potential opponent in what would be billed as the next chapter in the historic Mexico vs. Puerto Rico boxing rivalry.
Check out full Fundora vs. Booker results and highlights below, as well as Uncrowned's play-by-play of the main card.
WBC & WBO super welterweight world titles: Sebastian Fundora def. Chordale Booker via 4th-round TKO | Watch video
Super welterweight: Jesus Ramos Jr. def. Guido Emmanuel Schramm via 7th-round TKO | Watch video
Middleweight: Elijah Garcia def. Terrell Gausha via split decision (95-94 Gausha, 95-94 Garcia, 96-93 Garcia)
Unified super welterweight world champion Sebastian Fundora has named Bakhram Murtazaliev and Xander Zayas as opponents he would like to face next.
Sebastian 'The Towering Inferno' Fundora does it again 🥊Getting the KO and making quick work of Chordale Booker in 4 rounds pic.twitter.com/T466Xsxl2E
— Sports on Prime (@SportsonPrime) March 23, 2025
Right hook from Booker catches Fundora early in the fourth. Uppercut on the inside gets through for the challenger. Combination goes Fundora just after the one-minute mark in the fourth. Fundora catches Booker with a left hand and follows up with a body attack.
Fundora has outlanded Booker 65-36 punches so far.
Booker suddenly looks tired and hurt. Blood pouring from his nose. A left-hand pushes Booker's head back. An uppercut followed by a HARD overhand left. Uppercut goes Fundora. Booker is hurt and DOWN HE GOES!
30 seconds to go in the fourth. Uppercut from Fundora. A left hand followed. 1-2 from Fundora pushes Booker onto the ropes. Booker is in survival mode, a left hand gets through for Fundora. AND THE REFEREE STEPS IN!
TKO-4 Fundora
Fundora starts round 3 with his southpaw jab. Booker responds with a combination on the inside. Left uppercut from Fundora skims Booker just after the one-minute mark in the third. Left hand from Fundora as he punches down on the much shorter Booker.
Fundora starting to tee off on Booker in the final minute of the third. A left hand gets through followed by a combination, where the uppercut seemed to trouble Booker. HARD southpaw left-hand counter catches Fundora. And again from Booker, Fundora responds with a right hand. Good action in this the third.
10-9 Fundora, 30-27 Fundora
Southpaw jab and lead right hooks connecting for Fundora. Booker is on the back foot, trying to evade Fundora's scary long reach.
Booker doing lots of movement early in this contest to keep away from Fundora. Right hook goes Booker, Fundora responds with a left hand. Fundora ends round two with a right hook and a left hand.
10-9 Fundora, 20-18 Fundora
The main event is underway at 6:46 p.m. PT in a rare feat for boxing.
Fundora quite literally towers over Booker. He begins the opener taking the center of the ring and extending his long jab. Right hook goes Fundora at the end of the first minute. Left hand connects for Fundora just after the halfway point in the opener. They trade right hooks just before the two-minute mark.
1-2 from Fundora lands. "The Towering Inferno" is having early success with his right hand, both with the jab and the hook.
10-9 Fundora
We are just seconds away from the first bell for tonight's main event at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
Unified super welterweight champion Fundora makes the first defense of his titles against Booker in the evening's main event.
Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) won the WBC and WBO world titles with a split decision upset over Tim Tszyu in March 2024. "The Towering Inferno" hasn't fought since that win, however, as a much-discussed bout against Errol Spence Jr. failed to materialize this past year.
A hardscrabble contender who sees tonight as his "real-life Rocky moment," Booker (23-1, 11 KOs) was stopped in the opening round by Austin "Ammo" Williams in his sole career defeat in April 2022. Since then, Booker has put together a six-fight win streak and now lands a major opportunity against Fundora.
JESUS RAMOS WITH THE 7TH ROUND TKO VICTORY‼️💥💥💥#Boxing #FundoraBooker🔥🔥🥊🥊🥊 pic.twitter.com/yZQRWLgnx7
— Danny (@dantheboxingman) March 23, 2025
Ramos gets straight to work pressuring Schramm and backing him onto the ropes. Ramos lets his hands go and left hands are flying in. Ramos started the seventh with a different kind of intent; he wants the finish in this round.
Schramm eating heavy punishment downstairs, he tries to fight fire with fire but is outgunned. Left hands and right hooks pouring in on the Argentine.
HUGE LEFT HAND and Schramm is in trouble. A flurry follows it and the referee steps in!
Ramos Jr. TKO-7
Schramm meets Ramos head-on in the center of the ring. Ramos is landing hard left hands on Schramm, but Schramm is not deterred from standing in range with Ramos and trading with him.
A right uppercut from Ramos almost lifted Schramm off the floor. A body shot followed. Hooks, left hands, body shots — Ramos is doing it all tonight in Las Vegas. Schramm is not ready to wilt yet and it looks like we will see round 7.
10-9 Ramos, 60-54 Ramos
It was more of the same for Ramos in the fourth. Schramm was taking heavy punishment to the body and hard left hands and right hooks upstairs. Ramos is going to look for a finish in the fifth.
Ramos Jr. starts the fifth working his right hook around Schramm's guard. Schramm just ducks under a hard left hand. Schramm on the ropes and Ramos gets to work. A HUGE flurry has the crowd cheering Ramos on the verge of stoppage.
Hard body shots from Ramos followed by hooks upstairs and somehow Schramm is still on his feet. More left hands from Ramos land flush. Schramm is just taking clean punishment non-stop. Surely this one has to be stopped in the corner.
10-9 Ramos, 50-45 Ramos
Ramos Jr. is pummelling Schramm's body in the second minute of round three. Schrmam is visibly hurt downstairs. Left hands and right hooks rein in on the Argentine. Combination to the body goes Ramos. Schramm begins to pressure Ramos, he forces him onto the ropes but eats a left uppercut counter for his troubles.
10-9 Ramos, 30-27 Ramos
Left hand from Ramos in the first 30 seconds, which was partially blocked by Schramm. Schramm is attempting to keep Ramos off him with straight punches, but a hook from Ramos finds a home on Schramm's chin.
Body shot goes Schramm on the inside. Left hand from Ramos forces Schramm onto the ropes. A pair of left uppercuts hit clean on Schramm's body. Ramos has Schramm onto the ropes and is looking for hard left hands on Schramm's chin. Strong success for the 154-pound contender at the end of round two.
10-9 Ramos, 20-18 Ramos
Southpaw left uppercut from Ramos connects followed by a right hand which backed Schramm up. Ramos connects with a couple of short left hands up close. Ramos looks to be the bigger man in the ring. Left hands downstairs from Ramos. Left hook from Schramm clips Ramos at long-range. Right hand bowled over the top from Schramm followed by a trio of counter punches at the end of the opener.
10-9 Ramos
super welterweight contender Jesus Ramos Jr. (22-1, 18 KOs) returns to the ring less than two months after dominating Jeison Rosario for an eighth-round stoppage on the David Benavidez vs. David Morrell undercard. Ramos Jr. faces Argentina's Guido Emmanuel Schramm (16-3-2, 9 KOs).
ohhhj, they robbed Gausha. A gift for Garcia. Bad call, flat out. Gausha won that clean... #boxing
— Steve Kim - the Thomas Sowell of Boxing (@SteveKim323) March 23, 2025
Elijah Garcia SD10 Terrell Gausha in what looked to me as a total robbery. Zachary Young one of the worst judges in boxing, gave the last four rounds to Garcia. pic.twitter.com/XndUirAzIj
— Mark Ortega (@MarkEOrtega) March 23, 2025
ohhhj, they robbed Gausha. A gift for Garcia. Bad call, flat out. Gausha won that clean... #boxing
— Steve Kim - the Thomas Sowell of Boxing (@SteveKim323) March 23, 2025
WOW BIG ROBBERY AT PBC TONIGHT! Elijah Garcia gets a Split Decision victory over Terrell Gausha. I do not agreed with any of those scorecards or the result and I'm very disappointed with what has happened I hope this can be turned around. Absolutely Ridiculous.
— itishaam kasir (@ItishaamK) March 23, 2025
Elijah Garcia defeats Terrell Gausha by a split decision (95-94 Gausha, 95-94 Garcia, 96-93 Garcia) and the PBC on Prime Video commentary is furious with the decision.
Garcia plods forward attempting to pour the pressure on Gausha. Gausha fires with a combination in the first minute of the final round. Garcia needs a KO to win this fight, but there doesn't seem to be much urgency.
Into the final half of the tenth, Garcia is eating straight punches non-stop from Gausha. Garcia's lack of head movement has made his chin a punch bag for Gausha.
It's been a brilliant performance from Gausha, who lands with a hard left hook in the final twenty seconds. The clean power punches have come from Gausha.
10-9 Gausha, 97-92 Gausha
Left hand downstairs from Gausha lands. Gaushs is waiting to find the perfect counter punches. More bodywork from Garcia, Gausha finds a check hook counter. Left hand from Garcia backed Gausha onto the ropes, Gausha is not concerned about Garcua's surge, though, and continues to tee off on Garcia with single right hands. 1-2 connects for Gausha in the center of the ring at the end of the eighth.
10-9 Gausha, 77-74 Gausha
Unified super welterweight world champion Sebastian Fundora has named Bakhram Murtazaliev and Xander Zayas as opponents he would like to face next.
Sebastian 'The Towering Inferno' Fundora does it again 🥊Getting the KO and making quick work of Chordale Booker in 4 rounds pic.twitter.com/T466Xsxl2E
— Sports on Prime (@SportsonPrime) March 23, 2025
Right hook from Booker catches Fundora early in the fourth. Uppercut on the inside gets through for the challenger. Combination goes Fundora just after the one-minute mark in the fourth. Fundora catches Booker with a left hand and follows up with a body attack.
Fundora has outlanded Booker 65-36 punches so far.
Booker suddenly looks tired and hurt. Blood pouring from his nose. A left-hand pushes Booker's head back. An uppercut followed by a HARD overhand left. Uppercut goes Fundora. Booker is hurt and DOWN HE GOES!
30 seconds to go in the fourth. Uppercut from Fundora. A left hand followed. 1-2 from Fundora pushes Booker onto the ropes. Booker is in survival mode, a left hand gets through for Fundora. AND THE REFEREE STEPS IN!
TKO-4 Fundora
Fundora starts round 3 with his southpaw jab. Booker responds with a combination on the inside. Left uppercut from Fundora skims Booker just after the one-minute mark in the third. Left hand from Fundora as he punches down on the much shorter Booker.
Fundora starting to tee off on Booker in the final minute of the third. A left hand gets through followed by a combination, where the uppercut seemed to trouble Booker. HARD southpaw left-hand counter catches Fundora. And again from Booker, Fundora responds with a right hand. Good action in this the third.
10-9 Fundora, 30-27 Fundora
Southpaw jab and lead right hooks connecting for Fundora. Booker is on the back foot, trying to evade Fundora's scary long reach.
Booker doing lots of movement early in this contest to keep away from Fundora. Right hook goes Booker, Fundora responds with a left hand. Fundora ends round two with a right hook and a left hand.
10-9 Fundora, 20-18 Fundora
The main event is underway at 6:46 p.m. PT in a rare feat for boxing.
Fundora quite literally towers over Booker. He begins the opener taking the center of the ring and extending his long jab. Right hook goes Fundora at the end of the first minute. Left hand connects for Fundora just after the halfway point in the opener. They trade right hooks just before the two-minute mark.
1-2 from Fundora lands. "The Towering Inferno" is having early success with his right hand, both with the jab and the hook.
10-9 Fundora
We are just seconds away from the first bell for tonight's main event at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
Unified super welterweight champion Fundora makes the first defense of his titles against Booker in the evening's main event.
Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) won the WBC and WBO world titles with a split decision upset over Tim Tszyu in March 2024. "The Towering Inferno" hasn't fought since that win, however, as a much-discussed bout against Errol Spence Jr. failed to materialize this past year.
A hardscrabble contender who sees tonight as his "real-life Rocky moment," Booker (23-1, 11 KOs) was stopped in the opening round by Austin "Ammo" Williams in his sole career defeat in April 2022. Since then, Booker has put together a six-fight win streak and now lands a major opportunity against Fundora.
JESUS RAMOS WITH THE 7TH ROUND TKO VICTORY‼️💥💥💥#Boxing #FundoraBooker🔥🔥🥊🥊🥊 pic.twitter.com/yZQRWLgnx7
— Danny (@dantheboxingman) March 23, 2025
Ramos gets straight to work pressuring Schramm and backing him onto the ropes. Ramos lets his hands go and left hands are flying in. Ramos started the seventh with a different kind of intent; he wants the finish in this round.
Schramm eating heavy punishment downstairs, he tries to fight fire with fire but is outgunned. Left hands and right hooks pouring in on the Argentine.
HUGE LEFT HAND and Schramm is in trouble. A flurry follows it and the referee steps in!
Ramos Jr. TKO-7
Schramm meets Ramos head-on in the center of the ring. Ramos is landing hard left hands on Schramm, but Schramm is not deterred from standing in range with Ramos and trading with him.
A right uppercut from Ramos almost lifted Schramm off the floor. A body shot followed. Hooks, left hands, body shots — Ramos is doing it all tonight in Las Vegas. Schramm is not ready to wilt yet and it looks like we will see round 7.
10-9 Ramos, 60-54 Ramos
It was more of the same for Ramos in the fourth. Schramm was taking heavy punishment to the body and hard left hands and right hooks upstairs. Ramos is going to look for a finish in the fifth.
Ramos Jr. starts the fifth working his right hook around Schramm's guard. Schramm just ducks under a hard left hand. Schramm on the ropes and Ramos gets to work. A HUGE flurry has the crowd cheering Ramos on the verge of stoppage.
Hard body shots from Ramos followed by hooks upstairs and somehow Schramm is still on his feet. More left hands from Ramos land flush. Schramm is just taking clean punishment non-stop. Surely this one has to be stopped in the corner.
10-9 Ramos, 50-45 Ramos
Ramos Jr. is pummelling Schramm's body in the second minute of round three. Schrmam is visibly hurt downstairs. Left hands and right hooks rein in on the Argentine. Combination to the body goes Ramos. Schramm begins to pressure Ramos, he forces him onto the ropes but eats a left uppercut counter for his troubles.
10-9 Ramos, 30-27 Ramos
Left hand from Ramos in the first 30 seconds, which was partially blocked by Schramm. Schramm is attempting to keep Ramos off him with straight punches, but a hook from Ramos finds a home on Schramm's chin.
Body shot goes Schramm on the inside. Left hand from Ramos forces Schramm onto the ropes. A pair of left uppercuts hit clean on Schramm's body. Ramos has Schramm onto the ropes and is looking for hard left hands on Schramm's chin. Strong success for the 154-pound contender at the end of round two.
10-9 Ramos, 20-18 Ramos
Southpaw left uppercut from Ramos connects followed by a right hand which backed Schramm up. Ramos connects with a couple of short left hands up close. Ramos looks to be the bigger man in the ring. Left hands downstairs from Ramos. Left hook from Schramm clips Ramos at long-range. Right hand bowled over the top from Schramm followed by a trio of counter punches at the end of the opener.
10-9 Ramos
super welterweight contender Jesus Ramos Jr. (22-1, 18 KOs) returns to the ring less than two months after dominating Jeison Rosario for an eighth-round stoppage on the David Benavidez vs. David Morrell undercard. Ramos Jr. faces Argentina's Guido Emmanuel Schramm (16-3-2, 9 KOs).
ohhhj, they robbed Gausha. A gift for Garcia. Bad call, flat out. Gausha won that clean... #boxing
— Steve Kim - the Thomas Sowell of Boxing (@SteveKim323) March 23, 2025
Elijah Garcia SD10 Terrell Gausha in what looked to me as a total robbery. Zachary Young one of the worst judges in boxing, gave the last four rounds to Garcia. pic.twitter.com/XndUirAzIj
— Mark Ortega (@MarkEOrtega) March 23, 2025
ohhhj, they robbed Gausha. A gift for Garcia. Bad call, flat out. Gausha won that clean... #boxing
— Steve Kim - the Thomas Sowell of Boxing (@SteveKim323) March 23, 2025
WOW BIG ROBBERY AT PBC TONIGHT! Elijah Garcia gets a Split Decision victory over Terrell Gausha. I do not agreed with any of those scorecards or the result and I'm very disappointed with what has happened I hope this can be turned around. Absolutely Ridiculous.
— itishaam kasir (@ItishaamK) March 23, 2025
Elijah Garcia defeats Terrell Gausha by a split decision (95-94 Gausha, 95-94 Garcia, 96-93 Garcia) and the PBC on Prime Video commentary is furious with the decision.
Garcia plods forward attempting to pour the pressure on Gausha. Gausha fires with a combination in the first minute of the final round. Garcia needs a KO to win this fight, but there doesn't seem to be much urgency.
Into the final half of the tenth, Garcia is eating straight punches non-stop from Gausha. Garcia's lack of head movement has made his chin a punch bag for Gausha.
It's been a brilliant performance from Gausha, who lands with a hard left hook in the final twenty seconds. The clean power punches have come from Gausha.
10-9 Gausha, 97-92 Gausha
Left hand downstairs from Gausha lands. Gaushs is waiting to find the perfect counter punches. More bodywork from Garcia, Gausha finds a check hook counter. Left hand from Garcia backed Gausha onto the ropes, Gausha is not concerned about Garcua's surge, though, and continues to tee off on Garcia with single right hands. 1-2 connects for Gausha in the center of the ring at the end of the eighth.
10-9 Gausha, 77-74 Gausha