Ermal
Hadribeaj

vs.

Sebastian
Fundora

His team brought in Michael Fox and Ollie Cooper as sparring partners. He is from Miami, Florida by way of Tirana, Albania. He has a record of 23 wins, no losses, and one draw. He has eight wins by knockout. He is making his first attempt at a world title. He did not have an amateur background. Hadribeaj has an MMA background. Hadribeaj has upper body strength but does not have knockout power in his ratio. Hadribeaj had no amateur background and comes from different styles of fighting. Hadribeaj got rocked with a shot in the second round. Hadribeaj was hurt to the body twice during the fight.

He weighed in at 152.8 pounds. His father is his trainer. Gabriella Fundora, his sister, is very active as a coach in his corner. He is from Coachella, California. He has a record of 24 wins, one loss, and one draw. He has 16 wins by knockout. He is making his fifth consecutive world title appearance. Fundora and his family have a military grade obstacle course on their property and live and breathe boxing. He has an 80-inch reach. Fundora is an excellent uppercut puncher. He is much more of an inside fighter and body puncher who likes getting physical and giving up his height. He flicks out his jab as a range finder rather than using it as a power shot like Tommy Hearns did.

The referee is Thomas Taylor. Fundora won by knockout at 2 minutes 59 seconds of round 12.