WBO Orders Purse Bid For Sebastian Fundora vs Xander Zayas

Unified junior middleweight Sebastian Fundora's next title defense vs. Xander Zayas is heading to a purse bid.

Xander Zayas (left) and Sebastian Fundora (right). / IMAGO/ZUMA Press Wire

With negotiations between Sebastian Fundora and Xander Zayas' camps hitting an impasse, they're now set to have a purse bid.

WBO President Gustavo Olivieri announced on X that Fundora and Zayas are heading to a purse bid next week, which will be live-streamed. The minimum bid for the purse bid is set at $200,000, with Fundora set to get 75% of the winning bid and Zayas getting the remaining 25%.

Re: Fundora/Zayas (154 lbs.) Mandatory - Be advised that having the parties unable to reach terms as ordered, the WBO will order purse proceedings. $200k minimum bid with 75% for Champion & 25% for Challenger. Proceedings to be conducted next week & streamed live. #NewEra

— Gustavo Olivieri, Esq. (@OlivieriLaw) April 26, 2025

The fight was ordered by the WBO on March 23, with the two camps having 20 days to reach a deal. The WBO originally gave Fundora and Zayas' promoters an extension to Friday after both camps requested one, but a deal was never able to be made.

Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs), who is the WBO and WBC junior middleweight champion, is coming off a fourth-round stoppage of Chordale Booker on March 22 in the first defense of his titles. After the win, Zayas stepped into the ring and went into Fundora's locker room to congratulate him on the win, knowing a potential fight between the two loomed on the horizon, given his ranking in the WBO.

Sebastian Fundora and the mandatory challenger for his WBO world title, Xander Zayas, embrace after Fundora’s successful title defense tonight over Chordale Booker.

No face-off, however. Despite Zayas’ request. #Boxing #FundoraBooker pic.twitter.com/uTnYdhiKYX

— Sean Zittel (@Sean_Zittel) March 23, 2025

Zayas (21-0, 13 KOs), who was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and trains out of South Florida, is ranked No. 1 by the WBO and No. 2 by the WBC. Zayas is coming off a 9th-round stoppage of Slawa Spomer on Feb 14.

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