Unbeaten super welterweight Sebastian “The Towering Inferno’’ Fundora (19-0-1, 13 KOs) will defend his Interim WBC Super Welterweight Title against former title challenger Carlos Ocampo (34-1, 22 KOs) live on SHOWTIME® on Saturday, October 8, headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event. Fundora is coming off a Fight of the Year type performance against Erickson Lubin on April 9 in which Fundora punished Lubin to remain undefeated in a back-and-forth thriller. Ocampo, who is ranked No. 13 by the WBC, has won 12 straight and recorded a first-round knockout on June 11.
The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast will also feature middleweights Carlos Adames (21-1, 16 KOs) and Juan Macias Montiel (23-5-2, 23 KOs) squaring off for the Interim WBC Middleweight Title in the co-main event, while IBF Junior Bantamweight World Champion Fernando Martinez (14-0, 8 KOs) meets former champion Jerwin Ancajas (32-2-2, 22 KOs) in a highly-anticipated 12-round rematch to open the telecast at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
