Undisputed Champion Gabriela Fundora Scores TKO Win Over Marilyn Badillo

Undisputed Champion Gabriela Fundora Scores TKO Win Over Marilyn Badillo

On Saturday night at the Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California, Gabriela Fundora defeated Marilyn Badillo via TKO in the seventh round to maintain her women’s undisputed flyweight title. At the time of the stoppage, Fundora (16-0, 8 KOs), the youngest undisputed champion in boxing’s history and Uncrowned’s No. 5 female pound-for-pound fighter, was in control of the fight. In the early rounds, Fundora was able to cause some trouble for Badillo (19-1-1, 3 KOs) with her head movement, but when Badillo’s mobility slowed, Fundora began to connect her power blows more frequently.

The undisputed champion was instructed to go for the finish in the seventh round by her father and trainer, Freddy Fundora, after Fundora severely injured Badillo with multiple strong left punches in the sixth round. That is exactly what she did. Early in the seventh round, Fundora rushed Badillo and then hit him with thudding blows from both fists. In the last round, Badillo had to take a knee after eating a pair of left hands with 30 seconds left. Referee Rudy Barragan chose to end the fight even though Badillo stood up.Jorge Garcia Perez (33-4, 26 KOs) upset the bookies by split decision over Charles Conwell (21-1, 16 KOs) in the night’s co-feature bout between super welterweight contenders.

Jorge Garcia Perez (33-4, 26 KOs) upset the bookies by split decision over Charles Conwell (21-1, 16 KOs) in the night’s co-feature bout between super welterweight contenders. The judges preferred Perez’s impressive long-range and combo punching over Conwell’s forceful and forceful blows. Throughout the battle, Conwell found it difficult to maintain his space, either sticking at Perez’s left hand’s end or getting too close and smothering his strikes.