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Sebastian Fundora to face Habib Ahmed on Spence-Garcia card, Jorge Cota out with Covid-19

Fighters Network
02
Dec

Sebastian Fundora will still be facing his most experienced opponent this weekend, just not the one he was expecting to.

Fundora (15-0-1, 10 knockouts) of Coachella, Calif. will now meet Habib Ahmed this Saturday in the co-feature to the Errol Spence Jr.-Danny Garcia welterweight championship fight at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The 12-round Fundora-Habib fight will still be a WBC junior middleweight eliminator.

The change comes after the original opponent, Jorge Cota, tested positive for Covid-19.

Ahmed (27-1-1, 18 KOs) of Accra, Ghana is 2-0, with a no contest against Alantez Fox in August, since his lone defeat, which was a sixth round stoppage loss to Gilberto Ramirez for the WBO super middleweight title in 2018.

Sampson Lewkowicz, who promotes Fundora, says he doesnā€™t know much about Ahmed, but says he had been on standby just in case something happened to Cota.

ā€œMost likely heā€™ll be a bigger fighter,ā€ said Lewkowicz. ā€œHeā€™s one of those kids that are coming from Africa and is very durable so I believe it will be a very great fight anyway.

ā€œ[Fundora] is very upset [because] he trained for a Mexican style. And now you donā€™t know what heā€™s bringing. And he trained for a southpaw and a right hander because Cota is fighting both ways.ā€

Fundora isnā€™t the only one who has to adjust to a new opponent.

Miguel Flores will step in to face Eduardo Ramirez, replacing Julio Ceja, who also tested positive for the coronavirus.

The pay-per-view card begins at 9 p.m. ET.

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