Boxing
Gabriela Fundora vs Alexas Kubicki: Who has the edge heading into their fight?
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Like her brother Sebastian Fundora, Gabriela Fundora is used to owning a height and reach advantage over opponents.
Both Fundora siblings can pepper opponents from the outside or punish them on the inside with a mean phone booth fighting game.
What separates them, however, is Gabriela Fundora is an undisputed champion. ‘Sweet Poison’ puts her undisputed flyweight crown on the line against Canadian fighter Alexas Kubicki at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California, and live on DAZN, on Saturday night.
Fundora (16-0, 8 KOs) recorded her first undisputed championship defense in April when she produced a seventh-round TKO of Marilyn Badillo Amaya.
She will try to make it three knockout wins in a row this weekend when she faces Kubicki (13-1, 2 KOs) who authored a unanimous decision over Alondra Yamile Hernandez Mendoza in May.
Will Fundora pick and prod away at Kubicki for another rousing defense of her undisputed crown? Or will the confident ‘Iron Lady’ shock the world with what would be a massive upset?
Here, DAZN News analyzes who has the edge between the champ and challenger heading into this undisputed championship clash.
Boxing Styles
In many ways, Gabriela ‘Sweet Poison’ Fundora forces opponents to pick their poison against her.
Standing 5-foot-8 with a 67-inch reach, the southpaw Fundora can jab away at opponents, scoring points and banking rounds from the outside.
Or she could mix it up on the inside, force-feeding opponents a buffet of punches whether vicious hooks around the guard or punishing uppercuts.
On top of all that, Fundora is a busy, high-volume puncher who lets her hands fly with bad intentions.
That is going to be a tall, complex order for Alexas Kubicki to resolve, though fight footage of her strongly suggests she is going to try.
Kubicki is not afraid to mix it up on the inside, stepping into the phone booth, locking the door and throwing away the key.
As scrappy as she is with her inside work, though, Kubicki has a tendency to also get a bit erratic.
If she opens up too much without caution, the skilled and potent Fundora will likely make her pay for all mistakes.
Edge: Fundora
Power
Half of Fundora’s victories have been manufactured by knockout, demonstrating the power of ‘Sweet Poison.’
Kubicki, meanwhile, has two knockouts to her name.
This one is a landslide for ‘Sweet Poison’ over the ‘Iron Lady.’
Fundora packs punch and is persistent with her output.
Edge: Fundora
Mental Warfare
Kubicki confidently stated “I’m going to be the next and the youngest undisputed flyweight champion” at 22-years-old during their press conference.
It is a lofty ambition considering Kubicki is making her United States debut and has never fought a boxer as unique as Fundora with the champ’s dimensions.
Fundora is the ruling queen at flyweight and until Kubicki’s actions can back up her promises, the challenger’s boasts will be relegated to just that.
The mental warfare advantage resides with Fundora.
Edge: Fundora
Who has the edge in Fundora vs Kubicki?
Not only has Gabriela Fundora gutted her way through the competition at flyweight but she is open to moving to another weight class to attempt to do the same thing.
Already one of the most exciting boxers in the fight game, the 23-year-old Fundora’s greatness has many more chapters to write in the sweet science.
DAZN News gives her the 3-0 edge in Fundora’s favor in anticipation of her keeping the undisputed crown intact.
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