Di sepanjang bulan Maret 2026, tertera jadwal sejumlah pertandingan tinju dunia, di mana terdapat beberapa kali big match. Salah satunya duel antara Sebastian Fundora kontra Keith Thurman di perebutan gelar juara.
Semarak.co – Sebanyak sembilan duel tinju dunia akan digelar di benua Amerika, Eropa hingga Asia yang akan berlangsung selama bulan Maret 2026. Beberapa di antaranya menyajikan pertarungan seru yang memerebutkan gelar juara dunia.
Salah satunya adalah pertarungan tinju bergengsi antara Sebastian Fundora (23-1-1, 15 KO) melawan Keith Thurman (31-1, 23 KO) yang akan memprebutkan gelar kelas welter super versi badan tinju WBC (World Boxing Confederation).
Duel tinju antara Fundora vs Thurman sendiri akan berlangsung di MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Amerika Serikat, pada tanggal 28 Maret 2026 mendatang. Fundora kini menempati peringkat kedua di kelas 154 pound versi The Ring.
Sebastian Fundora, petinju yang dijuluki The Towering Inferno atau neraka yang menjulang tinggi, tersebut baru saja meraih kemenangan TKO (technical knockout) di ronde ketujuh atas Tim Tszyu dalam duel rematch pada Juli 2025 lalu. Demikian dilansir TvOneNews.com pada 5/3/2026.
Sedangkan Keith Thurman belum lama ini naik ke kelas welter super pada bulan Maret 2025, di mana saat itu ia berhasil menundukkan Brock Jarvis dengan kemenangan KO di ronde ketiga, yang berduel dan berlangsung di Australia.
Duel pertandingan tersebut adalah pertarungan pertama Keith Thurman dalam lebih dari tiga tahun berjalan. Ia sebelumnya juga berencana melakoni pertarungan perebutan gelar melawan Tszyu di negeri Kanguru, Australia.
Sebelumnya Thurman tercatat sempat merasakan masa kejayaan yang panjang sebagai juara di kelas 147 pound. Satu-satunya kekalahan profesionalnya terjadi saat melawan petinju legendaris Manny Pacquiao pada tahun 2019.
Sehingga duel tinju dunia melawan Keith Thurman tentu bukan pertemuan yang mudah bagi Sebastian Fundora. Namun, The Towering Inferno itu tetap percaya bahwa dalam tinju apapun bisa terjadi termasuk sanggup mengalahkan Thurman.
Hal ini tentu bukan tanpa alasan. Sebab mengalahkan Thurman bisa menjadi momen penting dan bersejarah dalam kariernya. Fundora juga bisa membuktikan bahwa dia berada di jalur yang benar dan mengambil langkah yang tepat.
“Kami belajar dari kesalahan. Pada 28 Maret nanti, kami akan menunjukkan siapa kami sebenarnya. Saya pikir banyak orang meremehkan saya. Itu bagian dari permainan. Apa pun yang mereka katakan, Anda harus tetap naik ring dan membuktikan kemampuan Anda,” kata Fundora.
Berikut Jadwal Tinju Dunia Sepanjang Maret 2026:
7 Maret: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Sol Cudos vs. Daiana Jackeline Ortiz, 10 rounds, women’s strawweights.
- Maria Ines Ferreyra vs. TBA, 10 rounds, women’s lightweights
- Gabriela Celeste Alaniz vs. TBA, 10 rounds, women’s junior flyweights
- Lujan Martinez vs. Veronica Isabel Nunez, 4 rounds, women’s junior featherweights
- Tatiana Gabriela Daglio vs. Sheila Jaqueline Olivera, 4 rounds, women’s bantamweights
- Dana Mailen Chacon vs. Brisa Daiana Aguirre, 4 rounds, women’s junior flyweight
8 Maret: Las Vegas (Paramount+)
- DiTitle fight: Jai Opetaia vs. Brandon Glanton, 12 rounds, for Opetaia’s IBF cruiserweight title
- Ricardo Salas vs. Jesus Saracho, 10 rounds, welterweights
- Adan Palma vs. Pablo Rubio Jr., 8 rounds, featherweights
14 Maret: Anaheim, California (DAZN)
- Arnold Barboza Jr. vs. Kenneth Sims Jr., 12 rounds, welterweights
- Title fight: Oscar Collazo vs. Jesus Haro, 12 rounds, for Collazo’s WBO and WBO strawweight titles
- Title fight: Gabriela Fundora vs. Viviana Ruiz Corredor, 10 rounds, for Fundora’s undisputed women’s flyweight championship
14 Maret: Dublin, Irlandia (DAZN)
- James Dickens vs. Anthony Cacace, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
- Pierce O’Leary vs. Mark Chamberlain, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
- Jono Carroll vs. Colm Murphy, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
- Steven Cairns vs. Arnie Dawson, 10 rounds, lightweights
- Eoghan Lavin vs. Liam Walsh, 8 rounds, middleweights
- Ryan Garner vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
- Gary Cully vs. Benito Sanchez Garcia, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
- Barry McReynolds vs. Jonatas Rodrigo Gomes de Oliveira, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
- Davey Joyce vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
- Adam Olaniyan vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights
- Gary Cully vs. Benito Sanchez, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
- Bobbi Flood vs. Bela Istvan Orban, 4 rounds, middleweights
15 Maret: Yokohama, Jepang
- Title fight: Knockout CP Freshmart vs. Shokichi Iwata, 12 rounds, for Freshmart’s WBC junior flyweight title
- Title fight: Anthony Olascuaga vs. Jukiya Iimura, 12 rounds, for Olascuaga’s WBO flyweight title
- Ryusei Matsumoto vs. Yuni Takada, 12 rounds, strawweights
- Nonito Donaire vs. Riku Masuda, 10 rounds, bantamweights
- Hayato Aiko vs. Natsuki Kuramochi, 4 rounds, featherweights
20 Maret: Belfast, Northern Irlandia (DAZN)
- Michael Conlan vs. Kevin Walsh, 10 rounds, featherweights
- Kieran Molloy vs. Xavier Kohlen, 10 rounds, welterweights
- Niall Brown vs. Darren Johnstone, 10 rounds, super middleweights
- Glenn Byrne vs. Owen O’Neill, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
- Codie Smith vs. Lee Gormley, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
- Jak Corrie vs. Jacob Quinn, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
- Kurt Walker vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
- Sam Norris vs. Eliecer Quezada, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
- Kyle Smith vs. Mykhailo Sovtus, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
21 Maret: Orlando, Florida (DAZN)
- Title fight: Carlos Adames vs. Austin Williams, 12 rounds, for Adames’ WBC middleweight title.
- Omari Jones vs. Christian Gomez, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
- Teremoana Teremoana vs. TBA, 8 rounds, heavyweights
- Yoenis Tellez vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
- Carlos Jamil De Leon Castro vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
- Roberto Raul Rivera Gomez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
- Jordan Orozco Hernandez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, bantamweights
- Antraveous Ingram vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
28 Maret: Las Vegas (Prime Video PPV) - Title fight: Sebastian Fundora vs. Keith Thurman, 12 rounds, for Fundora’s WBC junior middleweight title
- Frank Sanchez vs. Richard Torrez Jr., 12 rounds, heavyweights
- Yoenli Hernandez vs. Terrell Gausha, 10 rounds, middleweights
- Elijah Garcia vs. Kevin Newman II, 10 rounds, super middleweights
28 Maret: Manchester, Inggris (DAZN)
- Moses Itauma vs. Jermaine Franklin Jr., 10 rounds, heavyweights
- Willy Hutchinson vs. Ezra Taylor, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
- Liam Davies vs. Zak Miller, 10 rounds, featherweights
- Shakiel Thompson vs. Brad Pauls, 10 rounds, middleweights
- Nathan Heaney vs. Gerome Warburton, 10 rounds, middleweights
- Aqib Fiaz vs. Jordan Flynn, 10 rounds, lightweights
- Alex Murphy vs. Josh Holmes, 10 rounds, lightweights
- Nelson Birchall vs. Ryan Griffiths, 8 rounds, junior lightweight
- John Joe Carrigan vs. Danny Costello, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
- Aadam Hamed vs. Kasey Bradnum, 4 rounds, junior welterweights.
