Gabriela Fundora makes easy work of Alexas Kubicki, remaining the undisputed flyweight champ

Gabriela “Sweet Poison” Fundora (17-0) is a flyweight (112 pounds) cheat code with cruel intentions who wasted Alexas Kubicki (13-2) in seven rounds, staying undisputed and the Ring Magazine champ. 

Two minutes might have seemed like two hours for the challenger who never stopped seeing leather in her face. She took an enormous leap in competition and took the fight on short notice, risking her seven-fight win streak against Fundora.

Kubicki’s only shot, having a five-inch height and six-inch reach disadvantage, was to go inside. She couldn’t do it without taking a brutal strike tax that soon had anyone with a soul guessing when the fight would stop. Her face was as puffy by then as Tony Dogs’ from Casino before Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci) crushed his head further in a vise. 

It was obvious from the first seconds that it would go that direction. Kubicki didn’t have the upper body movement to escape the jab and furious right hand, looking like a laid-out body being ceaselessly shot by someone standing over them. 

Derek Kubicki, the challenger’s father, watched from her corner for the miracle shot, but a log would’ve had a better chance of making it out of a wood chipper.

The referee, Ray Corona, told Kubicki she was taking big shots in her corner and asked if she “wanted this.” She nodded with a yes. The doc quickly checked her out at the start of the seventh before Corona told her it was close to being wrapped up. He then got sick of the abuse and stepped in as Fundora clobbered her face.  

Fundora was pleased with her technical knockout but was never tested, and her domination perhaps has bored her, as she contemplates a move down to junior flyweight (108 pounds). She didn’t rule out going up junior bantamweight (115 pounds), either. 

When asked if Kubicki tried anything different than she’s seen in the ring, Fundora said no. “I’m not being cocky or anything. I expected her to come 1,000 percent, and I think she did, but again, we came a million [percent].”