Chordale Booker knows fully well he has never faced an opponent quite like Sebastian Fundora

Standing 6-foot-6 with 80 inches of reach, Sebastian Fundora throws arguably the most unique dimensions in boxing at his opponents in a complex quandary for them to figure out.

And now it is Chordale Booker’s turn to try to solve this puzzle.

Fundora will put his WBC/WBO unified super welterweight world titles on the line against Booker live from Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night.

Looking up at Fundora during their faceoff at Thursday’s press conference, it might have finally settled in with Booker. But then again, the Stamford, Connecticut fighter has accepted long ago that “The Towering Inferno” will be his most unconventional bout to date.

“I don’t think anybody will ever face anybody as unique as him,” Booker tells DAZN News during a recent Zoom session. “He’s the tallest 154-[pounder] ever. I think everybody who will fight him will have issues and I’ve already accepted that.

“I think that’s one of the things that’s helped me,” he continues, “is I’ve accepted it’s going to be my hardest fight.”

With two titles on the line in his first world championship opportunity, Booker went all out in the first true camp of his career in preparation for Fundora’s praying mantis-like prodding and poking.

“I’ve trained the hardest, got the hardest sparring partners I could, I did the hardest work training, pushing my body and my mind to a limit that I’ve never been so I could understand that I need to still work at this rate even when I’m gassed,” Booker says.

“I understand that I’m going to have to dig deep in my bag to get this W.”

Part of that bag is Booker’s resolve. Booker (23-1, 11 knockouts) had to show that after being the victim of a first-round knockout at the hands of Austin “Ammo” Williams back in April of 2022. It was Booker’s first professional loss and that it was at Madison Square Garden in New York City as part of the historic Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano fight, only magnified the defeat that much more.

But Booker claims the loss forced him to reassess and act.

“It got me back on track, grounded, listening, working with my team, focusing on things that really matter in my life,” Booker says. “I needed that. It was something that I needed to really get me going.”

Since that loss, Booker has tallied six straight wins, four of which by knockout.

At 5-foot-9 with 70 inches of reach, Booker will have to get inside on Fundora.

“Me being the challenger, I think it’s more important for me to win the first round,” he says.

The fight’s buildup has been void of verbal jabs, though Booker knows the action will pick up in the ring Saturday night.

“It’s actually kind of boring between us because we are not those kind of people to just talk to just sell the fight,” Booker says. “How he acts, he’s still a killer when he gets in the ring. So that’s what I’m preparing for.”

In his sole ring appearance of 2024, Fundora upset Tim Tszyu to become the unified champ in an absolute bloodbath last March.

A win over Booker and Fundora will be linked with bigger names and life-altering paydays.

Booker, with an upset, will punch his dream of becoming a world champion into fruition.

“Personally, it’s the best thing I could do in my life,” he says. “There’s no bigger goal I’ve set out to obtain than becoming the world champion. I’m 12 rounds away from becoming the champion.

“That’s all I want,” he touts, “and the new.”

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