Terence Crawford says there’s a chance that he may battle Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis sooner or later when he strikes as much as 154. Crawford, who holds the WBA junior middleweight title, factors out that ‘Boots’ “turned down” a battle with Vergil Ortiz Jr. to maneuver as much as 154.
Bud’s Situation
Crawford’s remark about Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) selecting NOT to face Vergil Jr. for his WBC interim 154-lb title on the Riyadh Season card on February twenty second means that he has doubts about whether or not he’ll ever face him.
It’s not a great signal that Boots didn’t settle for His Excellency Turki Alalshikh’s provide to battle on his card in opposition to Ortiz Jr. Taking that battle would have given Ennis’ profession an enormous increase, but he refused. That signifies that he lacks self-confidence, which is comprehensible after his poor displaying in his rematch in opposition to Karen Chukhadzhian on November ninth.
For there any chance of a battle between the 2, Ennis would must be extra of a risk-taker by shifting up in weight to take the harder fights in opposition to guys like Ortiz Jr. and the opposite belt-holders. It seems that ‘Boots’ is content material with staying protected at 147, beating the much less proficient opposition, and being an enormous fish in a small pond. He’s making good cash for the low-risk fights his promoter, Eddie Hearn, is setting him up with at welterweight. All that modifications probably if Ennis strikes as much as 154; therefore, he’s chosen to remain ‘safe’ at 147, utilizing the division as a foxhole to cover in.
It’s comprehensible why the Matchroom-promoted Ennis wouldn’t need to go as much as 154 to battle killers like Vergil Ortiz Jr. due to the straightforward cash he’s making now at welterweight, feasting the Hors D’oeuvres, like Karen Chukhadzhian and David Avanesyan, is preferable than leaping into the tough ocean waters at 154 to tackle the proficient fighters which may beat him repeatedly.
“He Turned Down a Fight”
“I think Boots and Stanionis are the two top guys in the division. We’re in two different weight classes,” mentioned Terence Crawford to Boxing Social, when requested about whether or not he may battle Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis.
“As you see, he simply turned down a battle with Vergil [Ortiz Jr.] to maneuver as much as 154 as a result of he’s staying at 147. I feel Boots goes to do super issues within the sport of boxing. I feel he’s probably going to wash out the 147-lb division, and when he strikes up, who is aware of? We will see.
“I don’t know what the negotiations. I don’t want to say anybody is ducking anybody when I don’t know the situation at hand. But from the looks at him, everybody is coming at him, saying, ‘He ducked.’ I don’t know,” mentioned Crawford when requested if he believed ‘Boots’ Ennis ducked WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. when requested if he want to battle him on the February twenty second card in Riyadh.
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