Brian Norman Jr. has revealed his hit list for 2025, which includes IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis as his primary target. He also wants Teofimo Lopez, but good luck with that.
Target on ‘boots’
WBO 147-lb champion Norman Jr. (26-0, 20 KOs) may be willing to come down from his $2.2 million asking price to the $1.7 million ‘Boots ‘Ennis’ promoter Eddie Hearn recently offered him for a fight on November 8th in Philadelphia.
Hearn wasn’t willing to increase his offer by $500K, which was a mistake. Ennis’ stock fell after his poor performance in his rematch with Karen Chukhadzhian on Nov. 8 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. in hindsight,
Hearn may wish he had the additional $500,000 that Norman Jr. wanted, pushed for the unification fight in Philly. If the British promoter could do it over again, he probably wouldn’t have a Scrooge McDuck in the negotiations. Hearn must have thought Jaron would deliver another shutout of Chukadzhian as he did in their previous fight on January 7, 2023.
He didn’t consider the possibility that Karen would work on his power game and come into the rematch like a smaller version of Artur Beterbiev. He chased the boots out of the bag and boxed out, making him look like a novice.
Ennis’ value has fallen off a cliff since that fight, and he’s pretty much worthless. Karen put Ennis in her hands and looked like a mini Beterbiev. Hearn must have been kicking himself for not making that deal after seeing Jaron get embarrassed. .
What hurt his value even more was that on February 22nd he had a fight against the WBC’s interim 154-lb champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. turned down Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh season ticket. It made Ennis look like a grade-A chicken.
Norman Jr’s 2025 vision
- Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis
- Teofimo Lopez
- 140 & 147-lb champion
“2025 is my year. I marked myself a whole hit list. I can see the target, but I’m starting with Boots, that boy in Philly,” Brian Norman Jr. said. social media. “I’m going to go here and get it done. I need to make it happen before he moves to 154.
“After that, Teo plays games. He plays games. He is thinking of going to 147. If you’re thinking about doing that, I’m right here. If you want to fight at 140, I’m with the WBO. I’ll come down to 140 with you. It’s no problem at all.
“It’s also for all the other 140-lb champions. Anyone can get it. I just want it to be known. I’ve been quiet for too long. It’s my fault, but I’m tightening up. Now, it’s time to take over this entire boxing match,” Norman Jr. said.
Norman Jr, 24, is due to get back in the ring as he hasn’t fought since knocking out Giovani Santillan in the tenth round on May 18 at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California. He should have fought by now.
