Promoter Bob Arum says he hasn’t given up trying to line up a fight between Teofimo Lopez and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis for early 2025. He wants to stage the fight between Lopez and IBF welterweight champion Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs). ) at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The fight Arum wants
If Ennis-Lopez is to happen, Arum will have to make a big offer to encourage Boots and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, to accept it. Philadelphia is still focused on fighting a unification next against one of the champions at 147.
It must be a nightmare for Hearn, who signed Ennis to a multi-fight contract earlier this year. He fought David Avanesyan and Karen Chukhadzhian twice in low-level contests that did not generate much interest.
Boots turned down a move to 154 to fight interim WBC champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. on February 22nd, and apparently he is not interested in fighting Teofimo either, even if it would make a lot of money.
“We are still fighting that battle. We would love for that battle to happen. Are people talking to the Ennis people. We want to do as big a fight as possible for Teofimo after the beginning of the year,” said Bob Arum Fight Hub TVabout wanting to set up a fight between Teofimo Lopez and IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis for early 2025.
“If it’s Ennis, the best place for that fight is Madison Square Garden. He is so good, they don’t want to fight him (Teofimo). We offered Haney the fight, and Haney didn’t want it. We will find a great fight for Teofimo. He is a great talent and a great personality, and he will do very well at the box office and at the PPV.
“We are ready. It depends on the opponent and his people. I’m here in Saudi Arabia so I’m not working on it, but the guys at home, Morrett and Jeremy are working on it every day. I like Telofimo because he’s a big talent, but it’s definitely a fight that’s going to be close betting that’s going to create a lot of interest,” Arum said of a matchup between Boots Ennis and Ortiz.
If Arum can’t make the Ennis-Ortiz fight, he’ll have to consider options for Teofimo. He hasn’t had an interesting match since his 2020 match against Vasily Lomachenko in 20
“Maybe Haney, but he doesn’t seem like he has a lot of interest in the fight, Haney,” Arum said when asked what the biggest fight is for Teofimo. “We’ll see when we get back. We’ll meet everybody and see what the best available guy is, and that’s who we’ll fight,” Arum said.
