Boxing has belts for everything. WBA -Age, WBC -Franchise, IBF Silver, Diamond, Gold, Plastic. But one belt stands alone, unbeaten, undisputed, undisputed:
Jaron “Boots” Ennis is the champion of tune-ups.
He united, defended it and wore it with pride. If tune-ups were a sanctioned division, boots would already be a three-time undisputed champion. If male adjustments had rankings, he would be number one.
The resume no one fears
Custio Clayton. Karen Chukhadzhian. Roiman Villa. Cody Crowley.
Good fighters, reverent benefits – but these are not legacy fights. It’s not a resume, it’s a bottom map. These are names you browse on Boxrec while looking for the main event.
Boots’ hardest opponent so far was the Boxrec search filter.
At this pace, Matchroom must re-mark itself as an inc with. And with performances, these soft ‘boots’ start to look more like ‘sandals’.
Let greatness off the mountain
And then Boots decided to rewrite history. On a question for his Mount Rushmore, he left Terence Crawford-the man who became two-time unbearing, destroyed Spence and beat Canelo in one of the biggest performances in sports history.
Instead, Boots said:
“My opinion is, I like Roy Jones, Floyd Mayweather and Pernell Whitaker. I like Sugar Ray Leonard. I look at a little sugar Ray Leonard and James Toney. These are my best guys I have already watched. ‘
(Source: Boxing News 24)
Translation: The undisputed champion of tune-ups has just rejected the undisputed champion of greatness.
Boots speak Mount Rushmore. Crawford is Mount Rushmore.
Let’s be clear – boots don’t even put Crawford’s name in his mouth. Not when Crawford carved his face on the mountain of immortality, and boots are still chasing his on the heavy bag.
Honestly, Boots owes Canelo a refund. If he clearly haunts him, Canelo did not prepare. He haunted a boot -right version of Crawford.
Crawford deserves it. Boots flocked it.
Crawford crossed Oceans to win his first title. He united 140, became unchallenged at 147, beat every conceivable style and dared to make two divisions to Dethrone Canelo jump.
Boots? He flocked Sugar Ray Leonard on his phone and defended his tune-up title against Cody Crowley.
Bud is depicting masterpieces in oil; Boots are still finger paints in the corner.
The Lima statement
And now comes the latest chapter: Boots’ debut of 154 against Uisma Lima. The IBF and WBA are #9 arranged, but unknown to 99% of the boxing world.
Boots promise to ‘make a statement’. Against Lima. Yes, the pressure is not the pressure of Crawford, not the pressure of Vergil Ortiz, but the pressure … of a tune-up.
It’s like LeBron who promises to “make a statement” at pre -season basketball.
Fans asked for steak. Eddie Hearn serves microwave horsemen.
If boots are cut from Crawford’s cloth
Crawford’s cloth is cut from risk. When he went up, he was fighting murderers. When he united, he united against champions. When he was frozen, he hit the door.
If boots were made of the same material, his first fight would be at 154 Vergil Ortiz. That’s what Crawford would have done.
Instead we get Lima. It’s like saying, “I’m going to prove myself in the co-head meeting of a Tuesday night-Shobox card.”
The champion nobody wants to be
Boots Ennis has talent. It is not relevant. But until he faces someone who matters, he will remain king of a division, no one respects: the tune-up league. His crown is cardboard, his throne is invisible, his belt is imaginary.
So let us put it in writing:
Jaron “Boots” Ennis unnamed, untested and undisputed champion of tune-ups.
Crawford belongs to history. Boots belong to Netflix-with Tune-up Season 2: Boots vs. Lima will stream soon.
Last updated on 09/30/2025
