Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ promoter Eddie Hearn today revealed that he negotiated a fight between Ennis and Theofimo Lopez for a collision in August in Saudi Arabia. Hearn says it’s a little earlier than IBF and WBO Welterweight Champion Boots Ennis (34-0, 30 COs) plan to return to the ring. Ennis, 27, expected to fight next in September or October.
“We are working on Jaron to fight theofimo, and you heard his excellence (Turki Alalshikh). He said it there,” said promoter Eddie Hearn Fighting type About talk between Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Theofimo Lopez for a fight. “It’s the last 48 hours. So Jaron chilled. ‘
Unlimited search for the guard?
If Ennis takes this battle, it will delay him in his quest to capture all the belts on 147. But with Hearn, however, Hearn will have trouble having an agreement with WBO champion Brian Norman Jr.
“There is a date in August that we could look at in Saudi Arabia, but we didn’t really expect to fight in August,” Hearn said. ‘We expected to fight in September or October. We have a compulsory challenger in Shakhram Giyasov, who went aside for the Stanionis fight. But I believe there is a conversation to be there (for another step aside). “
Boots’ WBA shelters look like Giyasov is going to run around again while going for a second time for a second time. I just wonder if Ennis will continue to swing this dangerous fighter until he has achieved his goal of becoming the undisputed champion at 147. It would be pathetic if Jaron bypassed his compulsory commitments until he reached his dream to collect all four belts.
It damages the achievement when a fighter becomes undisputed by facing their difficult compulsory challengers. How do you give them credit, knowing that they have repeatedly bypassed them? Should there be an asterisk next to Boots Ennis’ in the record books for the conquest of the undisputed title at 147? Does Ennis need help for him to become undisputed?
If one or two months before, Ennis is too soon to return to the ring, it doesn’t say much about his toughness. If he wants to be compared to the big ones, he must be prepared to fight earlier than expected when large battles are offered.
Boots’ great great advantage
“I got a call with Jaron and Bozy within an hour to see if that’s what we want to do. I would say there is a conversation for 47/54. This is inevitable the step (after the junior middleweight), but I feel as if the Theofimo struggle is a big fight. I feel that this is a good option for him. I honestly think he (Boots Ennis).
This is a good payday for Ennis fighting against Lopez, and he will have a great advantage against him. The fight would basically amount to a junior middleweight that fights a light welter weight. Boots now have to fight at 154, rather than draining to compete against smaller prey in the barren, talentless division of 147 pounds.
Theofimo is small, even for the 140 -pound division, and he will probably give away on Fight Night 20+ pounds against Ennis. It is ideal for Ennis, but not ideal for fans who buy the opportunity, think they will see a competitive battle. We are talking about a fighter in Lopez, who lost to George Kambosos, who should have defeated on his record of his fighting against Sandor Martin and Jailaine Ortiz.
“When we did the weigh -in, theofimo walked into the scales, about six or eight hours to rate, and he was about 146 pounds. Barboza was about 157. I don’t think he’s a big 140, TEO. Wait until you see boots, the night, hydrated, fit, healthy, and he is a hell of a fighter. It’s a big battle for Boxing, but I don’t see a good fight. 160, ”Hearn says, sounding as if he’s going overboard with his glass.
Boots: Recognition of his fear?
If Ennis was as good as Hearn thinks, why does he have a career-high payday of a rumored $ 8 million smackers of the WBC-TUSENTE 154-LB champion, Vergil Ortiz Jr. Fans saw it as a classic duck movement.
There is nothing wrong with Ennis does not have confidence, after what he went through in his collision in September against Karen Chukhadzhian in Philadelphia. But Hearn must admit that Jaron has shown with the step that he does not believe in himself enough in himself to fight at 154, and he will certainly not fight at 160. Hearn must put the pipe down and walk away slowly.
Last updated on 05/15/2025
