Promoter Eddie Hearn is not ready to say if Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis will stay at 147 to fight Theofimo Lopez or move up to 154 if he can’t get the unification he wants. Hearn says he benefits Ennis (34-0, 30 COs) who stay with welterweight and fight theofimo.
The two welterweight champions that Ennis have to fight to be undisputed are defending against other fighters, and it is doubtful whether Hearn can offer them enough money without the Saudi getting involved.
Hearn weighs Ennis’s options
“We talked to his excellence (Turki Alalshikh) about boots against Theofimo. I think it was originally for October. It can be August now,” Eddie Hearn said Fight Hub TV. “We like the fight. I think for boots, after the (Karen) Chukhadzhian battle, he really considered a move to 154. “
Hearn, of course, knows the answer about whether Ennis will remain at 147 or up to 154. Boots will be a big favorite against Theofimo Lopez, and his great advantage would facilitate his work. After 154 Ennis would not be greater than all his opposition, and he would have to depend more on his boxing skills.
‘The (Eimantas) Stanionis is a fight, which is what he (Ennis) he wanted to do more than anything. So, we did. We did really well in battle. So, now it’s like, ‘Do I stay at 147 or 154? What are my options? Can you get me another belt? “I’m like,” Brian Norman is on the missing list.
” Okay, what do we have at 154? “Then, out of the blue, the Theofimo Lopez fight comes around. It may not be a massive motivator for Ennis, because it’s just a defense, but it’s a big fight, “Hearn says. “Obviously, the money is good, and the profile is good. So, my answer is if Jaron stays at 147, I think there is a very good chance he follows Theofimo Lopez. I think if he doesn’t fight against theofimo, he will probably move to 154. ‘
What Ennis will last at 147 to the bitter end is the dangers at 154 and the fear of the unknown. He does not know how well he will do in that weight class, because it is a different story than he has become accustomed to fighting in the welterweight division of 147 pounds. If Boots know that at 154 he can breeze like he was done at Welterweight, he will go up.
Theofimo: a stopgap?
“He also mandatory the Shakhram Giyasov. The key for him is to unite. He did it. In an ideal world he will fight all the other champions very quickly, but it does not always play that way. We are not under pressure, ‘says Hearn. ‘First on the Theofimo fight, and it really came three or four days ago, where’ do you want to do it? “We are negotiating, and that’s what we do. “
Ennis will have to pay his WBA compulsory Giyasov, a step-aside agreement if he prefers to fight next to theofimo. There is no way that unless ENNIS is evacuated, and he will not do it unless he moves to 154. Realistically, boots should fight against its compulsory Giyasov, but it is a difficult struggle and the money would not be great.
“It’s a massive struggle. This is a great struggle. My recommendation to Jaron is that if we stay, then I think we should definitely consider it. I don’t know. As I understand it, his agreement is in place with the Saudi. Our agreement is not. Obviously, we’re going to the champion, ‘says Hearn.
Ennis is apparently reluctant to move to 154. So, he will take the theofimo match if he does not have the one -game he wants against WBC champion Mario Barrios or WBO champion Brian Norman Jr. If Jaron could not move to the junior middleweight, he would fight from the murderers, such as Vergil Ortiz Jr., Bakrham, Tszyu, or Serhii Bohachuk. He can lose.
‘Generally, the Challenger will get less money, but we will have to see what the offer is and see if it is something that Boots wants to do. In an ideal world he wants to unite, “Hearn says when asked if Ennis is” hot or cold “to fight Tefimo next. Boots is a very refreshing character in terms of legacy about money. So, of course, money is important to him, but what is important to him is to prove himself against the champions and against the best. ‘
Ennis would like to unite with Welterweight, but he now realizes that it may take too long to have a chance to have the last two remaining champions, Mario Barrios and Brian Norman Jr.
“So I wouldn’t say that the thee is fighting as he says,” Ah, wow. I have to fight. “You know, it’s a good fight. I think more than probably Riyadh, ”Hearn says of the Ennis against Lopez Fight.
Unless Turki Alalshikh gets involved in helping Ennis to get the unification against Brian Norman Jr. and Mario Barrios, those fights may never occur. Hearn will not come up with three or four million on his own. He doesn’t want to dare.
‘Why?’ said Hearn when asked why the fight can’t take place in the US “There is another world out there, not just in America. Yes, at the same time it’s a massive fight in Riyadh. I get it. I know we can do the fight in Philadelphia and do 21,000 in the Wells Fargo.
It could be better for the boots against theofimo battle to be staged abroad in Riyadh, rather than the US, because if theofimo just goes around as he did during the Times Square event, it is best that it does not happen in America. He made his struggle very boring against Arnold Barboza jr. Earlier this month on May 2.
“We must allow the growth to occur, not just like,” Ah, we can’t take the battle there. It’s scandalous, ” Hearn says.
Obviously, Hearn will not say, the fighting Ennis-Lopez fight to the US will take Turki Alalshikh the one to finance it. He will postpone where he wants the competition to be staged.
Last updated on 05/21/2025
