Jaron Ennis speaks future battle with Vergil Ortiz Jr., prioritizes undisputed welterweight status

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis says “One day” He and Vergil Ortiz jr. May fight ‘in the future’, but he’s not ready to say when it will be. Ennis (33-0, 29 COs) is still focused on capturing all the belts at welter weight to become the undisputed champion before moving to 154.

Boxing fans on social media do not believe Ennis. They think he just says that he is against Vergil jr. For the purposes will fight, because if he really wants to face, he would have accepted a career high payday on the Riyadh season map on February 22.

Ignore the money

The money he would fight on the map on the map is believed to be dwarfed what he gets for his unification against the WBA Welterweight Champion Eimantas Stanionis this Saturday night, April 12, in the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Jaron could ortiz jr. But instead he is chosen to stay at 147 and fight the smaller, weaker, less talented fighters.

Given the politics involved in making battles for belts, it may take years for Ennis to capture the remaining belts and move up to 154 for a fight against Vergil Jr.

Ennis’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, must be frustrated with his reluctance to move to 154 to take fights that would bring in more money than he gets by staying in the security of 147 and fighting the guys without name. It is not profitable for Hearn for Ennis to stay at 147 rather than going to 154.

“One day”

‘For sure. I think one day we could see that we were fighting in the future. But right now I’m a 147 pound, and he’s 154. So, if the time comes, we’ll see, ‘Jaron Ennis tells Ring magazine When asked if he ever against Vergil Ortiz jr.

“What people don’t realize is that I had an IBF second weighing in for 2 1/2 and 3 years.