IBF Welterweight Champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis may need to reconsider his goal to collect all the belts at 147, after WBO champion Brian Norman Jr. Derrieeck Cuevas destroyed last Saturday night in a top event in Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Las Vegas.
The threat of Norman Jr.
The performance of Georgia native Norman Jr. showed that ‘Boots’ Ennis (33-0, 29 COs) should think carefully about whether it is worth taking the risk of going to the undisputed championship.
Boots, of course, want a successful pro career and make a lot of money in the sport before retiring. If he faces the younger, stronger and probably more talented Brian Jr., it could end badly for him.
Definitely, Ennis is unhealthy and vulnerable to fighting a fighter with the kind of youth, power and aggressiveness that Norman Jr. Boots are hit too much to fight against a puncher like Brian Jr.
In Jaron’s last battle against Karen Chukhadzhian on November 9, we saw that he was Touch looked after by a man who is not considered a large puncher. However, the man looked better with how he picked up boots with power shots and embarrassed him in front of his Philadelphia fans in the Wells Fargo Center.
Divisional shift
Many box fans believe Ennis Folds out When he was recently offered a career highlight to Vergil Ortiz Jr. Challenge for his WBC-Tus-Title of 154 pounds in the Riyadh season on February 22. If it was indeed a lack of courage that rejected boots the profitable offer, we could see a similar situation if it came to him to stay at 147 to stay at 147 to Norman Jr.
Norman Jr. hits ortiz jr. With both hands, and he’s faster. The shots with which Brian jr. Cuevas hit last Saturday night would have done the same to Boots Ennis.
Norman jr. (27-0, 21 COs) showed great force in his surgically restored left hand and cuevas knocked out in a statement. The left hand is not considered the 24-year-old Norman Jr.’s power hand. His right is seen as his primary weapon in his arsenal, but he showed against Cuevas that he also has co-power in his left.
Last updated on 31/31/2025
