Shakur Stevenson says he wants to fight Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, Vergil Ortiz Jr. Following. He feels that Ennis (34-0, 30 COs) is “Too predominant” For everyone at 147 if he stays in the weight class. Stevenson considers Ortiz jr. (23-0, 21 food) as the money fight for Ennis.
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Fans on social media want to see overwhelmingly that Ennis is fighting for Vergil jr. The match would be a 50-50 relationship, and it would be the first time in Boots’ career that the outcome was not insured at the moment the contract was signed.
Ennis must listen to Shakur and take his advice into account. Not only would the money be better, but it would help Ennis’s career to be much more than staying in the 147-pound division.
Fear of acting?
Ennis’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, supports him to stay at 147 to continue to become an undisputed champion. He tries to use pressure to WBO Champion Brian Norman Jr. And to get WBC belt holder Mario Barrios to agree to fight boots rather than offering their big pay days.
It’s not going to work, and finally, Ennis will have to decide whether he wants to devote many years to round off the last two titles. It looks stupid, but that’s what he wants. You can read between the rules why Boots are reluctant to move to 154 – fear of failure. To lose to guys like Vergil Ortiz Jr. And other power punch at junior middleweight would quickly lower Ennis’s career overnight and end the money he dominates dominating at 147.
“Boots for Vergil Ortiz- it’s the big fight. That’s the money fight there,” Shakur Stevenson said IceM Sports Media When asked who he wanted to see IBF and WBA Welterweight Champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis battle next after his sixth round TKO victory over Eimantas Stanionis last Saturday night. ‘Boots for Vergil Ortiz. I don’t like him or anyone at 147. I think he’s too predominant. ‘
Boots’ rejection of a fight against Vergil jr. And the rumors of $ 8 million he was offered in February last year let you know that he does not have the self -belief to face him. You can see how Ennis went overboard and celebrated his victory over Stanionis last Saturday, and that he doubted himself. To respond to a poor champion at 147 means that he does not have confidence. Ennis must have been nonchalant after the fight. To be fed up jr. To stand up, Jaron would be brave, which he does not have.
‘Some fighters let you go to another level. He went to another level a bit, but he could go to another level higher than that, ‘said coach Derek’ Bozy ‘Ennis to Matchroom Boxing About his son, boots Ennis. “You saw him there and play.”
No challenge
Ennis does not have to go to another level against Stanionis, because this man was a paper champion quality holder who had never beaten anyone in his career. Boots knew it was an easy mark for him, which is why he fought him. If it Vergil Ortiz Jr. The WBA welterweight title holds, I don’t think Ennis would have taken the fight. He would have cooked with a kind of excuse.
“True grandeur with one of the best performances I’ve ever seen in a battle of the magnitude under the kind of pressure,” says promoter Eddie Hearn. “These are the kind of battles where you show how big you are. Boots Ennis jumped on the pound-for-pound list at the age of 27. This is just the start-a future pound-by-pound #1.
“I hope the other champions (at Welterweight) want to test themselves because that’s what he wants to do. Test Hiimelf Agaist the best,” says Hearn.
Last updated on 04/14/2025
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