“We can make it happen”

“He’s a solid fighter,” Ennis told talkSPORT Boxing when asked about Benn before discussing the possibility of facing him in the future.

“If it comes across the table, we can make it happen.”

Ennis declined to say whether Benn deserved the lucrative opportunities he’s gotten in recent years, saying those decisions are not for him to judge.

“I can’t really talk about that because I’m not part of his team or whatever he’s got going on. He’s getting things at the right time,” Boots said. “Things will come to you at the right time. You have to be patient. You can’t worry about what this person is doing or worry about what that person is doing. Just be patient and wait your turn.”

Benn previously campaigned at welterweight but has been increasingly linked with a permanent move to junior middleweight, where several of boxing’s biggest names now compete. A meeting with Ennis would become one of the division’s top profile attractions if both keep winning.

Ennis (35-0, 31 KOs) will challenge unified WBA and WBO junior middleweight champion Xander Zayas (23-0, 13 KOs) this Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Benn (25-1, 14 KOs) has been linked to a September showdown with WBC welterweight champion Ryan Garcia, although no official announcement has been made.