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Coach Stephen Edwards says Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis isn’t ducking anybody. He thinks it’s stuff “happening behind the scenes, and his promoters try to know what they will get for him at 147.
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IBF welterweight champion Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) isn’t serving to himself by turning down fights towards WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Teofimo Lopez. These would have been large for Boots.
Boots might have fought Vergil on Turki Al-Shiekh’s card on February twenty second in Riyadh, and it might have been an enormous payday for him. Followers imagine Ennis ducked Vergil Jr and didn’t wish to take the dangerous match for concern of getting crushed.
Boots’ resolution to not struggle Vergil Jr. comes at a foul time for him. He simply had a horrible efficiency towards Karen Chukhadzhian of their rematch on November ninth, and a few assume his confidence is gone.
The Ducking Debate
“There are fighters that duck behind their management not to fight fighters, but I don’t think it applies to him,” stated Stephen Edwards to YSM Sports activities Media about his perception that Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis isn’t ducking guys.
“I don’t think he’s ducking anybody. I just think there’s a lot of things going on behind the scenes amongst, and they’re just trying to figure out who they can get in the ring, and he knows his days are numbers at 147,” Stephen continued about ‘Boots.’
“I don’t think he’s saying, ‘I’m afraid to fight this guy.’ I just think a lot of things on the business side that aren’t flowing too smoothly for him. He’s got a lot going on. His team has just got to get those guys in the ring,” stated Edwards.
Boots clearly isn’t ducking anybody at 147 as a result of there’s nobody proficient sufficient for him to wish to keep away from them. But it surely positive does seem like he ducked WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. when that struggle was provided to him lately. Ennis stated he needed to remain at 147 to unify, however his scenario there isn’t promising.
Ennis reportedly turned down a career-high payday to struggle Vergil Jr. for the February twenty second profession, which seems unhealthy on his half.
Edwards’ Protection
“If he will get a unification towards Brian Norman or a struggle towards Mario Barrios. Each time I see Conor Benn, they maintain speaking about Barrios. So, I do know there’s some sort of battle there if you’ve bought a man that’s in your promotional secure, and one man [Benn] is making an attempt to get a struggle.
“That’s got to be tough on Boots. If Conor Benn gets the Mario Barrios to fight and Boots wants to unify, that’s tough,” stated Edwards.
If Ennis’ promoter, Eddie Hearn, chooses to arrange a struggle between Conor Benn and WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios slightly than serving to him with a unification towards Barrios, you’ll be able to perceive why that will upset him if he’s following what’s happening.
Boots stated he didn’t know what occurred when the Vergil Ortiz Jr. struggle was provided to him at 154. Jaron was speaking about what was happening behind the scenes with out him being conscious. If Boots’s administration isn’t holding him updated, he’ll be stunned if Conor Benn will get the struggle towards Barrios as an alternative of him.
If Conor will get that struggle, Ennis wants to consider transferring as much as 154 as a result of it means he seemingly won’t ever get an opportunity to perform his purpose of changing into undisputed at 147.
Assuming Conor is victorious towards Barrios, he would use the WBC title for a big-money struggle towards Manny Pacquiao slightly than dealing with Ennis. He’s not going to struggle him as a result of his probabilities of success can be slim, and he can make more cash holding onto the WBC title to make use of it to lure 45-year-old Pacquiao.
