Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) referred to as out Terence Crawford on Saturday evening, saying he needs him subsequent after beating David Avanesyan (30-5-1, 18 KOs) by a fifth-round physician’s stoppage on Saturday evening on the Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia.
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Ennis’s Explosive Efficiency
The pace with which IBF welterweight champion Boots Ennis dispatched Avanesyan was quicker than what Crawford had carried out two years earlier when he knocked him out within the sixth spherical with a pair of gloves that had fallen aside in the course of the struggle in Omaha, Nebraska, on December 10, 2022.
It doesn’t look promising for the 27-year-old Ennis that Crawford will accommodate his needs to face him subsequent or at any level sooner or later.
Boots wore down the 35-year-old Avanesyan, utilizing an attacking stress type and specializing in energy photographs. Nonetheless, it wouldn’t have mattered even when Boots Ennis had centered on boxing.
Avanesyan attacked him all the struggle. Even within the fifth spherical, when he appeared beat up from the heavy punishment he’d taken, he was nonetheless firing again onerous photographs and catching Boots.
When Boots slipped to the canvas within the fifth, Avanesyan celebrated, taunting him and seemingly viewing it as a knockdown, which it wasn’t. When Ennis received again up, Avanesyan instantly backed him up towards the ropes and unloaded a heavy artillery barrage, with a lot of the punches touchdown clear.
Later within the spherical, Avanesyan landed a tough proper to the top of Boots however was dropped by a counter left a fraction of a second later. Boots threw the left after being nailed by the fitting from Avanesyan, which needed to have been troublesome for him to get that shot off.
Crawford has an enormous drawback towards WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov, and it seems that he’ll struggle Canelo Alvarez in 2025 for his undisputed tremendous middleweight championship.
Crawford will solely accommodate Boots Ennis for a struggle if the Saudis provide him a ton of cash after he makes a royal killing, making a load of dough combating Canelo first. It seems that Crawford will nonetheless be given the Canelo struggle, even when he loses to Madrimov on August third, which is able to arrange an odd scenario.
The Name-Out
“Let’s make it occur. I need the large fights. Terence Crawford or anybody else at that weight, let’s get it,” mentioned Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to DAZN, following his fifth-round stoppage win over David Avanesyan on Saturday evening on the Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia.
It appeared good for Boots Ennis to name out Crawford to generate a pleasant sound chew, but it surely’s not taking place. Crawford is seeking to get that golden parachute payday towards Canelo Alvarez, and he received’t threat that by combating Boots.
“That was Boots Ennis one yr out, dismantling a world-class fighter with ease in there, having enjoyable, doing what he does and the longer term for Boots Ennis,” mentioned promoter Eddie Hearn.
That was not a “dismantling” with ease that we noticed from Ennis tonight. Avanesyan gave him a troublesome time, and not one of the rounds have been one-sided, with Ennis not taking massive photographs. Ennis received hit so much, and he appeared relieved when the physician selected to cease it.
“Boots Ennis is the way forward for boxing. That’s what this man is. He’s very humble. You by no means hear him say an excessive amount of. I’ll say it. I believe he beats everybody. I believe this can be a particular fighter that must be examined towards the very best on this planet, and that’s our job now,” mentioned Hearn.
Ennis must beat higher opposition to be seen as the way forward for boxing. He must beat these fighters to be thought of the very best:
Terence Crawford
Brian Norman Jr.
Devin Haney
Sebastian Fundora
Errol Spence
Tim Tszyu
Brian Mendoza
Israil Madrimov
Xander Zayas
Vergil Ortiz Jr.
Erickson Lubin
Serhii Bohachuk
“Exercise is the important thing. Too many of those nice younger fighters are too inactive. We should get him again out in October or November,” mentioned Hearn. “We’d like to return to Philadelphia. We’ve received to deliver the largest fights right here, the unification fights. He’s going to be right here for a very long time.”
Hearn didn’t say what the plan is for Boots if he can’t get a unification struggle for him towards any of the welterweight champions in October or November. Does he simply defend his IBF title towards his #1 contender Cody Crowley or another person or does he transfer up in weight?
“The plan is unifications. Earlier than he strikes to 154, which is inevitable in some unspecified time in the future, we wish to unify the division. Marios Barrios, Stanionis, any of those guys,” mentioned Hearn.
If Hearn can’t get the unification fights arrange for Boots quickly at 147, he wants to maneuver as much as 154 to go after the larger fights in that weight class. He appeared large tonight, like a fighter that must be competing at junior middleweight.
“For me, I believe Madrimov goes to beat Crawford. If not, I’d like to see Jaron Ennis towards Crawford. I believe he beats him. I believe it’s the largest struggle in boxing, however that’s in time,” mentioned Hearn.
Many followers felt that Madrimov would defeat Crawford, and if that occurred, Boots would wish to determine whether or not he nonetheless needed to struggle him. It may be higher for Ennis to focus on Madrimov in that case as a result of that may be the logical sporting transfer.
“We’ve received to construct, we’ve received to be energetic, and we’ve received to attempt to seize these belts,” mentioned Hearn.
Boots had been out of the ring for a yr earlier than taking the struggle with Avanesyan, and he didn’t look practically as sharp as he a yr in the past or in any of his performances in recent times.
