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 a giant payday for him. Followers imagine Ennis ducked Vergil Jr and didn’t need to take the dangerous match for worry of getting overwhelmed.
Boots’ resolution to not combat Vergil Jr. comes at a nasty time for him. He simply had a horrible efficiency towards Karen Chukhadzhian of their rematch on November ninth, and a few suppose his confidence is gone.
The Ducking Debate
“There are fighters that duck behind their administration to not combat fighters, however I don’t suppose 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 suppose he’s ducking anyone. I simply suppose there’s a number of issues happening behind the scenes amongst, and so they’re simply attempting to determine who they will get within the ring, and he is aware of his days are numbers at 147,” Stephen continued about ‘Boots.’
“I don’t suppose he’s saying, ‘I’m afraid to combat this man.’ I simply suppose a number of issues on the enterprise facet that aren’t flowing too easily for him. He’s obtained rather a lot happening. His staff has simply obtained to get these guys within the ring,” stated Edwards.
Boots clearly isn’t ducking anybody at 147 as a result of there’s nobody gifted sufficient for him to need to keep away from them. But it surely positive does seem like he ducked WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. when that combat was supplied to him just lately. Ennis stated he needed to remain at 147 to unify, however his state of affairs there isn’t promising.
Ennis reportedly turned down a career-high payday to combat Vergil Jr. for the February twenty second profession, which appears dangerous on his half.
Edwards’ Protection
“If he will get a unification towards Brian Norman or a combat towards Mario Barrios. Each time I see Conor Benn, they hold speaking about Barrios. So, I do know there’s some sort of battle there once you’ve obtained a man that’s in your promotional steady, and one man [Benn] is attempting to get a combat.
“That’s obtained to be powerful on Boots. If Conor Benn will get the Mario Barrios to combat and Boots desires to unify, that’s powerful,” stated Edwards.
If Ennis’ promoter, Eddie Hearn, chooses to arrange a combat between Conor Benn and WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios slightly than serving to him with a unification towards Barrios, you possibly can perceive why that may upset him if he’s following what’s happening.
Boots stated he didn’t know what occurred when the Vergil Ortiz Jr. combat was supplied 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 retaining him updated, he’ll be shocked if Conor Benn will get the combat towards Barrios as a substitute of him.
If Conor will get that combat, Ennis wants to consider shifting as much as 154 as a result of it means he seemingly won’t ever get an opportunity to perform his purpose of turning into undisputed at 147.
Assuming Conor is victorious towards Barrios, he would use the WBC title for a big-money combat towards Manny Pacquiao slightly than going through Ennis. He’s not going to combat 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.
