Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ dad/coach, Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis, says Boots would have knocked out WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov if he’d been preventing him on August third as an alternative of Terence Crawford.
Bozy states that ‘Boots’ Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) would have fought Madrimov (10-1-1, 7 KOs) as an alternative of boxing him the best way the 36-year-old Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs). He says that Crawford might have been involved about Madrimov’s punching energy, so he boxed him, which made it powerful for the judges to attain the battle.
They needed to resolve whether or not to present the rounds to Madrimov based mostly on the highly effective right-hand photographs he saved touchdown or concentrate on Crawford’s jabbing.
It got here all the way down to which sort of punches the judges favored, and sadly, because it was subjective, Crawford’s win was controversial within the eyes of the boxing public.
“The rationale why they’re saying that’s as a result of they heard what I mentioned. If Boots had been preventing [Israil] Madrimov, Boots would have stopped him,” mentioned Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis to YSM Sports activities Media about his perception that his son, Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, would have knocked out WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov on August third as an alternative of going the 12 spherical distance like Terence Crawford had.
Crawford’s Cautious Strategy
At Crawford’s age, he’s too outdated to go to struggle with a puncher like Madrimov, particularly with him coming off a 13-month layoff and preventing solely annually since 2020. Inactivity, age and transfer up in weight made Crawford hesitant about brawling with Madrimov.
Some fighters and trainers consider Crawford would have knocked out Madrimov if he had fought aggressively, however that might not be true. Crawford was getting lit up with proper palms from Madrimor when he let his palms go within the twelfth spherical.
These photographs that Madrimov hit Crawford with would have knocked out most fighters, and he wouldn’t have been capable of take them if he’d tried to brawl from spherical one, as pro-Crawford followers consider. Bozy Ennis is one among them.
He thinks Crawford would have knocked out Madrimov if he’d brawled from the get-go. If he’d been Crawford’s coach, he would have pushed for that method, which could have backfired on him.
Bozy’s drawback as a coach is that he focuses an excessive amount of on aggression, inflicting his fighters to get hit rather a lot. We noticed that in light-weight Andy Cruz’s battle towards Antonio Moran on August third. Bozy saved pushing Cruz to combine it up with Moran, and he bought harm early on. Cruz may need been knocked out if this had been a greater fighter than Moran.
“All that stuff he [Madrimov] was doing. He’s an excellent fighter, however Boots goes to battle you,” mentioned Bozy. “He’ll field you, however he’ll battle you, too. Terence knew the man was a puncher. I suppose he didn’t wish to take no probabilities,” mentioned Bozy about Crawford enjoying it secure towards Madrimov.
Actions Communicate Louder Than Phrases
If Bozy thinks Boots would knockout Madrimov, he must be pushing him to maneuver as much as 154 to indicate the followers that he’s losing his profession staying at 14, preventing unpopular opposition. Actions communicate louder than phrases, and the truth that Bozy isn’t speaking about wanting Boots to maneuver as much as 154 suggests he’s frightened about his capacity to swim with the sharks in that division.
If Bozy thought Ennis may deal with the proficient fighters at 154 like Madrimov, he wouldn’t be losing time by preventing a pointless rematch towards Karen Chukhadzhian in December in Philadelphia. Karen is Boots Ennis’ rumored subsequent opponent at 147.
Boots selecting to remain at 147 to try to accomplish his purpose of changing into the undisputed champion reveals concern within the eyes of followers as a result of the belt-holders are a weak bunch.
