Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis instructed his promoter, Eddie Hearn, that he needs him to proceed engaged on establishing a unification battle for him at welterweight slightly than specializing in a match in opposition to Teofimo Lopez.
Negotiating The Unattainable
Hearn stated Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) doesn’t care about cash, and he simply needs the unification matches in opposition to the opposite 147-lb champions. So, he’ll attempt to negotiate a unification battle for Boots in opposition to WBC champion Mario Barrios and WBA belt-holder Eimantas Stanionis subsequent.
If he can’t get any of these fighters to agree, he stated Boots might probably have a match in opposition to Teofimo or Vergil Ortiz Jr. It’s going to return all the way down to cash. Stanionis and Barrios aren’t going to return low cost, and it could require His Excellency Turki Alalshikh to become involved in order that Hearn can set these fights up for Ennis.
“He wants an enormous battle, and he needs that to be a unification. If we are able to’t get a unification, it’s robust. Then we’ve got to take a look at different choices, which could possibly be Teofimo Lopez or Vergil Ortiz,” stated Eddie Hearn to Battle Hub TV, speaking about Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis.
“For me, I like the battle [Teofimo], however for him, it’s not the cash. He needs to unify the division. That’s the goal and objective. Once I went to him, he stated, ‘That’s a cool battle, however you’ve bought to push for champions,’” stated Hearn about what Boots Ennis instructed him when he talked about the Teofimo battle.
Followers Left Annoyed
Followers might be dissatisfied that the Jaron Ennis vs. Teofimo Lopez battle isn’t being made as a result of they had been occupied with seeing it.
The folks disgusted with Ennis for his determination to not settle for the title shot in opposition to WBC interim 154-lb champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. for the February twenty second card had been prepared to look previous that with the information of him probably preventing Teofimo. However now that Hearn says Ennis isn’t within the Teofimo battle, will probably be like throwing gas on a fireplace. It’s going to re-ignite the anger followers have for Ennis.
