Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis will NOT be combating WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. on His Excellency Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season card on February twenty second.
Ennis-Ortiz Battle Off
Dan Rafael reviews that the deal fell aside between Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) and Ortiz (22-0, 21 KOs0 after they agreed. No motive was given for why the deal fell aside.
It’s not surprising that the struggle isn’t taking place as a result of promoter Eddie Hearn had talked about in interviews since Thursday that Ennis shifting up would doubtlessly imply vacating his IBF welterweight title. He wished to attempt to arrange some unification fights towards the opposite 147-lb champions.
Was Ennis Scared?
Some followers consider Ennis lacks the boldness to struggle the younger phenom Vergil Ortiz Jr., as he can be the underdog. Furthermore, it will be a tricky struggle for Ennis to absorb his first match at 154. He doesn’t have nice defensive abilities, and getting hit repeatedly by an enormous puncher like Vergil Jr. wouldn’t be expertise for him.
Ennis appeared sad after successful a tougher-than-expected 12-round unanimous resolution over Karen Chukhadzhian of their rematch on November ninth on the Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia. He’d been hit so much by Karen and outboxed all through the struggle. Ennis’ work price and energy saved him from shedding, however he nonetheless appeared unhealthy.
In his final struggle towards Serhii Bohachuk, Vergil confirmed that he might do all of it—punch, field, and transfer. His capability to adapt was spectacular in that struggle. Ennis would seemingly lose to Vergil, derailing his promising profession.
Fundora A Risk?
“The perimeters had agreed to the struggle, which was presupposed to be a part of a mega card Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh is placing collectively for a Riyadh Season occasion on Feb. 22. The struggle cratered on Friday, leaving organizers in search of a brand new opponent to struggle Ortiz, [according to] a number of sources,” mentioned Dan Rafael on his substack website.
“The Saudis reached out to WBC/WBO junior middleweight titleholder Sebastian Fundora’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, to gauge their curiosity within the bout.”
WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora can be a superb choice for Vergil Jr. to struggle on February twenty second if a deal will be shortly negotiated. There’s sufficient time for Fundora to arrange for the struggle, supplied he’s not coping with an harm or scheduled to struggle somebody.
If Ennis chooses to remain at 147, he might keep a champion for a very long time as a result of the division is weak, and he’s thought-about the highest canine down there. It will be nice if Hearn can setup fights for Ennis to develop into undisputed champion by beating these three belt-holders:
– Eimantas Stanionis: WBA
– Brian Norman Jr: WBO
– Mario Barrios: WBC
