Promoter Eddie Hearn is near saying a substitute opponent for Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to defend his IBF welterweight title on July thirteenth on the Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia.
Boots Ennis’ beforehand scheduled opponent, Cody Crowley, pulled out of the struggle yesterday because of a watch downside, and Hearn was left scrambling to discover a substitute to save lots of the July thirteenth struggle date.
Hearn says the cardboard remains to be occurring on the July thirteenth date, and he’s acquired the next three opponents that he’s to face Boots Ennis on that date probably:
- Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela: A good fringe contender with a #13 IBF and a 28-3-1, 17 KO document. Gollaz misplaced to Montana Love in 2022 and has received three fights towards a second-tier opposition. Not an incredible substitute clearly, given his loss to Love, however first rate.
- Shakhram Giyasov: #15 ranked with the IBF however nonetheless untested throughout his six-year skilled profession. He’s a 2016 Olympian, along with his finest win coming towards veteran Pablo Cesar Cano.
- David Avanesyan: Informal boxing followers have probably solely heard of Avanesyan and know of him from his sixth-round knockout loss to Terence Crawford in 2022. The issue with utilizing Avanesyan is he could be coming off a two-year layoff to take the struggle.
Whereas not one of the three are particularly nice, they’re alongside the identical strains as Cody Crowley concerning expertise and title recognition with followers.
Hearn’s Assertion on the Substitute Search
“In the mean time, we’re near saying the substitute opponent. After all, the [July 13th] present will go on. There might be a brand new opponent from the highest 15 within the rankings, ” stated promoter Eddie Hearn to iFL TV about his being near discovering a substitute opponent for IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to defend within the headliner on July thirteenth in Philadelphia.
Hearn is in a troublesome place proper now, searching for a substitute towards Boots Ennis on brief discover with only one month to organize for the struggle.
The IBF’s prime 15 is fairly restricted when it comes to contenders who would be capable of struggle Boots on brief discover. The extra recognizable names on the record are coming off defeats, they usually received’t be capable of struggle Ennis in July.
“We’d like to ensure we are able to tick off that obligatory obligations [with the IBF], and we anticipate an incredible struggle, and I feel an announcement in all probability tonight,” Hearn continued in regards to the substitute opponent for Boots Ennis.
It might be supreme if Boots Ennis might fulfill his IBF obligatory obligations with one of many substitute opponents for the July thirteenth date, nevertheless it’s unclear if the Worldwide Boxing Federation would go together with that concept of Hearn’s.
The very last thing Hearn and Boots desires is to need to reschedule with Crowley, a fighter that’s not well-known to the U.S public, and it will be a struggle that received’t generate a variety of buzz with followers. Furthermore, Boots doesn’t must have one other struggle with Crowley to fall by means of along with his eye points.
“We have now to go down the rankings now and mainly resolve one of the best struggle for him. I just like the Gollaz struggle [Gabriel Valenzuela]. I feel that’s a great struggle. Shakhram Giyasov. Avanesyan is an effective struggle,” stated Hearn in regards to the potential choices for Ennis’s struggle on July thirteenth.
