MERE minutes had passed by after Jaron Ennis had swiped away David Avanesyan, as anticipated, earlier than heads turned to who or what might be subsequent for the IBF welterweight champion. It was Ennis’s first defence of the title correct, first battle underneath new promoter Eddie Hearn and the primary time in six years he had fought in his residence metropolis of Philadelphia.
Each Ennis and Hearn have their hearts set on a conflict with Terence Crawford, the person who unclicked the complete IBF title and despatched it down the conveyor belt to ‘Boots’ within the first place.
Hearn cheekily recommended that Crawford would lose to Israil Madrimov on August 3. Eddie promotes Madrimov, so he would say that. Whether or not he believes it or not, a battle with Crawford stays on the prime of some fighters’ buying lists.
Terence Crawford will battle at a fourth weight class on August 3
Most of those fights stay pie within the sky, dream case situations. That was till Saudi Arabia’s sporting faction, spearheaded by Turki Alalahsikh, got here into boxing.
All of a sudden, cash has grow to be much less of an impediment and, most of the time, the fights we wish are getting made. Turki is pleasant with Hearn and his former home rival-turned-pal Frank Warren.
As shortly as Ennis had talked about Crawford’s identify, Alalshikh was logging in to X to supply his seal of approval, later calling up Eddie and Jaron to bolster his curiosity in making the bout.
I simply reached out to boxer Jaron Ennis and Eddie Hearn to congratulate him on his win and I’d like to see Ennis in battle with Crawford at weight 154 quickly🤷🏻♂️🥊🔥
— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) July 14, 2024
‘His Excellency’ covers many bases. Beforehand, he declared a want to see Crawford transfer up in weight and problem Canelo. Both manner, Crawford now has money-backed choices. He must first get previous Madrimov after which determine which cheque he desires to money.
