The unification struggle between IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and WBO champ Brian Norman Jr is now off the desk. Promoter Eddie Hearn says Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) will both defend in opposition to his necessary Karen Chukhadzhian or vacate and transfer as much as 154.
Followers Yearn for Ennis to Face the Elite at 154
Followers want to see Ennis vacate his IBF title and transfer as much as 154 to go after the massive fish like Terence Crawford, Vergil Ortiz Jr, Tim Tszyu, Serhii Bohachuk, and Israil Madrimov. Boots Ennis doesn’t appear enthusiastic about taking these dangerous fights, and it’s comprehensible why.
Life is less complicated for the 27-year-old Philadelphia native, Boots Ennis, feeding off of the guppies in shallows within the welterweight division.
Norman (26-0, 20 KOs) will defend in opposition to #7-ranked IBF contender Derrieck Cuevas (27-1-1, 19 KOs) on the undercard of Keyshawn Davis vs. Gustavo Lemos on November eighth on the Scope Enviornment in Norfolk, Virginia.
The WBO champion Norman Jr turned down Hearn’s $1.5 million supply to struggle Ennis, which is both a sensible or a silly transfer on his half. Provided that Norman can earn more money because the WBO champion than $1.5 million in the long term, you’d must say it was smart for him to reject the supply. If Hearn had sweetened the supply to $2 million+, he’d have gotten Norman.
Hearn Floats 154 Transfer
“In all probability transfer as much as 154 and attempt to discover individuals that basically wish to struggle. Vergil Ortiz, Isrial Madrimov, Terence Crawford; in all probability not,” stated Eddie Hearn to the IFL TV YouTube channel about what Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis might do now that his negotiations with Brian Norman Jr. have fallen aside for a unification struggle at welterweight.
It doesn’t appear doubtless that Boots will quit his IBF title to willingly transfer as much as 154 and tackle the harmful opposition in that weight division. Ennis can be only a contender, and issues can be unsure. Being the massive fish within the barren 147-lb division is far completely different from competing with the sharks at 154, the place Ennis may get eaten up.
“Pay attention, we might struggle [Karen] Chukhadzhian, however we’ve already boxed him. He ain’t a nasty fighter, by the way in which, however what’s the IBF doing?
