Hearn Breaks Down The Boots Ennis-Vergil Ortiz Situation
For a while, it seemed that we fans would be treated to a potential modern-day classic between unbeaten peaking warriors Jaron Ennis and Vergil Ortiz.
For a while, it seemed that we fans would be treated to a potential modern-day classic between unbeaten peaking warriors Jaron Ennis and Vergil Ortiz.
WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis will not be fighting on the February 22nd card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Eddie Hearn says he and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis haven’t decided whether to take the fight with WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr.
WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis have a verbal agreement to fight at 154 on the February 22nd Riyadh Season card in Saudi Arabia.
Preliminary talks have begun for a fight between Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. for a contest on February 22nd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Promoter Eddie Hearn says DAZN has invested money in Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to do unification fights at welterweight. Hearn states that Ennis doesn’t have much time left at 147, so if he’s going to unify the division, he must do it now.
Fans want to know who Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis will fight next after his disappointing performance in his Rematch against Karen Chukhadzhian on November 9th in Philadelphia.
Speaking tonight during a break in the action here on “Latino Night” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya confirmed that unbeaten 154 pounder Vergil Ortiz Junior will return to action on February 22.
Oscar De La Hoya revealed on social media that Eddie Hearn has changed his mind about matching his fighter, Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, against Vergil Ortiz Jr.
Vergil Ortiz Jr’s manager, Rick Mirigian, states he’s interested in Keith Thurman or Errol Spence at Cowboy’s Stadium.
Agreeing to fight the 35-year-old inactive Thurman could backfire on Vergil Ortiz Jr’s team because there’s a chance he wouldn’t make it through training camp without suffering an injury and needing to pull out of the fight like he did earlier this year when he was scheduled to face former WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu.