Coach Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis went on a rant in an interview, criticizing the 147-lb champions for not agreeing to struggle his son, IBF welterweight champ Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, in a unification match. Bozy desires Jaron to rapidly seize the three titles he must turn out to be an undisputed champion at 147 earlier than transferring to 154.
The champions don’t wish to settle for the cash that Ennis’ promoter is providing them for a harmful struggle they might lose. Bozy isn’t trying on the essential trigger for why the fights aren’t being made. It’s Ennis’ promoter.
So, as an alternative of preventing a unification, Boots will defend in opposition to his IBF necessary Karen Chukhadzhian in a rematch on November ninth on the Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia.
“I feel he’s more durable than Karen. He was dancing round,” mentioned Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis to Combat Hub TV when requested if WBC tremendous flyweight champion Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez is more durable than Karen Chukhadzhian.
Ennis did a poor job of chopping off the ring in opposition to Chukhadzhain final yr and appeared horrible all through the competition. Boots couldn’t lower off the ring and was swinging wildly and lacking along with his photographs as a result of he was loading up.
“We needed to take it as a result of it was a compulsory. That’s the one factor I give it some thought. We actually didn’t need the struggle, however we needed to take it as a result of it was the necessary. I don’t prefer it, however we needed to do it, nevertheless it’s going to be completely different this time,” mentioned Bozy about how Boots Ennis was compelled to take the struggle with Karen Chukhadzhian as a result of the IBF ordered it.
Boots may have vacated his IBF title and moved as much as 154 slightly than struggle Chukhadzhian. His promoter may have gotten one of many different champions to struggle him if he’d provided them sufficient cash.
“We don’t search for knockouts. If it presents itself, we’re going to take it, however that’s what we go in there to do as a result of folks like to see a knockout, however we’re not going to search for it. If it presents itself, we’re going to take it,” mentioned Bozy about Boots Ennis coming to knockout Chukhadzhian on November ninth.
“Get up, and let’s struggle. Cease bull-crapping round. You act such as you wish to struggle, and you then don’t wish to struggle,” mentioned Bozy about his message to the welterweight division. “That’s my message to all of the 147s that acquired the belts. I don’t know if it’s your folks behind you or simply you that choose who you wish to struggle.”
It’s not the opposite champions’ fault that the presents being made to them by Boots Ennis’ promoter, Eddie Hearn, isn’t sufficient to get them to agree. They’re not going to conform to struggle Ennis for lower than what they really feel the struggle deserves. In spite of everything, the three champions can make more cash in the long term by holding onto their titles slightly than accepting what Hearn is providing.
“We thought he was coming to struggle. He got here to bop,” mentioned Bozy. “I feel Canelo earned his means. He put his time in. That’s what I feel. He can select and choose who he desires to choose. They will discuss all of it they need. He made all that cash. So, he can do what he desires to do.
“That’s what we wish to do after we acquire the belts. After we get an opportunity to gather them, as a result of it’s laborious for him to get fights,” mentioned Bozy when requested if Ennis would possibly wish to transfer as much as 154 as a result of the 147-lb division is quiet now, and he’s having a tough time getting the opposite champions to struggle him.”
In some unspecified time in the future, Bozy goes to want to see the writing on the wall and perceive that it’s going to take too a few years of his son Boot’s profession for him to gather all of the belts at welterweight. What Bozy doesn’t want is for Boots to be 35 years outdated and nonetheless attempting to unify the welterweight division.
“Finally, we’re going to maneuver as much as 154, and after that, we’re transferring to 160 and possibly 168. We’re on a quest. Those that acquired the title. These are those I need,” mentioned Bozy when requested who he desires Boots Ennis to struggle after Chukhadzhian on November ninth. “If we are able to’t get any of them, we’re most likely going to maneuver up.”
Ennis ought to transfer up now as a result of it’s apparent that his promoter isn’t going to take a position the cash wanted in his profession to get the opposite three champions to conform to struggle him. Some would argue that if this have been the precious gem of the Matchroom secure, Anthony Joshua, promoter Eddie Hearn, would cough up the 2 or three million to get the opposite champions to struggle him at warp velocity. It will have been completed already. However since that is solely Boots Ennis, Hearn is being tight-fisted about investing in his profession by overpaying to get the opposite champions to struggle him.
Boots Ennis might want to enhance his sport if he’s going to have success at 154, 160, and 168 as a result of he took loads of punishment in opposition to David Avanesyan and Roiman Villa at 147.
It doesn’t sound possible that Ennis will have the ability to make the bounce to 154 to seize titles, particularly if he makes use of up the very best years of his profession attempting to turn out to be the undisputed champion at welterweight. He’s about to show 28, and he has no unification fights in sight.
If Ennis’ promoter Eddie Hearn refuses to satisfy the asking worth of the opposite champions, he wants to know that he’ll by no means get the unfication fights he wants until His Excellency Turki Alalshikh desires to assist out.
I don’t know why he would, however there’s all the time a chance. That could be what the opposite welterweight champions are ready for. They need the large cash Turki provided them to struggle Boots, which is totally comprehensible on their half. Why would they comply with the $1.7 million that Hearn is providing to them after they can get many extra hundreds of thousands from Turki? Hearn’s provide is rooster feed in comparison with what Turki may probably give them to struggle Ennis and quit their titles.
“It was a fantastic struggle. I had Bivol profitable,” mentioned Bozy when requested if he watched final Saturday’s gentle heavyweight championship struggle between champions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. “[Beterbiev] got here on ultimately as a result of Bivol slowed down, however I had him profitable.
“I feel they need to rematch, and I feel it’s going to be a unique state of affairs this time as a result of it appeared like he acquired winded within the final two rounds,” mentioned Bozy about Bivol.
Bozy doesn’t say how he sees the rematch ending otherwise between undisputed gentle heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. It’s going to be tough for Bivol to enhance on the quantity of transferring he did final Saturday evening with out gifting away rounds for lack of offense. He’ll get drained from all of the transferring he’s doing and can get stopped by Beterbiev. It’s fascinating that Bozy had points with Chukhadzhian’s fixed motion however was fantastic with Bivol doing the identical.
“That’s one other good struggle,” mentioned Bozy concerning the December twenty first rematch between former WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and unified three-belt champion Oleksandr Usyk. “Usyk is an efficient boxer. He strikes, and you then’ve acquired Fury. He’s boxer. If he’s in good situation, I feel it’ll be a unique state of affairs. I feel Fury would possibly find yourself profitable.
“If he do win, it’ll be 1-1. So, they acquired to interrupt the tie,” mentioned Bozy.
Assuming Fury wins the rematch in opposition to WBA, WBC, and WBO heavyweight champion Usyk on December twenty first, the trilogy will probably want to attend till Tyson fights Anthony Joshua a couple of times. His Excellency Turki Alalshikh desires to see Fury vs. Joshua, and it’s believed they’ll struggle twice earlier than they transfer on to different fights or retirement.
