Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis Vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr. On February twenty second?

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis might transfer as much as 154 on February twenty second to problem Vergil Ortiz Jr. for his WBC interim junior middleweight title in a Riyadh Season occasion in Saudi Arabia.

Coach Robert Garcia advised Boxing Scene that his fighter, Vergil Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs), might face Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) on February twenty second. Additionally talked about was WBC tremendous flyweight champion Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (20-0, 13 KOs_ combating Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez (52-4, 42 KOs).

• Jaron Ennis vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr.: Ennis has the facility, expertise, and pedigree to complete what Serhii Bohachuk began final August. It might be an important combat and a very good means for Ennis to get his ft moist at 154 if he decides to remain. Ennis would be the favourite on this combat and can probably have too many expertise for Vergil to deal with.
• Jesse Rodriguez vs. Roman Gonzalez: Bam Rodriguez, 24, is way youthful than Chocolatito Gonzalez, and he would possibly knock him out. If this combat goes the gap, Chocolatito can put some severe put on and tear on Bam, making his handlers remorse ever making this combat. Carlos Cuadras wasn’t the identical after combating Chocolatito, and neither was Juan Franciso Estrada after their third combat in 2022.

Followers’ response on social media is combined as a result of whereas individuals wish to see Ennis combating Ortiz, they’re not enthusiastic about seeing ‘Bam’ Rodriguez combating the outdated legend ‘Chocolatito, who’s nearing 38 years outdated and has a 2-2 document in his final 4 fights.

Boots could be transferring up from welterweight to tackle the 26-year-old Vergil Ortiz Jr, who didn’t look nice in his final combat towards Serhii Bohachuk on August tenth. Vergil walked with a 12-round majority choice that followers noticed as a present. He appeared to lose the combat, however the judges bailed him out.

Ennis would want to make use of his boxing expertise to defeat the a lot larger and stronger Vergil Jr. as a result of he could be making an attempt to bang him out. Vergil Jr. tried to outslug Bohachuk however failed and was punished loads. He wanted a glove restore timeout late within the combat, which followers interpreted as a transfer to save lots of him from getting knocked out as a result of Bohachuk had harm him.

Ennis has the abilities and the expertise to knock out Vergil to take his WBC interim 154-lb title. It might be nice if Ennis held onto the belt and selected to marketing campaign at 154 as a result of he’s reached a useless finish at 147. There’s nobody for him to combat.