By: Sean Crose
“I feel that my talent and skill are enough,” Jaron “Boots” Ennis told exaggerated fighting in a video interview posted on Wednesday. “I don’t talk to each other.” With 29 wins, no losses, and 27 kills on his résumé, one could argue that Ennis could simply let his fists speak. These are the booming 2020s, though, an era where big mouths are often more profitable than big talent, which is perhaps at least part of the reason Ennis hasn’t taken down one of the big names yet. large of the welding weight class.
“I want to fight all these guys and they know it,” the Philadelphia native said. “I felt like they were trying to get around me. However, they can’t do that for too long.” While most fans would certainly enjoy watching Ennis go head-to-head with the likes of Errol Spence or Terence Crawford, those two boxers, who are at the top of the welterweight division, haven’t even fought each other yet. However, Ennis feels that, if he overcomes the not widely known Karen Chukhadzhian on January 7, he might actually have a chance to meet Spence in the ring. “That could be the next time,” he said.
In the meantime, the man will unfortunately have to wait. “They have to do something,” he said of the division’s current kings. “I feel like they’re holding it up a bit.” He may not be a world boxer, but with nearly 30 fights in his hand, Ennis is confident he can take out any big name in the welterweight division. “I really know this boxing game to the letter T,” he said. I’m not all talkative. I just bite.” And what incredible skills do boxers like Spence and Crawford possess? “I felt like the better the competition, the better I became,” Ennis said.
As for his next opponent, Ennis was confident. “I’m not too worried at all, but I know he can be a great fighter,” he said of Chukhadzhian. Ennis was then asked how he would deal with Chukhadzhian’s Eastern European fighting style. “Pressure,” he replied. “Shaking his head. Keep you (your opponent) off balance.” As a sign of how serious he is in every fight, Ennis made it clear that he didn’t exactly track his pulse until the latest fights. He didn’t watch the scene where Crawford killed David Gavrushevich Avanesyan last weekend, after al. “I’m locked out,” he said. “I am in the camp. I’m not focused on anything else.”
