By Chris Williams: Promoter Lou DiBella says unbeaten contender Jaron’ Boots’ Ennis beats welterweight champions Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford now, and he thinks these two will keep away from combating him.
DiBella’s perception that Crawford and Spence will keep away from Ennis may very nicely ring true as a result of to date, neither of these two champions have proven the slightest quantity of curiosity in taking up the younger 24-year-old ‘Boots.’
Spence (27-0, 21 KOs) and Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs) need to stay champions for so long as potential, and if both of them takes the danger of combating Ennis, they might see their title reigns finish abruptly.
Will Spence & Crawford duck Ennis?
In Crawford’s case, it’s unlikely he’ll ever willingly conform to defend his WBO strap in opposition to the proficient Ennis with out being ordered by the World Boxing Group.
I imply, the 34-year-old Crawford has been an expert since 2008, and he’s solely now lastly getting round to combating his first high-profile opponent in Shawn Porter on November twentieth.
Porter, 33, is clearly on the draw back of his profession at this level, having misplaced to Spence in 2019 and arguably overwhelmed by Yordenis Ugas in the identical yr.
At this level, Porter is a fading B-level fighter who hasn’t fought a high quality opponent since his loss to Spence in September 2019.
Ennis (28-0, 26 KOs) put IBF/WBC 147-lb champion and WBO belt holder Terence Crawford on discover final Saturday evening together with his first spherical knockout win over former world title challenger Thomas Dulorme (25-6-1, 16 KOs) on SHOWTIME on the Mandalay Bay Resort & On line casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“I believe Boots beats Crawford and Spence. And I mentioned what I mentioned,” mentioned Lou DiBella on Twitter. “Boots has ability out the ying-yang and has horrifying offense. He’s the younger, hungry lion within the division and, for my part, is the scariest problem to the large names. #boxing.”
DiBella isn’t the one one which has concluded that Ennis will beat BOTH Crawford and Spence now. Many boxing followers consider the identical factor, as does Chris Williams.
Spence and Crawford at the moment are OLD lions able to be picked off by the youthful lion Ennis, and you may wager they’re going to steer a large berth across the teenager.
“He’s an excellent fighter. He’s a younger fighter, however he’s nice,” mentioned Kenny Porter to Fighthype in reacting to Ennis’ first spherical knockout win over Ennis. “He’s already wanting like a world champion. Completely, his future is vivid .”
When Shawn Porter was requested about his response to Ennis’ win throughout the identical interview, he selected to not remark. Porter’s silence on Ennis’ victory means that he doesn’t need to cope with the stress from the boxing public in having to combat him.
If Porter had been to touch upon Ennis’ win, followers would instantly begin clamoring for him to face him, supplied he wins his subsequent combat in opposition to Crawford on November twentieth.
If Porter loses to Crawford, as many count on, he’s off the hook as a result of nobody will count on him to combat Ennis. In any case, he can be seen as on the draw back of his profession. It doesn’t take a loss to Crawford to inform you that Porter’s time as a big participant is shortly coming to an finish.
Thomas Dulorme complaining about rabbit punch
“I need to thank all my followers for his or her assist, however tonight I acquired an unlawful blow within the first spherical; it’s not an excuse; you’ll be able to see the replay, and I couldn’t get well with out taking credit score from Ennis; he is a good fighter, however tonight it was not honest for me,” mentioned Dulorme on Instagram.
Dulorme bent ahead and bumped into a giant left hook from Ennis within the first knockdown within the first. That didn’t appear like an intentional rabbit punch from Ennis however somewhat a case of Dulorme bending ahead to reveal the again of his head.
