Trainer Steven Edwards says phenom Jaron “Boots” Ennis will stay at 147 for as long as he can make weight, hoping that fighters like Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez or Sabriel Matias will one day move up and fight him. I believe we should wait.
Elusive super fight
The problem with Edwards' logic is that even if Teofimo and Haney move up to No. 147 in the distant future, there's no guarantee either of them will agree to fight Boots (31-0, 28 KOs).
If you look at the matchup between Haney and Teofimo, their management has been very selective in choosing their opponents, especially with Devin. When was the last time Haney fought an opponent who wasn't older, much smaller, and more talented than he was? Haney and his father Bill opportunist And it always was.
If Boots chooses to stay at 147, he could wait until his mid-30s, thinking a match with Haney or Teofimo will happen at some point. These matches may never materialize, and Ennis ends up wasting years of his time thinking that these highly hand-picked, hand-picked fighters will eventually fight him. .
Haney will never fight someone like Ennis unless the Saudis offer a lot of money, and the Saudis have no interest in the 147-pound division.
154 Offer Options
Edwards doesn't think Boots should go up to 154 even if he has the option to fight them.
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“he [Boots] Just compete with the best [available opponent].Imagine if Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, and Matias were promoted? [to 147]. This is a super fight and I'm only one division away from him,” Steven Edwards said on the FightHype YouTube channel. Jaron “Boots” Ennis will move to welterweight rather than move up to the 154th weight class. He argued that he should stay in order to have more options to fight immediately. Be available to him.
“We don't know who's struggling to make weight and why. If they move up, we're going to have a super fight. I think the boots will be fine. He's just going to have to stay busy and stay in the public eye, and get the fight his talent demands.
“I don't think he needs to move up,” Stephen continued of Boots Ennis, believing he should remain at 147 pounds and that one day one of the 140 pound champions could move up to welterweight and fight him. I hope you will.
