Daily News | Philly’s Jaron Ennis isn’t holding his breath for a shot at welterweight champion Errol Spence
Jaron Ennis was less than an hour removed from delivering another signature knockout in May 2022 when he found a seat in the front row to watch the night’s main event. A few seats down was Errol Spence, whom Ennis earlier taunted from the ring by casting a fishing rod — Spence calls himself the “big fish” of the welterweight division — as if he wanted to“I was playing with him and I said, ‘Spence, you’re my man. But we’re coming for your [butt],’” said Bozy Ennis, who also trains his son.
Spence is defending his WBC, WBA, and IBF titles on July 29 against WBO welterweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford in an anticipated superfight in Las Vegas. Both fighters are expected afterward to move to a heavier weight class, therefore vacating the titles and automatically making Ennis — assuming he wins on Saturday in A.C. — the IBF champion.
Will he finally get a title shot? Will the champ vacate the titles? Is there a fight on the horizon against fellow rising welterweights Eimantas Stanionis or Vergil Ortiz Jr.? Maybe Keith Thurman wants to face Boots?“After I win on July 8, then we can talk about the rest of the guys: the winner of Spence and Bud, the winner of Vergil Ortiz and Stanionis, even the older guys like [Yordenis] Ugas and Keith Thurman. We can talk about them,” Ennis said. “But right now, I’m locked in on Villa.
— was not his most impressive victory. He controlled the 12-rounder and won each round on all three scorecards, but the fight dragged. Chukhadzhian fought awkwardly, didn’t engage much with Ennis, and brought a style that created a dull bout.
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