Promoter Eddie Hearn was sky-high after his fighter IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ sixth spherical TKO victory over Eimantas Stanionis final Saturday night time in Atlantic Metropolis.
After Boots’s win, Hearn mentioned he would beat anybody at 147 and 154, together with Vergil Ortiz Jr, who Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs) had declined to struggle in favor of what many consider to be a significantly smaller payday preventing Stanionis (15-1, 9 KOs).
“Beats Him Straightforward”?
Hearn acknowledged that Ennis would beat Vergil Jr. (23-0, 21 KOs) “straightforward” and that he’d simply defeated the very best fighter within the welterweight division, Stanionis.
Each of these feedback are arduous to swallow as a result of Vergil Ortiz Jr. is preventing on a distinct stage than what we noticed from Boots final night time and in his two earlier fights in opposition to Karen Chukhadzhian and David Avanesyan.
Nobody would consider that Eimantas Stanionis is the very best fighter within the welterweight division. The way in which Stanionis seemed final night time, he would lose to ALL of those 147-lb fighters:
– Brian Norman Jr.– Shakhram Giyasov– Karen Chukhadzhian– Ryan Garcia– Devin Haney– Josh Taylor– Abel Ramos– Mario Barrios– Conor Benn– Giovani Santillan– Alexis Rocha– Rohan Polanco
“Beats him straightforward,” mentioned Eddie Hearn to Ring Journal when requested how Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis would do in opposition to WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. “Nice fighter, Vergil Ortiz. I do know my associates over at Golden Boy, however I’ve received to be trustworthy: I believe Jaron Ennis simply performs with him.”
The way in which Ennis seemed in opposition to Stanionis, he wouldn’t beat Vergil Jr. He would lose that struggle. Ennis’s resolution to show down a struggle in opposition to Ortiz Jr. confirmed that he lacked the boldness to struggle him. Final night time, Boots was nonetheless speaking about wanting to remain at welterweight. Meaning he doesn’t consider he’s adequate to struggle at 154 in opposition to killers like Vergil, Terence Crawford, Sebastian Fundora, Israel Madrimov, and Serhii Bohachuk.
Finest at Welterweight?
“He likes to get individuals out of there. Clearly, we’re a bit excessive off of that efficiency, and we’re going to name out the world. I simply assume he’s a particular expertise,” mentioned Hearn about Boots. “That’s going to stay him on the pound-for-pound record, and he’s going to maintain on rising.
“He’s 27 years outdated, and I’d been desirous to signal him for 5 years. The final efficiency [against Karen Chukhadzhian], even the [David] Avanesyan one, strong, however I knew how particular this child [Ennis] is. Tonight, he fought the very best welterweight on the planet [Eimantas Stanionis], and completely battered him, he performed with him.
