Many followers are presuming that victory for Vergil Ortiz Jr on Saturday night time will tee up a highly-anticipated showdown with Jaron Ennis.
Ennis and Ortiz Jr have been repeatedly linked to a struggle with each other in recent times and it was believed that the pair would quickly settle the brewing rivalry.
On Saturday night time, Ortiz defends his WBC interim super-welterweight title in opposition to Erickson Lubin, and ‘Boots’ and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, will likely be in attendance. Hearn has beforehand said they’ve signed a deal on their aspect for the Ortiz struggle to happen.
Because of this, it was presumed that an announcement for Ennis-Ortiz could be made shortly after the principle occasion, offering the latter comes by a severe take a look at in Lubin.
Nevertheless, Ortiz’s coach, Robert Garcia, knowledgeable Combat Hub TV that he believes Ennis already has alternate plans for his subsequent outing, regardless of all of the discuss.
“That’s all bull**it, Boots is just not going to struggle Vergil subsequent. He [Ennis] goes to indicate up. however why didn’t they name us up and invite us to his struggle two/three weeks in the past? He simply fought just lately, you come to ours, we come to yours and we promote the struggle. That will’ve been the right concept to do.
“They will present up, that doesn’t make a distinction, Vergil goes to do his job, however that’s simply to get the media and the press to imagine that they’re prepared for the struggle. I do know they don’t seem to be [ready]. I do know that they have already got a date and a doable opponent prepared. It’s all a part of the present, a part of selling the occasion, a part of selling his fighter, and Eddie is doing an incredible job doing it.”
Ortiz-Lubin takes place on Saturday night time, supported by an undercard that options Darius Fulghum, Robin Sirwan Safar and Joshua Edwards.
