Aeneas beats the fossil? Why would Hearn’s delay kill his legacy?

Eddie Hearn’s plans to delay the Terence Crawford fight until Jaron “Boots” Ennis builds his resume with three title wins at 154, dilutes the impact of a win over Budd.

Shoes don’t need babysitting

This approach is just an obvious cowardly move that diminishes Ennis’ legacy after he beat Crawford. Look at it this way: By the time Boots defeats top junior middleweights to boost his popularity, Crawford will be 40 years old, a mere broken shell of what he once was.

Not only would Ennis not get any added value to his legacy for beating Crawford in his prime, but the money wouldn’t be any better than it is now. The way Crawford looked in his last fight against Canelo Alvarez, he hasn’t beaten any of the top contenders at 168, and he’ll fall apart when he fights up to the top middleweight division.

Crawford’s trainer, Bernie Davis, is already talking about crazy numbers for him to fight Ennis or the middleweight champions. He says it has to be 100 million dollars. This is after beating a washed out version of Canelo. Just imagine what price Crawford would have to pay to fight “The Boots” if he beat someone else? He could ask for something even more ridiculous, like $150 million.

Crawford’s coach Bernie Davies said: “100 million no less. Not 75, not 90, not 100. It has to be 100 million. If it’s not 100 million, why would he do it? He’s not going to go down the drain for nothing.” Mill City Boxing About how much it would take to get himself back in the ring.

Three belts, zero meaning

Ennis (35-0, 31 KOs) looks more than ready to take down Crawford after being eliminated in the first round of Uisma Lima last Saturday night. He doesn’t need to waste his time packing these four in before the Crawford fight:

• Virgil Ortiz Jr
• Sebastian Fundora
• Abbas Baro
• Xander Zayas

Vintage Crawford dip

It would take Boots a long time to fight off three or four of these guys, and by then, Crawford would resemble an ancient fossil of… The ancient eradating back 3.5 billion years. He actually looked old in his last two fights against Canelo and Israel Madrimov. Crawford lost to Madrimov a whole bunch of people, and I completely agree with them.

Madrimov looked like pure 24-karat gold against Terrence, landing powerful shots, and looking like a new-age GGG. I don’t blame Madrimov because he was angry about not getting the win because he deserved it.

“If he blows himself up in a situation where it makes sense for Crawford to fight him, at that point, Crawford is 40 years old, and ‘Boots’ is in his prime. I think Crawford should fight him now if he’s going to fight him,” analyst Max Kellerman told InsideTheRingShow. X About how Terence Crawford needs to fight Jaron “Boots” Ennis now.

I completely agree with Kellerman. He is right in this point of view. What’s the gain for Ennis if he beats the 40-year-old Crawford? No one will give him credit for the win, that is if he wins the fight.

Turkish patience has limits

With Bernie’s outlandish talk of $100 million to get Crawford back in the ring, Turki Al-Sheikh may wash his hands of him once and for all. He would be better off investing the money in younger fighters, like David Benavidez, who will be around for another 10 to 15 years. I would actually do that if I were Turk and felt like Bernie was talking about $100 million bullshit.

Written by Nation Vegas, a boxing analyst who has been covering world title fights since 2013.