Ennis won’t get superior credit over the 40-year-old Crawford

Trainer Stephen Edwards doubts Jaron “Boots” Ennis will get the credit if he beats a 39- or 40-year-old Terence Crawford within a year or two after moving up to 160.

Building shoes, Crawford’s loss

Ennis (35-0, 31 KOs) is still fighting at junior middleweight, and he’s not talking about wanting to move up to 160 or 168 at the moment. He’ll have to do it soon so he can catch up with Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) before he retires.

“It’s too far. The Boots must purge four undefeated fighters. “Buckram,” said Stephen Edwards. Mill City Boxingdiscussing the unlikely possibility of a fight between Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Terence Crawford.

Stephen is right. Ennis is still fighting at 154, and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, wants him to clear the division before moving up to 160 to put the pressure on Crawford. It could take two to three years for Ennis to collect all four junior middleweight titles. By then, Crawford won’t be around, and if he is, he won’t have much left.

Built-in age excuse

“I think it’s too far Unless Turki and Terrence come up with a master plan To engage in combat (using “boots”). I just don’t know how we can do it. If we did, Crawford would be 38 now. “He’ll be 39 or 40 years old. I don’t know if ‘Boots’ will get the credit for it,” Edwards said.

Ennis wouldn’t get credit for beating Crawford if he were 39 or 40 years old. There would be an excuse of a lifetime to invalidate the “shoes” win. If Crawford faces any of the Sharks at 168, such as Owsley Iglesias or Christian Mbele, he will likely lose. He would be worthless to Ennis after that and considered exhausted, which he pretty much is. He didn’t look good against Canelo, and certainly not against Israel Madrimov.

Millions of Turks could be saved

It must have been Turk who made the big offer to entice Crawford to fight Ennis. I think Crawford would need between $50-$150 million to fight ‘Boots’, even though he’s not as popular as Canelo Alvarez.

Terrence just saw Canelo take home $150 million, and he may feel like he’s taken his place as the face of boxing with a win. He had it all over his head, thinking that the win had turned him into the new Canelo in terms of money. If that were the case, Dmitry Bivol would be the big money player in the sport because he beat Canelo in far more impressive fashion than Crawford in 2022.

It’s a fight that won’t generate more than 41 million global viewers Canelo vs. Crawford On Netflix. Ennis isn’t a big enough name yet. So, it will depend on whether Turk wants to fight enough to overpay Crawford.

Based on his last two fights against Canelo and Israel Madrimov, he’s not worth $50-100 million. These were the efforts of fighters who made fifty thousand. For Crawford to make that much money, Turk would have to love him a lot, and it would take a bigger fight.

Since he’s not interested in his own fight, he’s more focused on getting down to 160 to get a title shot for oldies.

Crawford Chase Adams

Bud just wants to win a sixth division world title and get paid well, by fighting WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adams. He’s someone with whom Crawford has a history of sparring sessions, in which he reportedly beat Adams.

“I don’t know if it’s possible, because ‘Boots’ has to come out at 54, and there’s a body of work at 154. Crawford has to come out at 168,” Edwards said.

Time is not on the side of shoes

Ennis can only fight Crawford if he tells his promoter, Eddie Hearn, that he is not interested in staying at 154 to spend the next year or two building his resume. This is a waste of time. He’ll still be two divisions away from Crawford, and there will be more of an age-related excuse.

Chris Williams has been covering boxing since 2010, providing fans with authoritative analysis and insight from the action in the ring to the headlines.