By Adam Baskin: Cody Crowley says the welterweight champions are avoiding undefeated #1 IBF contender Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis for a cause.
The present champions at 147, Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford, have a very good factor going, taking straightforward fights towards beatable opposition and making tens of millions.
Why would Crawford & Spence wish to spoil what they received going by taking up a younger cat like Boots Ennis (29-0, 27 KOs) and be despatched again to the salt mines, incomes much less cash as contenders after being dethroned by the 26-year-old.
They know he’s a serious downside and gained’t battle him for “a few million {dollars},” stated Crowley to Thaboxingvoice.
“There’s a cause why world champions gained’t battle him, proper? However then they go and try to throw him to another person and supply them pennies to battle him,” stated Cody Crowley to Thaboxingvoice about Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis.
“In the meantime, world champions gained’t battle him for a few million {dollars}. You’ve received [Keith] Thurman, who says he needs ten million {dollars} to step within the ring with him,” Crowley continued about Jaron Ennis.
“I’m simply speaking about what I see,” stated Cody when requested how he is aware of the champions are avoiding Boots Ennis. “There are different retailers which can be sharing information.”
Boots Ennis is dealing with Karen Chukhadzhian (21-1, 11 KOs) in a 12-round co-feature spot subsequent Saturday, January seventh, for the interim IBF welterweight title to try to drive Worldwide Boxing Federation champion Spence to battle.
It’s not sufficient that Boots Ennis is already the IBF obligatory. Now, he’s received to battle for the interim IBF title to try to additional create strain on Spence to defend towards him.
If this had been the outdated days, a champion would have already defended towards Boots Ennis with out him needing to battle for an interim belt. It might be sufficient that he was so properly revered and thought of the #1 contender within the 1147-lb division.
Many boxing followers imagine that Spence, 32, will transfer as much as 154 this yr after he takes on a comfortable opponent in April and avoids Boots Ennis altogether.
Crawford has proven little interest in mixing it with Ennis, and he’ll probably transfer as much as 154 with out dealing with. You possibly can argue that Crawford’s scenario is much more determined as a result of he’s getting older, about to show 36, and combating solely yearly towards weak opposition.