{"id":18950,"date":"2025-04-14T10:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T10:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/18950\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T10:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T10:25:11","slug":"hearn-ennis-vs-crawford-is-best-fight-in-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/18950\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearn: Ennis Vs. Crawford Is “Best Fight In Boxing”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Promoter Eddie Hearn says a clash between Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis and Terence Crawford is \u201cthe best fight in boxing.\u201d After the way IBF welterweight champion Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs) decimated <\/strong>the hapless WBA champ Eimantas Stanionis (15-1, 9 KOs) in six rounds last Saturday night in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Hearn is right. Boots vs. Crawford is the \u201cbest fight\u201d in the sport.<\/p>\n

Getting Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) to agree to a fight against the young killer Boots Ennis will be next to impossible now that he\u2019s being showered with money by Turki for a fight against Canelo Alvarez in September. Nebraska native Crawford\u2019s purse for that fight is going to be gigantic. Whatever Terence makes for the Canelo fight, he\u2019d want similar for a clash against Boots Ennis, which isn\u2019t possible. It\u2019s not the kind of fight that will draw casual fans.<\/p>\n

Cash-Induced Blindness <\/strong><\/p>\n

After Bud gets a taste of that kind of cash fighting Alvarez, there\u2019s no way on Earth that he\u2019ll agree to a massive pay cut to fight Ennis. Crawford will be spoiled<\/strong> from the purse that he gets for fighting the Mexican star, and it\u2019ll warp his mind, making him believe that he\u2019s a draw.\u00a0 He\u2019s not. Without Canelo or Turki, Crawford can\u2019t draw flies. His last event against Israil Madrimov brought in a lowly 150,000 buys on DAZN PPV<\/a>, and that was with a loaded undercard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know a lot of fighter\u2019s names get mentioned, and I\u2019m not going to tell you which ones, but honestly, he plays with so many of them. He plays with them, especially up at 154,\u201d said Eddie Hearn to Ring Magazine<\/a>, talking about Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis being too good for the fighters at welterweight and junior middleweight.<\/p>\n

Boots needs to move up to 154 because he\u2019s at a dead-end fighting at 147. Even if he can get the fights he wants, who is he beating? No one besides hardcore boxing fans knew who Eimantas Stanionis was for last night\u2019s fight.<\/p>\n

Ennis received no attention from casual fans for this fight. They didn\u2019t even notice the fight was happening. Of course, staging the fight on the same night as a UFC event was a blunder on the part of Boots\u2019 promoter, Eddie Hearn. He should have moved it to another date.<\/p>\n

To have any chance of fighting Crawford, Vergil Ortiz Jr., and the other better-known fighters, Boots must move up to 154. Forget about becoming undisputed and focus on what\u2019s really important. Fans want to see Ennis fight opposition they\u2019re familiar with, not lowly paper champions<\/strong> who were elevated to their positions at 147.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBoots against Crawford is the best fight in boxing,\u201d continued Hearn. \u201cIt\u2019s an unbelievable fight, but he\u2019s got Canelo. But as a fan, for me, you\u2019ve got two of the best technicians in the sport [Boots and Bud Crawford].<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing about Ennis is he\u2019s got incredible skills. He\u2019s got a tremendous IQ. He\u2019s got great footwork, but he\u2019s also spiteful. When you look at fighters in the past that have great skills. They haven\u2019t got devasting punching power. They\u2019re not trying to force a stoppage. They\u2019re not spiteful with it. He is. He\u2019s 34 wins with 30 knockouts,\u201d Hearn said about Ennis.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Mega-Money Warp<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unless Turki takes an interest in a fight between Crawford and Boots, it\u2019s NOT going to happen. Terence, 38, won\u2019t want to mix it with Ennis because he has everything to lose in that fight and very little to gain besides money.<\/p>\n

His mind will be fully warped after he fights Canelo, and he will think he can make gold bullion by the truckload for anybody he fights. I\u2019ve never seen a fighter become so spoiled in such a short time. Crawford has lost perspective. I just wish Turki could bring him down to earth by offering him a trifle. Only then might we see Bud fight Ennis because he would have to.<\/p>\n

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