Eddie Hearn, promoter Jaron “Boots” Ennis “, revealed today that he is negotiating the fight between Ennis and Teofimo Lopez about the start in August in Saudi Arabia. Hearn says he is a little earlier than the IBF and WBO ennis (34-0, 30 KO), which plan to return to the ring. The 27 -year -old Ennis expected the next fight in September or October.
“We are in negotiations for Jaron to fight Teofimo and you heard his Excellency [Turki Alalshikh]. He said it there – said the promoter Eddie Hearn Warrior About conversations starting between Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Teofimo Lopez for a fight. “This is the last 48 hours. So Jaron was resting.”
Mismatched task?
If Ennis takes this fight, he will delay him in the pursuit of capturing all belts at the age of 147. However, with Hearn will probably have problems negotiating the contract with the WBO master Brian Norman Jr. Without investing in Ennis, “it doesn’t matter that this detour will extend the time required at the end of the titles.
“In August there is a date we could look at in Saudi Arabia, but we didn’t really expect a fight in August,” said Hearn. “We expected a fight in September or October. We have a compulsory pretender in Shakhram Giyasov, who moved to the side of Stanionis. But I think there is a conversation that can be conducted there [for another step aside]. “
It seems that the obligatory WBO Boots Giyasov will run away again, and for the second time he was open. I just wonder if Ennis will continue to twist this threatening warrior until he achieves the goal of being the undisputed champion at the age of 147. It would be pathetic if Jaron covers his mandatory obligations until he fulfills his dreams of gathering all four lanes.
This is chasing this achievement when the warrior cannot be unquestioned, avoiding facing his hard compulsory pretenders. How do you give them a loan, knowing that they have avoided it many times? Apart from Boots Ennis’, there is a star in record books to capture the undisputed title at 147? Does Ennis need so bad that it is unquestioned?
If one or two months earlier it is too early for Ennis to return to the ring, he says little about its strength. If he wants to be compared with the large ones, he must be ready to fight earlier than expected when immense fights are offered.
A huge advantage of the shoe
“I have a phone call with Jaron and no one in an hour to see if this is what we want to do. I will say that there is a conversation at 47/54. [ to junior middleweight]But I think the Teofimo fight is a great fight. It seems to me that this is a great option for him. I honestly think he is [Boots Ennis] Too large and too good. I evaluate Teofimo, ‘said Hearn.
This is a good payment day for Ennis fighting Lopez, and he would have a huge advantage over him. The fight would basically come down to the younger medium scale fighting with lithe welterweight. Shoes should now fight for 154, instead of flowing to compete with a smaller victim in idle, devoid of talent of the 147-pound division.
Teofimo is petite even for the division of 140 pounds and probably distributes over 20 pounds against Ennis on the night of fighting. It’s great for Ennis, but it’s not ideal for fans who buy the event, thinking that they will see a competitive fight. We are talking about a warrior in Lopez, who lost to George Cambosos, who should overcome his record with the fight with Sandor Martin and Jamaine Ortiz.
“When we did here, Teofimo entered the scales, about six or eight hours in hydration, and he was about 146 pounds. Barboza was about 157 years antique. I don’t think he was a immense 140, teo. Wait for you to see shoes at night, moisturized, functional, hearty, and he is a hunter hell. This is a great fight for boxing, but you don’t see any shoes, but you don’t see any shoes, years.
Shoes: recognizing his fear?
If Ennis was as good as Hearn thinks, why he rejected the highest career of a $ 8 million with rumors to fight these WBC champion 154-pound Vergil Ortiz Jr. On the card on February 22 in Riyadhu in favor of less repayment, which did not do much for his career against Stanionis from Eimantas? Fans perceived this as a classic duck movement.
There is nothing wrong with the lack of confidence after what he went through in his clash in September last year against Karen Chukhadzhian, Philadelphia. But Hearn must admit that Jaron showed with this move that he does not believe in himself enough to fight at the age of 154, and he certainly will not fight at the age of 160. Hearn must put the pipe and slowly leave.
Oleksandr Usyk has shared his reaction to Anthony Joshua‘s dramatic knockout victory against Kristian Prenga.
Usyk nearly suffered his own shock defeat in May when he was pushed to the limit by kickboxing star Rico Verhoevenand two months on it was nrw teammate Joshua’s turn to come close to a massive upset loss that would have stunned the heavyweight division.
The Brit was dropped twice by massive underdog Prenga in the opening round of their clash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, but ‘AJ’ managed to recover and record a big knockdown of his own in the second round that resulted in the stoppage victory.
Joshua and Usyk now train together, having famously had two battles for the unified world heavyweight title in 2021 and 2022, and the Ukrainian has had his say on his stablemate’s victory over Prenga.
Speaking to TalkSporttwo-time undisputed champion Usyk praised Joshua, insisting ‘AJ is back’ before predicting that Joshua will now claim a knockout win over long-term rival Tyson Fury in his next bout.
“Anthony Joshua is next undisputed champion. First round it’s a test but AJ is back.
It’s boxing, [the] big upper cut is good, it’s a knockdown. AJ [come] back and win.
“Greedy Belly [Fury] will speak now and say weak chin, Greedy Belly get out. AJ wins [against Fury], [he will] knock him out.”
Fury was victorious on Friday as he earned a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach in Thailand, paving the way for the showdown against Joshua later this year.
Jake Paul was the last man to fight Anthony Joshua and he has now revealed his verdict on AJ’s chaotic victory over Kristian Prenga.
Joshua went up against Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturdayin a clash that was expected to be a comfortable win for the former world heavyweight champion in order to set up the long overdue battle against Tyson Fury.
Any hopes of seeing that clash were nearly ended after AJ was dropped twice in the opening round of the bout, though he was able to recover and claim the second round knockout to come out on top and prevent a stunning shock upset from taking place.
Saturday’s outing saw Joshua back in the ring for the first time since his sixth round triumph over YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul back in Decemberand now ‘The Problem Child’ himself has shared his reaction to his former rival’s victory over Prenga.
Posting on social mediaPaul praised AJ for earning the win, after returning to action following the tragic car crash he was involved in at the end of last year which took the lives of his two close friends.
“Happy for Joshua with that win after all he’s been through. Remembering Sina and Latz with this one.”
Happy for Joshua with that win after all he’s been through.
Remembering Sina and Latz with this one.
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) July 25, 2026
The win for Joshua should now tee up for meeting with Fury later this year, after ‘The Gypsy King’ held up his end of the bargain by also securing a win in his warm-up bout on Friday, securing a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach.
Anthony Joshua may have earned a knockout win over Kristian Prenga but the fight certainly didn’t unfold as most people expected.
Joshua was facing the Albanian in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, and it looked like a massive upset could be on the cards when he was dropped twice in the opening round.
‘AJ’ was able to recover and went on to secure a second round knockout victory to prevent the shock lossseemingly paving the way for the battle against Tyson Fury later this year.
One man who was ringside to witness the battle was former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellewand he praised Joshua’s ability to turn things around in the fight after describing it as ‘chaos’.
“We predicted round two but I don’t think we foresaw that. That was chaos. He doesn’t see the uppercut coming and finds himself on the floor without knowing how he got there.
“The second one he did see it coming and he was able to clench down on the jaw. He got up and then the experience that he has he used tonight because he tied him up. Against Andy Ruiz he didn’t know what he was doing and didn’t know how to do that, but tonight he did.
“He showed once again there is no quit. To be that hurt in the first round and get up, that’s the recoveries of power. People talk about your chin, but it’s not, it’s the level of fitness that gets you up from the floor.
“When Joshua gets a fighter hurt he’s the best finisher in the division. Whenever he hurts someone they’re gone. I haven’t seen him drop anybody and they survive, only Andy Ruiz. He’s a ruthless finisher.”
The clash between Joshua and Fury is now expected to be announced soon for later this year, after Fury won his own interim fight on Friday by defeating Mariusz Wach.
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