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Manager Vergil Ortiz Jr is looking for an alternative opponent for Jaron Ennis
Jaron Ennis may have to wait a little longer for his dream fight with Vergil Ortiz Jr.
On Saturday, Ennis watched from ringside at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth as Ortiz Jr defeated Erickson Lubin in two rounds.
The two men then faced each other after a heated exchange in the ring, during which both men made it clear that they wanted to fight each other next.
However, Ortiz’s manager, Rick Mirigian, appears to prefer a showdown with Errol Spence Jr, who was also at ringside and suggested he faces Jermell Charlo on the “Boots” card.
“I think Ortiz vs. Spence at Cowboy Stadium,” Mirigian wrote on Instagram.
“The biggest Texas fight ever and Charlo vs Boots will be head-to-head.
– It could be fire.
“Makes sense.
“Both Charlo and Boots rejected Ortiz.”
Spence, a former unified welterweight world champion, has not fought since: defeat by TKO in the ninth round to Terence Crawford in July 2023
“The Truth” has previously drawn crowds at AT&T Stadium in Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys, for fights with Mikey Garcia, Danny Garcia and Yordenis Ugas.
Ortiz, who defended his interim WBC super welterweight title, welcomed the prospect of facing the 35-year-old.
“If I had to choose, I would choose Spence,” the 27-year-old told reporters.
“This is the fight of my dreams.
“At Cowboys Stadium.
“It’s my dream fight. I don’t care what anyone says about it.”
Ennis challenged Ortiz after he crushed Uisma Lima in a round last month to claim the WBA interim super welterweight crown.
“Boots” sat ringside next to his promoter, Eddie Hearn, who insists the 28-year-old has options if the fight with Ortiz doesn’t happen.
“The most significant thing is that we want to fight Vergil Ortiz,” Hearn said Boxing Scene.
“We basically agreed to this fight – we were all in one room; yada yada; Jaron signed a contract for this fight – but he also wants to get those championship belts that Vergil doesn’t have.
“Is it [IBF champion Bakhram] Murtazaliev; or this [the WBA champion Abass] Baraou; or this [WBO titlist] Xander Zayas; or this [WBC holder Sebastian] Fundora, we don’t care.
“The other name that interests me because I think commercially it’s a gigantic fight is [Jermell] Charla.
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Jaron Ennis is the bookmakers’ main favorite to defeat Xander Zayas in their highly anticipated world title clash on Saturday in Brooklyn.
Ennis challenges Zayas for the WBO and WBA super welterweight belts at the Barclays Center live on DAZN pay-per-view.
The undefeated resident of Philadelphia enters the game as the favorite on February 11 Bet365 give the 23-year-old his first professional defeat and become world champion in two weight categories.
“Boots” has stopped 31 of his 35 opponents, including Uisma Lima in his 154-pound debut in October, and is expected to stop the Puerto Rican on 20/21.
The 28-year-old last covered this distance in 2024, and a decision victory is valued at 13/2.
Even though Zayas has taken over as unified champion, he is an underdog Bet365 at 15/04.
Man from San Juan defeated Abass Baraou by split decision will add the WBA belt to his WBO crown in January and his best chance of victory is rated at 13/2 by decision, while success in the shock break is rated at 14/1.
Full Bet365 odds
The result of the fight
- Xander Zayas will win the fight: 15/4
- Xander Zayas by KO/TKO/DQ: 14/1
- Xander Zayas by decision or technical decision: 13/2
- Jaron Ennis will win the fight: 11/02
- Jaron Ennis by KO/TKO/DQ: 20/21
- Jaron Ennis by decision or technical: 8/5
- Draw or technical draw: 14/1
Round bets
Xander Zayas
- Win in round 1: 100/1
- Win in round 2: 100/1
- Win in round 3: 100/1
- Win in round 4: 100/1
- Win in round 5: 100/1
- To win in round 6: 100/1
- To win in round 7: 80/1
- To win in round 8: 80/1
- To win round 9: 66/1
- To win in round 10: 66/1
- To win round 11: 66/1
- To win in round 12: 80/1
- To win by decision or technical decision: 6/1
Jaron Ennis
- To win round 1: 80/1
- Win in round 2: 50/1
- Win in round 3: 40/1
- To win in round 4: 28/1
- To win in round 5: 20/1
- To win in round 6: 16/1
- Win in round 7: 12/12
- To win in round 8: 1/11
- To win in round 9: 10/1
- To win in round 10: 10/1
- To win in round 11: 10/1
- To win in round 12: 1/11
- Win by Decision or Technical Decision: 7/4
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On Wednesday, Lewis Crocker heads to Australia to defend his IBF welterweight world title against Liam Paro for the first time.
Crocker will face Paro at the Pat Rafter Arena in Queensland, live on DAZN in the UK and Kayo Sports in Australia.
Crocker (22-0, 11 KO) became world champion in September, defeating Paddy Donovan twice before winning the rematch by split decision.
Man from Belfast recorded his second victory over Donovan after the first victory in March last year, and his rival was disqualified for hitting him after the bell.
Paro (27-1, 16 KO) is trying to become a world champion in two weight categories, having previously reigned in the super-lightweight division.
The 30-year-old won the title with a unanimous decision victory over Subriel Matias in Puerto Rico before winning the belt in his first defense against Richardson Hitchins.
The Australian has since won twice, overtaking David Papot in his last appearance in September.
McKean meets Taliva
Heavyweight Demsey McKean will look to continue his rebuild when he faces Liam Talivaa for the vacant IBF Pan Pacific title.
McKean (24-2, 16 KO) had his career cut miniature after a last-round loss to Filip Hrgovic, followed by a brutal first-round loss to Moses Itauma.
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The 35-year-old southpaw returned to winning ways with back-to-back stoppage victories.
Talivaa (8-2, 4 KO) last won the IBF Oceania-Orient title, defeating Faiga Opelu by first-round stoppage.
Undercard remaining
At cruiserweight, Luke Modini (13-0, 11 KO) will likely need distance to beat Peng Qu (17-2-1, 12 KO), while Riley Candy (8-1, 5 KO) could stop Nathan Watson (11-3, 3 KO) at super middleweight.
Vegas Larfield (13-1, 9 KO) can hand Shamal Ram Anuj (11-8, 8 KO) his fourth defeat in a row in a featherweight clash.
Heavyweight Nelson Asofa-Solomon (2-0, 2 KO) can secure a third straight knockout over debutant George Burgess, and Stevan Ivic (8-0-1, 2 KO) can do the same against Caleb Tialu (3-7, 3 KO), also a heavyweight.
Prospective super welterweight fighter Jack Javed (1-0) should overtake Lance McDonald (1-5-1, 1 KO).
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