Eddie Hearn says he was instructed by Jaron “Boots” Ennis to set up unification fights against other belt holders at 147. Hearn’s instructions are from undefeated IBF welterweight champion Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) for 2025. But no It looks good, because the champions want a lot of money.

Hearn says Teofimo Lopez or moving up to 154 for a fight against Vergil Ortiz Jr. Possible if a unification fight in Ennis’s favor is not possible. We’ll see if any of these things happen for Ennis in the new year.

It will take some big money for Hearn to be able to lure any of the welterweight champions to fight Ennis.

Welterweight greed?

Many of them are probably waiting and hoping for Turki Al-Lahikh to offer them a fight on his Riyadh season card. They would gladly fight for millions, making it an easy defense against an easy opponent rather than losing their titles to Boots for little money.

“Is strict instructions from [Ennis] She is, “I want unification, and if I can’t unify, I either go to 154 and fight [Vergil] Ortiz, or possibly me fighting Teofimo Lopez. “I love the Lopez fight, but all he wants to do is unify,” Eddie Hearn said. Combat Center TV About Ennis Jaron Potts.

Potts may need to make a decision to move up or stay at 147 to face Teofimo soon as it does not look promising for his promoter Hearn to set up the unification fights he craves. Turki could help Ennis’ situation, we’ll see if that happens next year.

Ennis’ poor performance against Karen Choukhodjian on November 9 was another reason why his popularity failed to take off. Unlike other fighters like Gervonta Davis, Butts can’t fight just anyone and expect fans to want to pay to see him.

147 or 154?

He needs the big fights that have eluded him so far. He would have helped himself if he accepted the offer to move up to No. 154 to challenge Vergil Ortiz Jr. for his belt. Ennis is still focused on capturing the 147-pound belts.

He wants to follow in Terence Crawford’s footsteps, but it has taken years to do so. Even then, it only happened when he was in his mid-thirties.