Jaron Ennis continues to make a case for a fight against Terence Crawford.
The undefeated Philly star was upgraded to IBF World Champion when Crawford made the decision to move up in weight and recently defended his belt with a fifth round stoppage of David Avanesyan – a man Crawford stopped in six.
Boot’s Ennis said Crawford’s name again post-fight despite the two-weight undisputed champion having a super-welterweight world title challenge next month against Israil Madrimov.
Speaking on his podcast, The Fight, world championship trainer turned analyst Teddy Atlas believes ‘Boots’ is more likely to move up a division for the ‘Bud’ bout rather than stick around at 147 to collect more belts.
Atlas then said that it would take Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh to get Ennis – undefeated in 32 – and Crawford – undefeated in 40 – to step through the ropes together. He believes, as with most in the sport, that there’s no chance Crawford moves back down to welterweight.
No fan could call the match-up a bad one, but ‘Bud’ has kept his sights set on a bigger, at the very least in weight, challenge in the form of undisputed super-middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, another bout Alalshikh wants to see.
