Undefeated IBF #1 welterweight Jaron “Boots” Ennis held a media workout in his hometown of Philadelphia on Tuesday as he prepares to take on IBF #4-rated Karen Chukhadzhian for the IBF interim world title in the co-main event of a Showtime PPV on January 7 from Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
Jaron Ennis: “I feel like Errol Spence Jr. would fight me. I’m going in there with the intention of winning the interim title, then fighting Errol next. I think we can make it happen.”
Here is what Ennis and his father and trainer “Bozy” Ennis had to say Tuesday from the Philly’s Next Champ Gym.
JARON ENNIS
“I haven’t watched any footage of my opponent but my team has been watching him. We have a game plan for what he does well.
“I’m definitely excited to have people coming from Philly down to D.C. for the fight. It’s only a couple hours away, so you’ll definitely hear Philly in the building.
“It doesn’t matter where we’re fighting at, I’m going to train just as hard. We prepare for every single fight like it’s a world title fight.
“I’ve just been watching a lot of Mike Tyson myself. He put a lot of punches together. Triple, doubles, same hands, lots of knockouts. He didn’t see too many late rounds. I’ve been watching him a lot this camp.
“I’m training all year round. The holidays don’t affect the schedule. I eat good, my weight is on point and everything is good. My last day off was on Christmas, but that’s only because Sunday is my normal day off. If it was on a Saturday, I would have trained.
“I’ll move up to 154 pounds at some point for sure. I’m strong and I can move up and down if I have to. I’ll fight anyone at 154 or 147.
“It’s safe to say we’re looking to have a short night on January 7.”
“BOZY” ENNIS, Jaron’s Father and Trainer
“We don’t change up the preparation much fight by fight. We just keep trying to work harder and harder. We’re just putting in the work.
“I don’t watch the opponents, I let Jaron’s brothers do that. I watch the first round of the fight and then I go from there. If you start looking at one fighter too much, you can get into a bad situation if they get hurt and have to be replaced. We train to face any kind of style.
“We took our time. We’ve waited around. The only thing holding us up is that we knew Spence was the mandatory, but we knew he was working on the fight with Terence Crawford. We’re definitely looking to fight three times next year now.”
Oh, but what about Terence ‘my gloves are falling apart in-front of everyone, but I try to hide them till the ref takes me to the Ringside inspector’ Crawford.
If Crawford from age 35 to 36 unifies 2 of 3 of Spence’s titles (within the next 20 months), once Spence goes up to 154, I’d agree Crawford is the best fighter in the world, but it will never be proven by him fighting Spence.
Jaron Ennis is excellent, but he hasn’t proved his greatness, if he is great for real. We thought Alimkhanuly was the real deal and when we less expected, he got exposed. I would love to see Ennis against Yordenis Ugas to have and idea how good he is, in the meantime I am just waiving to the people in the Ennis wagon
Well, Ennis is obviously talented. Fast, sharp and strong. But fans tend to over rank undefeated guys coming up who are destroying B level opponents. Ennis has a long way to go to prove that he’s the level of Crawford and Spence. Just a simple fact.
Don’t jump on the wagon later! Keep it movin’!!
Burucho, I’m waving back at you! Ennis passes the eye test with straight “A’s”! However, it’s not just checking the boxes by beating the B Level, he’s demolishing them.
I’d favor him against every Welterweight in the world right now, except Crawford and Spence. Against the top 2, I’d say it’s a 50/50 proposition. Believe me, I’d pay right now to see either of thos fights and so would you.
Ennis has that “It” factor, but he is human and anybody can be got. He’s a cross between TC and RJJ. To compare him to Alim is Ludacrous, as his skill set is far superior. I like how Ennis gave Iron Mike some props as Mike Tyson in his prime had some of the best combination punching, speed, power, footwork, and head movement ever witnessed in a ring. Facts!
Mike Tyson in his prime also fought a lot of has beens and nobodies. Facts!
Who is Mike’s best win? An old out of shape larry holmes? An old light heavyweight spinks?
I would actually tend to think maybe terrell Biggs or razor ruddock were better fighters at that point off the top of my head.
Who else notable did he really beat tho? Bruno lol, pinklon Thomas?
Toney Tucker. The guy Spinks wouldn’t dare fight so they stripped him.
Be careful, that ‘old’ Holmes returned to go the distance with a vibrant and mean
[ Evander ] Holyfield some years, not months later. Holmes also took a former Olympic lion named [ Ray ] Mercer to school. Moreover, Tyson did not fight has beens because all of those men did not have multiple 15Rounds and over 70 bouts average. Therefore, they were all fresh, they all could have done better, or triumph. From your couch yes, they were ‘has beens.’ Not from being inside boxing, lifelong and possess gladiatorial prowess.
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Holmes was not fresh. Larry had already had 50 fights or so when he fought Mike. he was a very old shop worn 38 at the time as he did not keep himself in shape like many athletes do today at that age.
Spinks only had like 4 fights at heavyweight and beat old ass holmes 2 twice to win his belt. He then fought two nobodies before fighting Mike. And spinks promptly retired after losing to Mike so I would tend to think he knew he was shop worn as well.
So who honestly is iron mikes best win?
The same can be said about Terrence Crawford. Who is his defining win at 147?
Shawn Porter had one foot in retirement when they fought but that’s his best win. Khan was a has been by the time they fought, so was kell Brook.
The point is that ppl are so biased and quick to dismiss some fighters while anointing others as the best, but closer inspection of their opponents reveals a telling truth = it is easy to look good against has beens and nobodies.
Yes, Holmes came back years after Tyson K.O’d him and became WBO champ after beating a legit heavyweight in Ray Mercer!
At one time Michael Nunn was a major force !
Then he faced James Toney and could never rebound accordingly. The same for the then touted, yet lesser caliber [ Jeff ] Lacy when toppled by Calzaghe. How about [ Kelly ] Pavlik after Hopkins [ and Martinez ] ? Even Jermain Taylor had a short stint, post Hopkins. Hence, everyone needs to clam down about Boots. He is another ‘wait and see.’ The boxing media can not ‘see’ potential, because history shows they overassessed said pugilists. Boots is potential that is no different from the aforementioned. He needs 50 plus bouts and hath dominated a single weight division to be considered ‘of gladiatorial integrity.’
©️ Coach Hilario 2022
Micheal “Second to” Nunn is my favorite fighter of all time. He did rebound after the Toney loss. He moved up to Super Middlewight and won the WBA belt and defended it a couple of times. He unsettled by Steve Littles and lost a close decision to Frankie Liles. He was robbed when he fought for the WBC tittle then went to Jail a Lil after that. But he definitely bounced back from that Toney loss
I am referring to returning to dominance, NOT ‘collecting’ acronym belts. Few fighters rebound after a loss to dominate. Joe Louis and Lennox Lewis are prime examples. Ali incurred health erosion in every fight, so he doesn’t count. Holyfield is another good rebounder. Not many have the psychological aptitude. Peace.
I would love to see that fight.
Jaron Ennis has not proven himself. True. And Spencer Jr is a different cup of tea comparingly to all he has previously tasted.
But still, he has a lot of that special thing that makes a fighter a world champ.
I would watch with interest.
For the record, I spoke of Iron Mike’s boxing gifts, not who he beat. Facts!
I hope the fight Spence happens.
“Boots” is Philly’s unbeaten and most avoided boxer along with Philly’s best trainer “Bozy” Ennis.