Vergil Ortiz v Jaron Ennis

[Evander]

What are you thinking ?
Styles, I love it.
Weights gotta look at it closer.
Winner ?
It's close, both healthy makes it a very appealing credible fight.
Ennis 33-0 29 KO's
Ortiz 22-0 21 KO's

[robbydecker]

I'm sure Virgil would be All in for this bout.

Jerron just might feel quite differently though.

I think that Jerron would At least slightly prefer to box against Ryan Garcia.

Even that might only be 50-50 in terms of what Boots decides to do, even if straight out offered that type of slightly preferable bout.

I think that Karen gave him a bit of a harsh wake up call. Karen is weaker and doesn't punch as hard and as fast as Ryan, so even The former lightweight Ryan would probably have Boots shaking in his Boots a bit too much to entertain that type of moderate level bout.

Boots versus Spence would probably actually be the ideal bout, for both of them guys.

[Evander]

They look evenly matched to me

[Evander]

This should be full steam ahead.
Why not ?

[Evander]

Philadelphia or Phoenix venue will matter

[apollo creed]

I got Ortiz ! More proven and more stronger fighter.

[Evander]

Where though.
Venue plays a big role.

[Evander]

Why wouldn't people want to see this ?
It's one of the hottest fights in the sport today, what's the matter with people.

[joshj909]

This is the next generation's Crawford vs Spence but 5-10 years earlier in their careers. Winner should face Crawford but if they have this fight soon enough they should have time for at least one rematch in their primes.

[Cent0089]

They will avoid each other

[golden_labrador]

I reckon Ortiz can only be beaten by big punchers else someone skilled at near-Mayweather proportions. he's tough, bangs and relentless. got skillz too

[Evander]

^
Ortiz can be beaten a number of ways, so can Ennis.
They're both exciting boxers and in their prime and it feels like the time.

[tiny_acres]

I don't think this will happen anytime soon.
Neither are big enough names to generate the money for their teams to risk it.
It will eventually happen but not in 2025

[Evander]

They're good fighters on the way up, their records are good and both are coming off impressive performances.
Easy fight to make reputation wise, why not
Some may say Ortiz is coming off a loss, some may say Ennis is overrated.
Look at their last personal performance, they gave it their all.
Plenty of reasons to make this fight happen.

[robbydecker]

They really should just go for it(Both fighters/Both Camps).
Really there is nothing to lose on either side.
Sure, maybe they're first bout might only do sub-par revenue, but most definitely a rematch and then a possible eventual third bout would very likely both do Very Good revenue numbers.

Least case scenario would be, one of em gets tko'd in the first bout, but with controversy involved (Example-Premature ref stoppage/highly disputed stoppage)(And maybe the fighter who lost by tko in round 8 or whatever was ahead on the cards at the time of they're premature stoppage/tko loss, thus prompting a highly demanded rematch).

[Evander]

Perhaps they both feel like they're on the periphery of something bigger.

[Evander]

Lets see who wants it more, there's lots on the line
I'm looking for a fight who wants it

[Evander]

They were talking about this fight a few weeks ago.
It's been quiet ever since then.
Red hot fight.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Looks likely to take place in Riyadh in Feb.

[joshj909]

Looks likely to take place in Riyadh in Feb.

Hopefully they've been promised a big fight after it, win or lose, as they would both deserve it for taking this risk at this time in their careers and that should be rewarded. Winner will almost certainly get Crawford, or at least should. Who could the loser get to make it worthwhile? Spence if it's Ortiz? Haney if it's Ennis?

[Evander]

Don't think it's a Riyadh bout quite yet.
Ennis has been clipped multiple times and Ortiz may have lost last time out.

[Ruthless-RKO]

https://bigfightweekend.com/news/vergil ... -collpase/

Many including Big Fight Weekend were looking forward to the much-rumoured bout between Vergil Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) vs. Jaron “Boots” Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) with both sides agreeing to the fight. It was set to be a key part of a stacked Riyadh Season event on Feb. 22 in Riyadh. However, as reported by Dan Rafael via his Fight Freaks Unite Substack, the proposed bout has collapsed, leaving organisers requiring a new opponent to face Ortiz.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-152347757?source=queue

This can’t-miss fight between Ennis and Ortiz is now off the table, with Sampson Lewkowicz, Sebastian Fundora’s promoter revealing they had already heard from the Saudis about stepping in, but team Fundora turned down the fight as they already have other plans in motion.

[tiny_acres]

https://bigfightweekend.com/news/vergil ... -collpase/

Many including Big Fight Weekend were looking forward to the much-rumoured bout between Vergil Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) vs. Jaron “Boots” Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) with both sides agreeing to the fight. It was set to be a key part of a stacked Riyadh Season event on Feb. 22 in Riyadh. However, as reported by Dan Rafael via his Fight Freaks Unite Substack, the proposed bout has collapsed, leaving organisers requiring a new opponent to face Ortiz.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-152347757?source=queue

This can’t-miss fight between Ennis and Ortiz is now off the table, with Sampson Lewkowicz, Sebastian Fundora’s promoter revealing they had already heard from the Saudis about stepping in, but team Fundora turned down the fight as they already have other plans in motion.

Who didn't see this coming?

[golden_labrador]

Ortiz would have ended him

[Evander]

Word on the street says Ennis is bottling it.