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Bozy Ennis Urging Crawford To Pick Up The Phone if Spence Rematch is Off

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Jaron Boots Ennis

Both Jaron and Derek “Bozy” Ennis got tired of holding their breath. The father-son duo knew it was a long shot but they had a bit of hope that after Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. fulfilled their two-fight deal, that Jaron would get the next shot at whomever was the undisputed champ. Now, they’ve gone from hopeful to pessimistic.

Crawford turned a 50/50 matchup into a one-sided beatdown, dominating and eventually stopping Spence in the ninth round. Before Crawford could move on with his career, he knew that he was obligated to acquiesce to Spence’s rematch demands. However, over the last few days, Crawford appears ready to leave Spence in the rearview.

It all started when Spence revealed that he recently underwent cataract surgery. He also blamed that surgery on the reason why Crawford landed practically everything he threw at him. Of course, Crawford fulminated before closing their argument by saying he was happy that his rivalry with Spence was “done and over with.”

Crawford hasn’t officially said that a Spence rematch is off the table but he doesn’t exactly sound like a man who’s ready to run things back. If that’s the case, Crawford will be without a dance partner. Luckily for him, Jaron is also free.

Terence Crawford

“We stay available,” Bozy told YSM Sports Media. “We available for everybody.”

Technically, Jaron is officially a world champion but some of the boxing world has mixed feelings about his reign. Jaron, thanks to the IBF sanctioning body stripping Crawford of his title, wanted to fight for said title. Instead, the IBF threw their trinket in a box, wrapped it up with a pretty bow on top, and handed it over to the Philly star.

It wasn’t the way he wanted to win his first title, but Jaron will take what he can get. In a perfect scenario, with Spence ostensibly out of the picture, team Ennis is keeping their fingers crossed that Crawford will have a change of heart.

Although he’s hoping for the best, Bozy is expecting the worst. Fighting his son won’t change Crawford’s life financially. Meaning, some of the more popular names in the sport will get the call before team Ennis does.

“I know what Terence is gonna do. Terence is gonna find the next best fighter that he can make a lot of money with. That’s what I would do.”

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‘Would’ve been much better if we had fought for it’: Bozy Ennis talks about son being elevated to full IBF champion.

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Bozy Ennis

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis was promoted to IBF champion after Terence Crawford was stripped, but his father/trainer says that’s not the way they wanted to become champion.

Fight Hub TV just caught up with trainer Bozy Enniss to talk about a number of topics, including the fairly recent news of Terence Crawford being stripped of his IBF title, with his son being promoted to full titleholder. Ennis says he and his son would’ve preferred to have earned the title in the ring, but have long waited for their shot at the belt and weren’t going to just walk away. Check out some of what he had to say below.

Bozy Ennis on how he and Jaron feel about being promoted from interim to full IBF champion

“Well, one thing, it don’t make us feel that good because we wanted to fight for the title. We didn’t want to, you know, have to be handed the title. But we didn’t want the title to get away from us either because we’ve been trying to fight for that title for two years when Spence had it.

“(Spence) didn’t take the fight with Boots, so him and Crawford fought and we figured that Crawford would fight us because he made a statement to Spence that he always defend his mandatories. And so Boots was his mandatory but we didn’t get a chance to fight him. It would’ve been much better if we had fought for it.”

On if he feels Crawford was stripped to quickly after winning the IBF title

Terence Crawford

“Not really because, remember, we was after the belt for a long time, two years. They should have more sympathy for us than him, ‘cause we been chasing the belt for two years. But I understand where Crawford’s coming from. I guess he don’t want to take the fight with Boots because it’s high risk, low reward. And then I think he trying to get some bigger fights and then I think he just going off and wind up being a trainer or just enjoy his life.”

On who they’re looking to fight next now that they’ve got a world title

“Well, you know Boots got the belt now but you don’t hear nobody calling him out…I think Barrios said he’ll take the fight but we’re waiting on Stanionis, we’re waiting on Thurman, all the top guys in the top 5, whatever.”

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Bozy Ennis: “Boots Is Faster, Stronger Than Terence Crawford”

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Terence Crawford

Derek “Bozy” Ennis, father and trainer of Jaron Ennis, saw things playing out entirely differently. With his son gaining a ton of attention, coupled with his high ranking in each of the four sanctioning bodies, Bozy was convinced that his young star would be given a chance.

Patience was preached in the Ennis household. Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. finally agreed to terms earlier this year and squared off with all of the welterweight marbles on the line. Jaron, in the meanwhile, grabbed the IBF interim tag and played the waiting game.

Picking a winner was irrelevant to Team Ennis, they simply wanted to get their hands on the winner. That, of course, was Crawford. The 36-year-old dominated Spence, winning every millisecond of their unification. Impressive victory aside, Jaron couldn’t care less how good Crawford looked. The 26-year-old wanted his shot and began banging loudly on the door of the pound-for-pound star.

In the midst of his callouts, Crawford shrugged his shoulders and gave his man the cold shoulder. Considering his age, Crawford has admitted that Jaron is talented but he doesn’t view a matchup against him as a sexy one.

Terence Bud Crawford

Bozy, by and large, understands where Crawford is coming from. However, popularity notwithstanding, the famed trainer is convinced that Crawford is an incredible fighter but when juxtaposed to his son, it isn’t even close.

“Boots is faster, stronger, and got more attributes than Terence,” said Bozy to MillCity Boxing.

When last seen, Jaron was busy painting a masterpiece against Roiman Villa. The Philly star had a jam-packed crowd at The Ballroom Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City up on their feet oohing and ahhing.

Bozy though, was mostly stoic as his son continued to put on a show. If fans and media members were impressed by what they saw a few months ago, they’ll lose their minds once Jaron is truly unleashed.

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