Eddie Hearn believes Xander Zayas could also be taking the identical sort of risk a young Saul Alvarez took when he fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. early in his profession against Jaron Ennis.
“This to me feels a bit like Mayweather-Canelo in some extent of a young generational great who’s rolling the dice probably a bit bit too early,” said Hearn to Tell Us About That Boxing channel.
“But that’s what made Canelo great is the undeniable fact that he took that sort of fight and had the balls to do it. So you might have to respect Zayas and the undeniable fact that he’s willing to do it.
“Yes. Yes. Like, but it’s best to have that confidence. Normally, the team around you’d say, ‘whoa, whoa, whoa. Boots can come later. This kid is a superstar, right? He’s just unified the division. He’s a good-looking kid. He speaks well. He’s an incredible fighter.
“All of us moan, don’t we? ‘How are you going to get Boots an enormous fight?’ And I’m sitting there after the Ortiz stuff going who? And this kid steps up, and that’s why I respect him a lot,” said Hearn.
Hearn also said Ennis believes there are still levels fans haven’t seen yet and expects the fight to bring out one other side of him offensively.
“I mean, like he’s telling me I’m going to take this kid to pieces on June twenty seventh,” said Hearn.
“And I’m telling you as well there are such a lot of more levels to Jaron Ennis that you just guys haven’t even seen yet. You would like an incredible fighter to bring it out of you.
“Stanionis brought that out a bit bit because I believed that was an incredible performance. That was primary vs. number two. That was purported to be an actual tough fight. It was an absolute one-sided beatdown,” said Hearn.
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Last Updated on 2026/05/18 at 9:20 PM