Keith Thurman is pushing for a fight against Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, asking him to send a contract. The previous WBA and WBC welterweight champion, ‘One Time’ Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs) is inquisitive about fighting Ennis at 154.
Thurman’s Desperate Ennis Challenge
Thurman, 36, is sounding desperate now for a well-paying fight against Boots or one in every of the opposite top junior middleweights. ‘One Time’ has frittered away a lot of the last six years, fighting just twice since 2019. Keith is a classic example of a fighter who makes loads of money after which loses their ambition.
Now, he’s attempting to make up for lost time by targeting Ennis, Tim Tszyu, Vergil Ortiz Jr., and Sebastian Fundora. It’s probably too late for Thurman to get any of those fights, because he would want them to be given to him without working his way up the ranks at 154 by beating contenders.
Thurman would expect to be given the fights based on his past accomplishments, which were made a few years ago. It’s a lazy, shiftless approach to the game.
Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs) will likely ignore ‘One Time’, treat him like he’s a house fly, because there’s nothing for him to achieve from fighting him. He’s a relic from a bygone era of boxing, and he’s coming back now, likely smelling Saudi money and wanting to refill his checking account before disappearing for an additional five years.
Keith: Send Me Contracts
“Everybody, send me the contracts. Do you really need Keith Thurman in your resume? You actually don’t. So just send the contracts,” said Keith Thurman to MillCity Boxing about his desire to fight Jaron Ennis, Vergil Ortiz Jr., and Sebastian Fundora. “I’m able to placed on some great fights.”
Thurman might be taken seriously if he got here back and beat a few of the top 15 contenders to earn a fight. His comeback last March against second-tier fighter Brock Jarvis doesn’t count because that wasn’t a world-class opponent. That was a cherry-pick by old One Time.
Thurman Needs Top 154 Contenders
If Thurman desires to fight Boots, Vergil Jr. or Fundora, he must beat these kinds of fighters:
– Erickson Lubin
– Yoenis Tellez
– Israil Madrimov
– Jesus Ramos
– Serhii Bohachuk
It could be fun to see how well Thurman does against Madrimov. I don’t think it could end well for Thurman, but when he did get lucky, he’d have proven himself worthy of fighting Ennis, Fundora, and Ortiz Jr.
Thurman Disses Ennis’s Performance
“Boots is moving up. Me and Boots never got to scrap,” said Thurman. “There’s no such thing as a foul Keith Thurman fight. I don’t know what’s occurring with Boots not taking good fights. Send me Boots. You think that beating Stanionis that you simply did something in life, kid? That man stands there within the ring like his name, Stanionis.”
Well, after all, Thurman and Ennis never fought. How could Boots fight Thurman when he was inactive for a lot of the last six years since 2019? Thurman has only fought twice in six years, losing to 40-year-old Manny Pacquiao in 2022, after which beating little-known Australian Brock Jarvis in 2025.
Thurman took three years off after that nice little payday against Pacquiao. He was speculated to have stayed energetic after that fight, but he disappeared again. There’s a trend with Thurman. After an enormous payday, he disappears for 3 years.
“He was just standing there flat-footed. You think that what Keith Thurman brings within the ring will not be more heat than that?” said Thurman about Ennis’ win against WBA welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis last April. “Everybody remains to be seeing you getting clocked. You ain’t been clocked by the best ones. I’m back. put it together. You’ll get the very best Thurman fights. I turned the Brock Jarvis fight into an entertaining fight. I make boxing fun.”
That’s a ham-handed attempt by Thurman to attempt to coax Ennis right into a fight. It’s not going to occur. If Ennis wasn’t inquisitive about fighting the likes of Teofimo Lopez and Vergil Ortiz Jr. for thousands and thousands, he’s not going to need to fight Thurman, where he’ll receive no credit.
