{"id":359606,"date":"2026-07-02T06:57:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T01:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=359606"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T01:27:22","slug":"terence-crawford-explains-how-vergil-ortiz-beats-boots-ennis-if-he-doesnt-fix-one-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/terence-crawford-explains-how-vergil-ortiz-beats-boots-ennis-if-he-doesnt-fix-one-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford Explains How Vergil Ortiz Beats Boots Ennis If He Doesn’t Fix One Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Crawford\u2019s comments got here after watching Ennis\u2019 win over the then-unified WBA and WBO junior middleweight champion Xander Zayas last weekend. Although Ennis dominated before scoring a seventh-round knockout, he absorbed plenty of fresh shots.<\/p>\n

A part of that got here from Ennis\u2019 willingness to face and trade slightly than box from the skin. Unlike Crawford, who built his profession around movement and defensive awareness, Ennis prefers fighting within the pocket, giving Zayas more opportunities to attach than he must have had.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf Boots gets hurt like he did the last time, Ortiz is gonna finish him,\u201d Crawford said to the AH Show. \u201cHe\u2019s got to tighten up his defence. He gotta stop exchanging. I do know he\u2019s faster than most, more explosive than most, but, at the identical time, he\u2019s shown up to now that he can get careless and that he\u2019s going on the market simply to fight. Whenever you get higher and better, that\u2019s not gonna be enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Crawford\u2019s comment is less about Ennis\u2019 ability than his discipline. While praising Ennis\u2019 speed and explosiveness, the previous four-division world champion suggested those benefits could disappear if he continues giving elite punchers opportunities to land clean shots.<\/p>\n

Ortiz\u2019s trainer, Robert Garcia, has already made it clear his team is willing to take the fight, although Vergil Jr could return in an interim bout after greater than eight months out of the ring. His promotional dispute with Golden Boy Promotions can also be believed to be nearing a resolution.<\/p>\n

If the business side falls into place, Crawford believes the end result may come all the way down to whether Ennis corrects the defensive lapses which have surfaced at times during his profession. Against most opponents, those mistakes haven’t cost him. Against Ortiz, Crawford isn\u2019t convinced he\u2019d get a second probability.<\/p>\n

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Robert Segal is a boxing journalist at Boxing News 24 with greater than a decade of experience covering fight news, previews, and evaluation. Known for his straightforward reporting and ringside perspective, he delivers authoritative coverage of champions, contenders, and emerging talent worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Crawford\u2019s comments got here after watching Ennis\u2019 win over the then-unified WBA and WBO junior middleweight champion Xander Zayas last weekend. Although Ennis dominated before scoring a seventh-round knockout, he absorbed plenty of fresh shots. A part of that got here from Ennis\u2019 willingness to face and trade slightly than box from the skin. Unlike […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[2749,10777,10113,4238,10778,2704,2305,6682,8425,10112,11440],"class_list":["post-359606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-beats","tag-boots","tag-crawford","tag-doesnt","tag-ennis","tag-explains","tag-fix","tag-mistake","tag-ortiz","tag-terence","tag-vergil"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t