\n\u201cHe was taking the smaller side of the piece last time. He was going to be the B-side. He agreed to every part that they desired to get that chance. So that you imagine how he feels now that he\u2019s king of the castle,\u201d said Hearn to the media about Ennis\u2019 position in negotiations with Vergil Ortiz Jr.<\/p>\n
\u201cVergil doesn\u2019t have anything Boots wants apart from a giant fight and a giant payday. What does Boots wish to do now? He desires to unify.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t rule out that Ortiz fight in any respect. One thing is needless to say. He ain\u2019t close in any respect in the mean time.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nHearn\u2019s comments reflect how much Ennis\u2019 position has modified over the past yr. During earlier discussions, Ennis was still chasing the most important opportunities and was willing to just accept B-side status to secure a fight with Ortiz. Hearn says those circumstances now not exist.<\/p>\n
Ennis now holds two world titles and has shifted his attention toward becoming the undisputed champion. Hearn indicated that unification bouts remain the priority, but he left the door open for Ortiz if Golden Boy presents a proposal that outweighs Ennis\u2019 other options.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cTell us what the cash is. And I\u2019ll go to Jaron, and I\u2019ll say, \u2018We got Kelly, Fundora, or Ortiz,’\u201d said Hearn.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Unless Turki Alalshikh gets involved, it\u2019s questionable if a fight with Ortiz Jr. is financially appealing enough for Ennis to take day without work from pursuing his goal of becoming the undisputed champion at junior middleweight.<\/p>\n
Josh Kelly and Sebastian Fundora remain among the many names into account, with Hearn making it clear that each possibility will likely be evaluated before Ennis decides on his next opponent.<\/p>\n
A fight remains to be available for Vergil Jr, but Hearn believes the balance of power has moved. Relatively than Ennis pursuing Ortiz Jr. at any cost, Golden Boy must now persuade the unified champion that the financial package is value delaying his pursuit of the remaining 154-lb titles.<\/p>\n
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Hearn says his fighter is not any longer within the position of creating concessions to land the bout. Boots is now \u201cking of the castle.\u201d \u201cHe was taking the smaller side of the piece last time. He was going to be the B-side. He agreed to every part that they desired to get that chance. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":369144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[10777,2142,10778,1940],"class_list":["post-369143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-boots","tag-castle","tag-ennis","tag-king"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t
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