Eddie Hearn thinks there is one fight left that Terence Crawford will not turn down.
Crawford retired in December, three months after moving up to 168lbs and beating Canelo Alvarez to become undisputed super middleweight champion. He is 38 and has shown no sign of reversing the decision. Hearn told The Ring that Jaron Ennis is the name that changes that.
I’ve wanted this fight for so long. I rate Crawford so highly but I’m just such a huge believer in Jaron Ennis, and I think this will be the fight that will be the biggest fight in boxing.
There is a queue in front of it.
Boots is probably going to fight Josh Kelly and has to see if he can beat him, if he beats him he’ll fight Fundora, and if he becomes undisputed I think the Crawford fight will happen.
Hearn is not pretending the body will cooperate.
I think it’s an unbelievable fight. Boots is a superstar, he’s paving his way. Crawford is the ultimate competitor, his body is breaking down and maybe he won’t fight again but at the same time he’s the ultimate competitor. I know he’s looking at Boots up and down and thinking ‘I’ll do you’, so we’ll see.
The two traded words on the broadcast of Andy Ruiz against Damian Knyba on Friday, which is what set the speculation off again.
Ennis unified at welterweight before moving to 154lbs, where he took the WBA and WBO titles from Xander Zayas with a seventh-round stoppage in June. Josh Kelly holds the IBF belt and Sebastian Fundora the WBC, so Hearn’s path runs through both before Crawford becomes a realistic conversation.
