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Promoter Bob Arum says he hasn’t given up on trying to set up a fight between Teofimo Lopez and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis for early 2025. He wants to set up the fight between Lopez and IBF welterweight champion Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs). ) at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The fight that Arum wants
If Ennis-Lopez is to happen, Arum will need to make a big offer to encourage Boots and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, to accept it. Philadelphia is still focused on fighting for an upcoming unification against one of the champions at 147.
It has to be a nightmare for Hearn, who signed Ennis to a multi-fight contract in April earlier this year. She has fought twice against David Avanesyan and Karen Chukhadzhian in low-level fights that failed to generate much interest.
Boots turned down a move up to 154 to challenge interim WBC champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. on February 22 and is also reportedly not interested in fighting Teofimo, even though he would make a lot of money.
“We are still carrying out that fight. We would love for that fight to happen. Are people talking to people in Ennis? “We want to make as big a fight as possible for Teofimo after the beginning of the year,” Bob Arum told Fight Hub TVabout wanting to set up a fight between Teófimo López and IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis for early 2025.
“If it’s Ennis, the best place for that fight is Madison Square Garden. He is so good that they don’t want to fight with him (Teófimo). We offered the fight to Haney and Haney didn’t want it. We will find a great fight for Teófimo. He is a great talent and a great personality, and will do very well at the box office and on the PPV.
“We are all ready. It depends on the opponent and his people. I’m here in Saudi Arabia, so I’m not working on it, but the guys at home, Morrett and Jeremy, are working on it every day. I like Telofimo because he’s a great talent, but it’s certainly a close odds fight that will create a lot of interest,” Arum said of a fight between Boots Ennis and Ortiz.
If Arum cannot attend the Ennis-Ortiz fight, he will have to consider options for Teofimo because. He hasn’t had an interesting match since his 2020 fight against Vasily Lomachenko in 20
“Maybe Haney, but he doesn’t seem like he has much interest in the fight, Haney,” Arum said when asked what the most important fight is for Teofimo. “We’ll see when we get back. We will all get together and see who is the best player available, and we will fight against him,” Arum said.
