Virgil Ortiz Jr.’s manager, Rick Mirijian, says that Jaron “Boots” Ennis will never get a second chance to fight Virgil after he doesn’t face him on the February 22 card.
There is no second chance
Mirijian told Boxingscene, “Muzzas don’t get another chance,” adding he believes he’s fine with that. Obviously, if Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) wanted to fight Vergil, this would be the time because the money would be so high and the visibility high.
Everyone deserves a second chance in life, but in this case there is no trust. Team Ortiz Jr. doesn’t want to waste time on Boots and as a result has nothing to show for it if he he loses his temper.
Many fans around the world will be watching the Riyadh Season card on February 22, as it is one of the best of the year. Virgil Jr. can now face either of these two fighters on this card:
– Erislandi Lara
– Xander Zayas
If Ennis were to move up to 154 and position himself for a world title shot for the belt held by Virgil Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs), he would likely end up doing this fight. Ortiz Jr. won’t be upset because Ennis won’t go out with him this time. That would be childish and self-deceiving.
Words mean nothing
Promoter ‘Boots’ Ennis’ Eddie Hearn says he wants to stay at 147 to unify the division before considering a move to 154 to go after the big names. Hearn insists that when Ennis moves up in weight, Virgil Jr. will be the first guy he faces. Those are just words and they mean nothing now after Mirijian’s statement about Ennis not getting another chance.
As the 27-year-old Ennis looked in her rematch with Karen Chouhadjian on Nov. 9, her career could be in tatters before she makes the move to 154. He looked absolutely terrifying against Chuhadjian, bombarded with balls all night. looking bad in front of his hometown crowd at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
In hindsight, Hearn should have known better that the Booths would face Chouhadjian again after the troubles in their first fight in Washington, D.C. Ennis looked lost in that fight and was outclassed by Chouhadjian from A to B studied. As a result, Boots blamed his performance on being too focused on trying to get a knockout.
Jeron said going into the rematch, “I’m going to have fun” and let the knockout happen naturally. Man, he looked like he wasn’t having fun in the last rematch, getting worked over by Chuhadjian and the Philly crowd dead silent.
Virgil Ortiz’s manager went to Jayron Ennis 😳 pic.twitter.com/bA4oEKIyH2
— Hassan (@Hassanwellss) December 2, 2024
