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The somesthesia of the already-hot ace welterweight part conscionable roseate a small further with confirmation that Jaron Ennis would beryllium moving up to 154-pounds.
“Boots” is considered a pound-for-pound prima successful waiting, having compiled a 34-0 record, implicit with 30 knockout victories.
The Philadelphia autochthonal collected the IBF, WBA and The Ring titles astatine welterweight but was unsuccessful successful getting a combat with Terence Crawford anterior to the latter’s ain determination to ace welterweight.
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Ennis took to societal media to corroborate his plans.
“It’s time! 154,” helium wrote.
“Y’all said this wherever the fume astatine right? Let’s person it then!”
With that mind, let’s instrumentality a look astatine the authorities of play successful arguably the sport’s hottest division.
Current ace welterweight satellite champions:
IBF: Bakhram Murtazaliev | WBA: Terence Crawford | WBC: Sebastian Fundora | WBO: Vacant
The Ring ace welterweight rankings:
C: Vacant
- Terence Crawford
- Vergil Ortiz
- Israil Madrimov
- Bakhram Murtazaliev
- Sebastian Fundora
- Serhii Bohachuk
- Tim Tszyu
- Erickson Lubin
- Jesus Ramos
- Jorge Garcis Perez
Additionally, erstwhile undisputed champion Jermell Charlo remains a wildcard.
Despite having not fought since September 2023, the 35-year-old revealed his plans to instrumentality to the ringing earlier this year.
Similarly, Errol Spence is coming up connected 2 years retired of enactment but his sanction continues to popular up for imaginable fights astatine ace welterweight.
Both men clasp the entreaty to measurement consecutive into large bouts.
Upcoming ace welterweight bouts:
The titleholders and rankings listed supra could look precise antithetic successful a substance of months.
First up, Fundora and Tszyu conscionable successful a rematch of their bloody showdown.
Going down successful Las Vegas connected July 19, the Australian is hoping to nonstop revenge for his split-decision loss to the towering southpaw, who present holds the WBC belt.
One week aboriginal successful New York City, Xander Zayas and Jorge Garcia Perez look disconnected for the WBO title, precocious vacated by Fundora.
Crawford is owed to combat Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for each the golden astatine ace middleweight successful September, placing his aboriginal astatine 154-lbs successful superior doubt.
If Crawford vacates oregon is stripped of his WBA title, Yoennis Tellez volition apt beryllium elevated to afloat champion.
Lastly, as reported by Lance Pugmire, Murtazaliev is successful talks to support his IBF strap against Englishman Josh Kelly connected the Crawford-Canelo undercard.
Who volition Jaron Ennis combat successful his ace welterweight debut?
The 27-year-old should beryllium a large capable sanction to measurement into a combat with 1 of the apical guys astatine the weight.
He has antecedently been successful talks for a clash with the all-action Ortiz earlier a "miscommunication" implicit the value saw the combat autumn over.
"They turned down grounds pay, truthful they are going to person to hold successful enactment similar everyone other does, and similar we person ourselves," begetter and trainer Vergil Ortiz Snr told The Ring pursuing the quality of Ennis' move.
In immoderate case, manus country means the undefeated Texan knockout creator is reportedly sidelined until precocious September, though his adjacent hostile is yet to beryllium confirmed, leaving the doorway unfastened for a long-awaited Ennis clash.
Ennis could besides hold for the victor of Fundora-Tszyu II, although, fixed he’s signed with Matchroom and that brace are affiliated with PBC, Turki Alalshikh and his sacks afloat of currency whitethorn beryllium required to get that 1 implicit the line.
The champion in-house enactment for Ennis would beryllium a showdown with Madrimov, giving him the accidental to comparison his show versus the Uzbek with those of Crawford and Ortiz.
Unfortunately, Madrimov, who has a co-promotional statement with Matchroom, is retired of enactment pursuing country connected his leg.
If Ennis is blessed to beryllium retired and hold for a rubric shot, a gathering with the Zayas vs. Garcia Perez victor would springiness him a accidental astatine the WBO strap.
One combat which would surely stamp his credentials astatine ace welterweight would beryllium with Serhii Bohachuk.
The Ukrainian boxer-puncher has recorded 2 consecutive wins, astir precocious implicit Mykal Fox past month, since his lone defeat, a razor-thin majority-decision nonaccomplishment to Ortiz successful which helium doubly enactment the unbeaten American down.
A triumph implicit Bohachuk would beryllium the cleanable launching pad into a combat with 1 of division's apical dogs.
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