Jaron “Boots” Ennis will make the move up from welterweight to super welterweight on October 11, when he faces Uisma Lima in a title eliminator in Ennis’ hometown of Philadelphia.
Matchroom promoter Eddie
Hearn says he sees Ennis (34-0, 30 KO) as a future pound-for-pound king, who will win world titles at both super welterweight and middleweight in the future.
“I’ve seen all the top fighters. I truly believe that Jaron Ennis is the pound-for-pound number one in waiting. I’m not talking about (in) three years, I’m talking about 12 months,” Hearn said.
“I think this guy’s going to go through this division, move up to 160, three-weight world champion. I think he’s the guy to replace Terence Crawford. I think he’s that good.”
Hearn also says that the fight with Lima is tougher than critics believe, although part of Hearn’s job is to convince people of that ahead of time, and he does know that people want to see Ennis face bigger names.
“I know people talk about — Lima is a good fight. This is not an easy fight to go into at 154,” he said. “But after this fight we want Vergil Ortiz, we want (Bakhram) Murtazaliev, we want (Sebastian) Fundora. He will beat them all.
“We’ve just got to make sure we get those fights, but I’m very excited to see him perform at 154. Everyone I speak to is, like, ‘My God, just wait to see what you are about to witness.’”
