Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ dad/coach, Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis, says Boots would have knocked out WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov if he’d been combating him on August third as an alternative of Terence Crawford.
Bozy states that ‘Boots’ Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) would have fought Madrimov (10-1-1, 7 KOs) as an alternative of boxing him the way in which the 36-year-old Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs). He says that Crawford might have been involved about Madrimov’s punching energy, so he boxed him, which made it robust for the judges to attain the battle.
They needed to resolve whether or not to offer the rounds to Madrimov primarily based on the highly effective right-hand photographs he saved touchdown or concentrate on Crawford’s jabbing.
It got here all the way down to which kind of punches the judges favored, and sadly, because it was subjective, Crawford’s win was controversial within the eyes of the boxing public.
“The explanation why they’re saying that’s as a result of they heard what I mentioned. If Boots had been combating [Israil] Madrimov, Boots would have stopped him,” mentioned Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis to YSM Sports activities Media about his perception that his son, Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, would have knocked out WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov on August third as an alternative of going the 12 spherical distance like Terence Crawford had.
Crawford’s Cautious Method
At Crawford’s age, he’s too outdated to go to battle with a puncher like Madrimov, particularly with him coming off a 13-month layoff and combating solely yearly since 2020. Inactivity, age and transfer up in weight made Crawford hesitant about brawling with Madrimov.
Some fighters and trainers imagine Crawford would have knocked out Madrimov if he had fought aggressively, however that is probably not true. Crawford was getting lit up with proper fingers from Madrimor when he let his fingers go within the twelfth spherical.
These photographs that Madrimov hit Crawford with would have knocked out most fighters, and he wouldn’t have been in a position to take them if he’d tried to brawl from spherical one, as pro-Crawford followers imagine. Bozy Ennis is one in every of them.
He thinks Crawford would have knocked out Madrimov if he’d brawled from the get-go. If he’d been Crawford’s coach, he would have pushed for that strategy, which could have backfired on him.
Bozy’s drawback as a coach is that he focuses an excessive amount of on aggression, inflicting his fighters to get hit lots. We noticed that in light-weight Andy Cruz’s battle in opposition to Antonio Moran on August third. Bozy saved pushing Cruz to combine it up with Moran, and he bought damage early on. Cruz may need been knocked out if this had been a greater fighter than Moran.
“All that stuff he [Madrimov] was doing. He’s fighter, however Boots goes to battle you,” mentioned Bozy. “He’ll field you, however he’ll battle you, too. Terence knew the man was a puncher. I assume he didn’t need to take no probabilities,” mentioned Bozy about Crawford taking part in it protected in opposition to Madrimov.
Actions Communicate Louder Than Phrases
If Bozy thinks Boots would knockout Madrimov, he needs to be pushing him to maneuver as much as 154 to indicate the followers that he’s losing his profession staying at 14, combating unpopular opposition. Actions communicate louder than phrases, and the truth that Bozy isn’t speaking about wanting Boots to maneuver as much as 154 suggests he’s fearful about his capability to swim with the sharks in that division.
If Bozy thought Ennis may deal with the gifted fighters at 154 like Madrimov, he wouldn’t be losing time by combating a pointless rematch in opposition to Karen Chukhadzhian in December in Philadelphia. Karen is Boots Ennis’ rumored subsequent opponent at 147.
Boots selecting to remain at 147 to attempt to accomplish his aim of changing into the undisputed champion reveals concern within the eyes of followers as a result of the belt-holders are a weak bunch.
