Boots Ennis vs Mario Barrios PBC
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Considering all Barrios has to do to become a legit alphabet champ is sit on his belt until Crawford vacates I'd say theres a zero percent chance he fights Ennis.
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Awesome
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I like it....Barrois surprised a lot of people by beating Ugas pretty easily.
Before that fight I think everyone would of been cool with a Ugas vs Boots fight.
Boots has been such a highly thought of prospect, that even though he is a champ now , he really has not fought a prime top guy yet. Besides maybe Villa.
I think this is still a step up in competition for Boots.
Before that fight I think everyone would of been cool with a Ugas vs Boots fight.
Boots has been such a highly thought of prospect, that even though he is a champ now , he really has not fought a prime top guy yet. Besides maybe Villa.
I think this is still a step up in competition for Boots.
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It makes sense after what Mario recently did.
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Boot will absolutely ruin Barrios, but Barrios earned another big fight winning his last and Boots needs a body to fight. Anything can happen, so no need to devalue Barrios as an opponent, but it only serves to build Boots name if he demolishes a decent opponent, better than on the shelf doing nothing.
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Exactly. It's not the best fight in terms of name value at 147, but it'd still be the best name on Ennis' resume if he wins, and given that he just got elevated to full champ he needs to show that he deserves it sooner rather than later. Then in 2024 look for the big fights.
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Plus in my mind it further puts Thurman out of the picture if he's able to win in a more impressive fashion.
So it's kind of like Boots leapfrogging 2 pretty solid & feared former 147 champs . Then hopefully Thurman can go back to being irrelevant & stop calling out Bud or Boots or talking about fighting when he's one of the most inactive guys around.
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100% agreed.
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Any more word on these guys? I was hoping we’d see an announced fight on the calendar for Boots in early 2024
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Barrios is the interim WBC champ, so that's why he's not on anyone else's rankings. He was ranked #4 by the IBF when he fought and beat Ugas.
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I won't complain about any PBC matchups once their damn schedule is released. So curious about Boots/Crowley/Thurman/Stanionis/Barrios etc.
Jaron Ennis' Trainer Believes A Fight With Mario Barrios Will Happen
Mario Barrios was tired of being called a steppingstone. The unwanted nickname wasn’t some arbitrary alias that fans wanted to give him, but instead, they looked at his body of work.
www.boxingscene.com
