{"id":479547,"date":"2026-02-17T01:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/479547\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T01:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:16:07","slug":"jaron-ennis-offered-fight-by-former-undisputed-champion-as-vergil-ortiz-talk-falters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/479547\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaron Ennis offered fight by former undisputed champion as Vergil Ortiz talk falters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaron Ennis<\/a> has been presented with an alternative option, against a former undisputed champion, while his potential clash with Vergil Ortiz Jr<\/a> hangs in the balance.<\/p>\n

The two super-welterweight contenders have been deep in negotiations for several weeks, hoping to finalise a deal for their showdown to take place in April.<\/p>\n

Such a desirable outcome, however, has become increasingly unlikely, with Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya having seemingly thrown a spanner in the works.<\/p>\n

It was reported by Uncrowned<\/a> last week that a Nevada judge has granted Golden Boy Promotions\u2019 emergency motion for a temporary restraining order against Ortiz, preventing the boxer from entering into third-party contracts.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old exercised his right to terminate their promotional agreement last month, though it appears that Ortiz \u2013 amid Golden Boy\u2019s ongoing negotiations with DAZN \u2013 is still expected to uphold the terms of his contract.<\/p>\n

While this situation continues to develop, former unified world welterweight champion Ennis could be on the hunt for a new opponent.<\/p>\n

One man who is angling to face the 28-year-old at 154lbs is Jermell Charlo, who has not fought since his points defeat to Canelo Alvarez<\/a> in September 2023.<\/p>\n

But despite his inactivity, \u2018Iron Man\u2019 has sent a message to Ennis\u2019 promoter, Eddie Hearn, via a recent interview with Cigar Talk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHello, Eddie. Please answer my DMs [direct messages] if you see this message: I want you to set up something between me and your best fighter, \u2018Boots\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cBusiness-wise, we\u2019ve got to make it happen. I\u2019m not a friend to none of these motherf***ers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Charlo became an undisputed super-welterweight champion in 2022, following his victory over Brian Castano, which preceded the American\u2019s wide unanimous decision defeat to Alvarez.<\/p>\n

Ennis, meanwhile, has had just one outing at 154lbs, a first-round finish over Uisma Lima in October, since unifying the IBF and WBA welterweight titles against Eimantas Stanionis earlier last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaron Ennis has been presented with an alternative option, against a former undisputed champion, while his potential clash…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-479547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}