Terence Crawford\u2019s coach, Bernie Davis, wants to know why Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis is fighting Uisma Lima on October 11, 2025, when he\u2019s considered to be a hybrid of Roy Jones Jr. and Crawford. He also wants to know why \u2018Boots\u2019 needs a tune-up at 154 to get ready for Vergil Ortiz Jr.<\/p>\n
Hearn Saw It Coming<\/p>\n
His promoter, Eddie Hearn, already explained everything 100 times. It\u2019s not that Ennis wanted a tune-up. He wanted to lock himself in as the WBA mandatory so that he could force a fight against the champion, which, up until late last month, was Crawford. He was sitting on the WBA title, not defending it for over a solid year after winning it on August 3, 2024, against Israil Madrimov.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I\u2019m Terence Crawford, I\u2019m vacating now. Because when we become mandatory [after the Lima fight], we\u2019re calling that fight on, and then he\u2019s gonna have to vacate the belt once Boots is mandatory. That\u2019s not a great look,\u201d said Hearn to DAZN.<\/p>\n
The WBA Hot Potato<\/p>\n
Hearn predicted everything. He saw it all before it transpired, reading Crawford like a book. Eddie knew exactly what Bud would do like a person who predicts the future. That WBA title was like a hot potato that Terence couldn\u2019t get rid of fast enough after \u2018Boots\u2019 was locked in for a WBA title eliminator against Lima for his belt.<\/p>\n