Trainer Greg Hackett says Jermell Charlo would be \u201cone of the best fights\u201d for Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis to take next. He says it, \u201chigh-level chess.\u201d<\/p>\n
$10 Million or Nothing from Jermell<\/p>\n
Ennis\u2019 promoter, Eddie Hearn, has already ruled out Jermell (35-2-1, 19 KOs), predicting that he would price himself out. Charlo, 35, already said his asking price for a fight against \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis (35-0, 31 KOs) or Terence Crawford would be $10 million.<\/p>\n
Not even \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis is making that kind of money. The grizzled-looking Jermell\u2019s asking price is a nonstarter right out the gate. He can also forget about Crawford, because he\u2019s not going to be interested. It\u2019s a fight that would bomb on PPV, losing massive money, putting Hearn in a hole for having wasted his time.<\/p>\n
Jermell was never a PPV attraction, even when he was still an active fighter. Now, after two years, enjoying the money he made in his lopsided loss to Canelo Alvarez, he\u2019ll be even less of an attraction for PPV.<\/p>\n
A fight between \u2018Boots\u2019 and the inactive former undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo would have to sell big time on DAZN<\/a> PPV to cover the big purses. It would depend on older fans, not the younger ones, for this event to be successful.<\/p>\n Why Ennis-Charlo Won\u2019t Sell on DAZN<\/a><\/p>\n Younger fans have no idea who Jermell is, as he hasn\u2019t fought in ages and has never beaten a notable fighter during his career, other than Erickson Lubin earlier in his career.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why people love the Charlos, because they\u2019re willing to challenge themselves. That\u2019s what boxing is about,\u201d said coach Greg Hackett to MillCity Boxing<\/a>, when asked about his thoughts on Jermell Charlo calling out Terence Crawford and Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis.<\/p>\n When have Jermall and Jermell challenged themselves in the last two years? Jermell hasn\u2019t fought since getting a big payday in a one-sided loss to Canelo Alvarez on September 30, 2023. Jermall\u2019s last four fights have come against these fighters: Thomas LaManna, Jose Benavidez Jr.. Juan Mac\u00edas Montiel y Sergiy Derevyanchenko. How is Jermall changing himself?<\/p>\n Charlo Must Earn His Shot at Boots<\/p>\n \u201cYou got to get in there and see who is the best, and that\u2019s what he\u2019s trying to accomplish,\u201d said Hackett about Jermell.<\/p>\n Before Charlo is given a fight against \u2018Boots,\u2019 he should have to prove himself against some of the contenders at 154, like two or three of these fighters:<\/p>\n Israil Madrimov It\u2019s highly doubtful that Charlo would beat any of those fighters, even the recently beaten Cuban Tellez. A rematch with Lubin would be interesting, as Jermell knocked out the then-22-year-old Lubin on October 14, 2017. Now that Erickson is 30 and a lot more experienced, it would be interesting to see how Charlo deals with him, coming off a two-year layoff.<\/p>\n \u201cJermell Charlo is going to be one of the best fights for \u2018Boots.\u2019 It\u2019s going to be high-level chess. Charlo is going to have to tame \u2018Boots,’\u201d said Hackett.<\/p>\n The Final Word<\/p>\n It would be a terrible fight for Ennis to fight Jermell Charlo, as it would reinforce the view that he\u2019s unwilling to take risks with his career. Charlo would be a step down for Ennis from his last overmatched opponent, Uisma Lima. The boxing public would ridicule him for fighting the inactive 35-year-old Jermell, who would be coming back for the payday only.<\/p>\n Ennis vs. Jermell would be a total mismatch and be dead on arrival (DOA) in terms of pay-per-view buys on DAZN. The problem is, the 35-year-old Charlo has been too inactive for the younger boxing fans to know who he is. They\u2019re the ones driving the sport now, not the older ones, who know better than to throw their money away on a fight involving Jermell and Ennis.<\/p>\n They saw that he came only for the paycheck in his fight against Canelo Alvarez, and that he hadn\u2019t won a fight in three years since 2022. Jermell was never that good a fighter, even when he was at the top of his game. He took advantage of a weak period at 154, when the division was barren of talent. Jermell\u2019s loss to Tony Harrison and his 12-round draw against Brian Castano showed how meager his ability is.<\/p>\n Hearn told Pro Boxing Fans that Jermell would \u201cPrice himself out straight away\u201d for a fight against Ennis. He\u2019s obviously heard the $10 million price demand that Jermell Charlo has made in a recent interview about what he would want to fight Ennis or Terence Crawford.<\/p>\n The money is for the ball part of a fight against Ennis. It would require Turki Alalshikh\u2019s involvement, and he\u2019s not likely to get involved in that type of fight.<\/p>\n Turki would know from watching Jermell\u2019s last fight two years ago, in his one-sided 12-round unanimous decision loss to Canelo Alvarez on September 30, 2023, that he\u2019d be just coming for the payday. Charlo won\u2019t put in any effort to try to win.<\/p>\n Since 2014, Olly Campbell has brought readers clear ringside perspective and a steady voice on boxing\u2019s biggest nights.<\/p>\n Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb – An Analyst’s Perspective<\/a> \u00bb Jermell Charlo\u2019s $10 Million Demand Shuts Down Dream Fight with Boots Ennis Despite Greg Hackett Calling It \u2018High-Level Chess\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Last Updated on 10\/24\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trainer Greg Hackett says Jermell Charlo would be \u201cone of the best fights\u201d for Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-223836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBrandon Adams
\nErickson Lubin: *rematch
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\nYoenis Tellez<\/p>\n