{"id":325371,"date":"2025-12-19T21:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/325371\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T21:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:47:09","slug":"eddie-hearn-addresses-delay-in-ennis-ortiz-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/325371\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn Addresses Delay In Ennis\u2013Ortiz Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just waiting. It\u2019s extremely frustrating. We can\u2019t understand it. We agreed to a deal with Golden Boy. I believe Golden Boy and Oscar [De La Hoya] want that fight,\u201d Hearn told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c9J-OWdepug\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hearn said there are limited alternatives for WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. and questioned what other options remain available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Boots\u2019 is signed for the fight. Ortiz, I just can\u2019t understand what\u2019s happening. Who else is there for Ortiz to fight?\u201d Hearn said.<\/p>\n<p>Hearn ruled out a fight between Ortiz and former unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr., noting Spence has not boxed in two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cErrol Spence isn\u2019t going to take the fight next, and Errol Spence hasn\u2019t boxed in two years,\u201d Hearn said.<\/p>\n<p>Spence, 35, has not fought since his knockout loss to Terence Crawford in July 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Hearn called Ennis vs. Ortiz the top matchup in the division and said he hopes Ortiz moves forward with the fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that Vergil Ortiz wants the challenge and wants to prove he\u2019s the best in the world. That\u2019s the number one and number two at 154 pounds, in my opinion. So let\u2019s make it happen,\u201d Hearn said.<\/p>\n<p>Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya previously suggested negotiations could become difficult following Ortiz\u2019s knockout win over Erickson Lubin in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we don\u2019t get favorable negotiations, we can always go to Errol Spence Jr. or Sebastian Fundora,\u201d De La Hoya said at the post-fight press conference. \u201cVergil Ortiz is the man. He holds all the cards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chris Williams is a senior writer for Boxing News 24, covering the sport since 2013 and reporting ringside from major events worldwide. His coverage dives into both established champions and hungry prospects battling for recognition. Over the years, Chris has contributed to numerous leading boxing outlets, earning respect for his sharp analysis and insider perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe\u2019re just waiting. It\u2019s extremely frustrating. We can\u2019t understand it. We agreed to a deal with Golden Boy.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-325371","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\/325371","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=325371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}