{"id":665068,"date":"2026-06-29T22:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/665068\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T22:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:42:12","slug":"ryan-garcia-makes-ko-prediction-for-jaron-ennis-vs-vergil-ortiz-book-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/665068\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia makes KO prediction for Jaron Ennis vs Vergil Ortiz: “Book that”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Garcia<\/a> has offered his prediction for a potential clash between Vergil Ortiz Jr<\/a> and Jaron Ennis<\/a>, following the latter\u2019s seventh-round stoppage of Xander Zayas.<\/p>\n

\u2018Boots\u2019 became a two-weight unified champion on Saturday, dethroning Zayas with a star-making performance in New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ennis was considered a clear pre-fight favourite but, even so, there was no shortage of world-class quality as he claimed the WBO and WBA titles at 154lbs.<\/p>\n

Zayas, to his credit, enjoyed spells of success \u2013 particularly in round three \u2013 but was ultimately pulled out by his corner after suffering a third knockdown.<\/p>\n

As a result, \u2018Boots\u2019 has now cemented himself as one of the leading operators at super-welterweight, along with fellow champions Sebastian Fundora and Josh Kelly.<\/p>\n

Rather than collecting another world title, though, many are eager to see the 29-year-old face top contender Ortiz in an all-American showdown.<\/p>\n

The pair have been on a collision course since their early professional days, leading them into deep negotiations for a clash this past April.<\/p>\n

Talks collapsed, however, after Ortiz initiated legal proceedings against Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy, with the 28-year-old now finally looking set to return later this year.<\/p>\n

Offering his thoughts on a possible Ennis fight, WBC champion Garcia wrote in a since-deleted social media post that Ortiz would win inside the distance.<\/p>\n

\u201cVergil by stoppage. Book that fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given that Ortiz has not fought since his second-round finish over Erickson Lubin<\/a> in November, the Texan is likely to afford himself a tune-up fight before challenging \u2018Boots\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia has offered his prediction for a potential clash between Vergil Ortiz Jr and Jaron Ennis, following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-665068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665068","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=665068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}