{"id":672124,"date":"2026-07-03T18:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/672124\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:47:14","slug":"roy-jones-jr-delivers-honest-verdict-on-jaron-ennis-vs-vergil-ortiz-he-might-not-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/672124\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr delivers honest verdict on Jaron Ennis vs Vergil Ortiz: “He might not win”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roy Jones Jr<\/a> has offered a new viewpoint on a potential Jaron Ennis<\/a> vs. Vergil Ortiz fight after \u2018Boots\u2019 defeated Xander Zayas last weekend.<\/p>\n

Ennis became WBA and WBO super-welterweight champion on Saturday<\/a> with a seventh round stoppage win over Zayas at the Barclays Center in New York.<\/p>\n

It is the second division that \u2018Boots\u2019 has been able to unify after his previous success at 147lbs, whilst he was also successful in extending his unbeaten record to 36-0 with 32 knockouts.<\/p>\n

Despite the win, Ennis had to come through some sticky moments in the clash against Zayas, particularly in round three, where he was caught with a number of big shots from the Puerto Rican.<\/p>\n

Boxing legend Jones has now looked ahead to a possible clash with fellow unbeaten star Ortiz, and he told All The Smoke Fight<\/a> that he is confident that \u2018Boots\u2019 won\u2019t switch off at any stage like he did against Zayas.<\/p>\n

\u201cPut Vergil Ortiz in front of him and watch he don\u2019t go to sleep. He might not win, but it won\u2019t be because he went to sleep, because that\u2019s a higher pedigree.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a guy with a better background, with a better past, with a better track record, a guy that he knows if you go to sleep, he gonna beat you. So he\u2019s not going to go to sleep on him. I promise you he ain\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

WBC interim super-welterweight champion Ortiz would certainly provide a tough test for Ennis, having won all 24 of his fights, 22 of them by knockout.<\/p>\n

While Jones remains confident that \u2018Boots\u2019 would be at his best against Ortiz, it seems that Ryan Garcia has another view, after revealing his prediction for the clash.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr has offered a new viewpoint on a potential Jaron Ennis vs. Vergil Ortiz fight after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-672124","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\/672124","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=672124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}