{"id":678989,"date":"2026-07-07T18:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678989\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:36:08","slug":"jaron-ennis-addresses-terence-crawfords-criticism-following-latest-ko-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678989\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaron Ennis addresses Terence Crawford&#8217;s criticism following latest KO win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Terence Crawford was quick to offer his verdict on Jaron Ennis\u2019 win over Zander Zayas, and now the new unified super-welterweight world champion has responded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/49204042\/ennis-stops-zayas-win-wbo-wba-junior-middleweight-titles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u2018Boots\u2019 produced a thrilling display to stop Zayas inside seven rounds<\/a>, showcasing the skill set that gives him an argument as one of the best fighters in the world. There was, however, a sticky moment in the third, when his willingness to trade saw him stunned by Zayas \u2013 though he claimed post-fight that he wasn\u2019t hurt at any stage.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-K3yDJIXzzg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Ariel Helwani show<\/a>, Ennis was asked about Crawford\u2019s reaction to his win, specifically the retired star saying he was \u2018ten steps ahead of him\u2019 skill-wise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care. None of that stuff bothers me.<\/p>\n<p>On a potential fight with Crawford, \u2018Boots\u2019 remains realistic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of right now, he\u2019s retired. What did he say? He said he\u2019s enjoying his retirement, right? You could say [it\u2019s a big money fight] but there\u2019s other big fights out here for sure, too, though. I don\u2019t consider him anything. I don\u2019t even care. I don\u2019t pay him, or none of these people, no mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crawford has also praised Ennis and wished him continued success, though warned him that the likes of Sebastian Fundora and Vergil Ortiz \u2013 the two big super-welterweight names he is targeting next \u2013 will provide much tougher tests than Zayas did.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/ennis-sets-his-sights-on-one-man-next\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ennis has named Fundora, standing 6 feet 5\u00bd inches tall, as his ideal target<\/a>, looking to add the WBC belt to the WBA and WBO belts he won from Zayas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford was quick to offer his verdict on Jaron Ennis\u2019 win over Zander Zayas, and now the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-678989","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\/678989","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=678989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}