{"id":696724,"date":"2026-07-17T14:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696724\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:04:08","slug":"jaron-ennis-says-beating-one-man-will-prove-hes-really-different-bring-him-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696724\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaron Ennis says beating one man will prove he’s ‘really different’: “Bring him on”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaron Ennis<\/a> is eager to cement himself as the top dog at 154lbs, targeting a fellow world champion who he believes would complement his skillset.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old became a two-division unified champion last month, with a sixth-round stoppage over Xander Zayas<\/a> earning him the WBO and WBA super-welterweight titles.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, \u2018Boots\u2019 had been in talks for a clash with Vergil Ortiz Jr, who many believe would pose a significant threat if they ever lock horns.<\/p>\n

Due to a promotional dispute with Oscar De La Hoya<\/a> and Golden Boy, though, Ortiz has remained out of the ring since his second-round finish over Erickson Lubin in November.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old is now seemingly eyeing a return later this year while Ennis, it seems, is hoping to secure a three-belt unification match with either Sebastian Fundora or Josh Kelly.<\/p>\n

Fundora, in particular, represents an intriguing and high-profile opponent for \u2018Boots\u2019, who has told The Pivot Podcast<\/a> that, even while contending with an 8in height disadvantage, he would ultimately prove a level above the WBC champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want him [Fundora]. I want him. I don\u2019t care [that he\u2019s 6ft 6in]. Bring him on, you\u2019re going to see I\u2019m really different. These guys don\u2019t do what I do. Y\u2019all [will] see as I keep going up and keep fighting these different guys, I\u2019m going to keep getting better and better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fundora, who comes off a sixth-round finish over Keith Thurman<\/a>, is set to defend his world title against mandatory challenger Ermal Hadribeaj later this year.<\/p>\n

More likely for Ennis, then, is a unification match with IBF champion Kelly, who must first retain his title against unbeaten contender Caoimhin Agyarko on July 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaron Ennis is eager to cement himself as the top dog at 154lbs, targeting a fellow world champion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-696724","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\/696724","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=696724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}