{"id":782492,"date":"2026-09-25T19:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/782492\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T19:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:56:11","slug":"teofimo-lopez-sums-up-jaron-ennis-chances-of-beating-terence-crawford-in-comeback-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/782492\/","title":{"rendered":"Teofimo Lopez sums up Jaron Ennis’ chances of beating Terence Crawford in comeback fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teofimo Lopez<\/a> has considered the physical and psychological hurdles that Jaron Ennis<\/a> would need to overcome against Terence Crawford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While he claims to be happily retired, there appears to be a popular demand for Crawford to return to the ring and face two-division unified champion Ennis.<\/p>\n

This is in spite of \u2018Bud\u2019 calling time on his career in December, having become a three-division undisputed king by dethroning Canelo Alvarez with a unanimous decision victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But while this legacy-defining moment arrived at 168lbs, most would argue that the five-division world champion was more effective at 147lbs, where he defeated Errol Spence Jr with a ninth-round finish<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n

Ennis, meanwhile, moved up from welterweight and dethroned Xander Zayas for the WBO and WBA world super-welterweight titles in June.<\/p>\n

As a result of his seventh-round stoppage, many now consider him the top dog at 154lbs, where he aims to become the undisputed king by defeating fellow champions Josh Kelly and Sebastian Fundora.<\/p>\n

Equally, though, the 29-year-old would gladly enter a showdown with Crawford who, even at 38, is regarded by Lopez as the superior fighter.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Ring Champs<\/a>, \u2018The Takeover\u2019 highlighted Crawford\u2019s mental strength as a reason for backing the modern great if he ever locks horns with Ennis.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrawford [would win]. For Boots to fall into a trap like that [Crawford teasing his comeback] \u2026 he\u2019s not prepared [to get] in the ring [and] go all the way, physically.\u201d<\/p>\n

While mentioning Crawford\u2019s appetite for a game of chess, too, Lopez is perhaps suggesting that Ennis would fall short in the tactical department of their possible contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teofimo Lopez has considered the physical and psychological hurdles that Jaron Ennis would need to overcome against Terence…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-782492","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\/782492","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=782492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}