{"id":788256,"date":"2026-10-01T06:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/788256\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T06:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:26:14","slug":"abel-sanchez-delivers-verdict-on-terence-crawford-vs-jaron-ennis-comeback-fight-he-needs-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/788256\/","title":{"rendered":"Abel Sanchez delivers verdict on Terence Crawford vs Jaron Ennis comeback fight: “He needs him”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaron Ennis<\/a> is hoping to lure Terence Crawford<\/a> out of retirement for a mega-fight, and world-renowned trainer Abel Sanchez has shared his thoughts on a potential battle between the two men.<\/p>\n

Ennis captured the unified WBA and WBO super-welterweight world titles when he knocked out Xander Zayas back in June<\/a> and the new poster boy of the 154lb division now looks set for a three-belt unification with IBF champion Josh Kelly before the end of 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite his pursuit of the undisputed crown, Ennis has continuously called for a shot at 39-year-old Crawford, who retired from the sport as the first post-war three-weight undisputed champion last December.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Fight Hub TV<\/a>, Sanchez declared that Ennis must earn a fight with Crawford by defeating Vergil Ortiz Jr and Sebastian Fundora, but predicted that \u2018The Towering Inferno\u2019 would halt the unified titleholder if they were to meet.<\/p>\n

\u201cTerence doesn\u2019t need to come back and do anything for these kids. He has done enough, he is obviously a Hall-of-Famer, he is a great fighter and Boots needs him, Terence doesn\u2019t need him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Boots should do is call out Vergil and see how he does with Vergil or Fundora. You have to earn Terence, Terence is the king.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to see Boots and Fundora or Boots and Vergil, then we can say that he deserves a shot at Terence. But, he gets knocked out by Fundora, and him [Ennis] and Vergil is a good fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crawford appears relatively uninterested in a return for now, but there is a feeling that the veteran could be tempted into a comeback if Ennis claims the undisputed throne<\/a> and offers him the chance to get his hands on all four belts in a fourth division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaron Ennis is hoping to lure Terence Crawford out of retirement for a mega-fight, and world-renowned trainer Abel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-788256","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\/788256","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=788256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}