{"id":807986,"date":"2026-10-19T22:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T22:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807986\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T22:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T22:28:10","slug":"zab-judah-delivers-honest-verdict-on-potential-terence-crawford-vs-jaron-ennis-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807986\/","title":{"rendered":"Zab Judah delivers honest verdict on potential Terence Crawford vs Jaron Ennis fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zab Judah has dismissed the idea of a competitive bout unfolding between Terence Crawford<\/a> and Jaron Ennis<\/a>, whose potential encounter is seen by many as one of the most intriguing fights that could be made.<\/p>\n

In order for it to become realistic, Crawford would need to step out of retirement and agree to enter his first outing since September 2025.<\/p>\n

Back then, the American moved up two weight divisions and dethroned Canelo Alvarez<\/a>, unanimously outpointing his man for the four major titles at 168lbs.<\/p>\n

Having become a three-weight undisputed king, he then announced his retirement a few months later and called time on a Hall of Fame-worthy career.<\/p>\n

Since then, though, Crawford has repeatedly been linked to a fight with Ennis, who dethroned Xander Zayas with a seventh-round stoppage<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n

As a result, the American became a two-weight unified champion by claiming the WBO and WBA titles, with his next assignment expected to be a unification match with IBF champion Josh Kelly in early 2027.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Fight Hub TV<\/a>, meanwhile, former two-weight world champion Judah has urged Ennis to ignore Crawford and resume his pursuit of undisputed status.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to see it. I\u2019d like to see Jaron Boots Ennis stay in his lane. Crawford is a class ahead of [Ennis]. [It\u2019s] like being in the fifth grade and trying to mess with seventh graders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not your grade \u2026 stay in your class, with your guys, and dominate there. If you\u2019re the greatest and the best there, so be it.\u201d<\/p>\n

If he defeats Kelly, who he is set to face in January, then Ennis could target WBC champion Sebastian Fundora for an undisputed super-welterweight showdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zab Judah has dismissed the idea of a competitive bout unfolding between Terence Crawford and Jaron Ennis, whose…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-807986","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\/807986","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=807986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}