THE July 13 homecoming for Jaron Ennis in Philadelphia wants a brand new opponent, in accordance with a report.
Ennis, the present IBF welterweight champion, is slightly below six weeks away from making his ring return and was because of fight necessary challenger Cody Crowley. However, ESPN have reported that Crowley can not compete, having failed a pre-fight eye examination, which is dangerous information for the Canadian who final 12 months underwent emergency double eye surgical procedure.
The race is on for Ennis’s new promotional crew – Matchroom – to discover a appropriate substitute for the primary defence of his IBF welterweight world title at Wells Fargo Centre.
Ennis reacted to the information within the early hours of this morning (UK time) with the next publish on X/Twitter.
If it’s Cody or not I’ll nonetheless be preventing a prime contender on July 13 as deliberate! DONT WORRY!
— Boots (@JaronEnnis) June 5, 2024
Matchroom and Eddie Hearn have but to remark and there was no response from the latter when Boxing News reached out to him earlier at this time (June 5). However, yesterday they did reveal the undercard for the July 13 occasion which features a first world title defence for WBC Female featherweight champion Skye Nicolson against Dyana Vargas. While Hearn’s latest American signing Jalil Major Hackett faces Peter Dobson in a 10-round welterweight contest.
