Super welterweight rivals, Xander Zayas and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, have given separate statements to update fight fans on negotiations for their box office bout, and seem to suggest that a deal to fight is already done.
The fighters had been linked with one another only recently when negotiations between Ennis and Vergil Ortiz collapsed, down to the ongoing legal issues between the unbeaten Texan and his representative, Golden Boy Promotions. With Ortiz on the shelf, Ennis refused to wait around.
And Ortiz’s loss seems to be Zayas’s gain.
“Two-weight unified champ,” Ennis posted Saturday on X, indicating a title fight for at least two belts was on the horizon.
“And still,” Zayas simply replied, alongside emojis of the Puerto Rican flag and some smoke.
More to follow…
