Four-division world champion Roy Jones Jr has looked ahead to Terence Crawford’s next potential bout after speculation that a rematch with Errol Spence Jr will now not take place.
‘Bud’ Crawford put in a generational performance when he dominated and stopped Spence last July, becoming the first four-belt welterweight champion and the first multi-divisional four-belt undisputed champion as a result.
However, shortly after the clash, Crawford was stripped of the IBF welterweight world title, with 26-year-old Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis being promoted as the new title-holder.
Now the pair are being linked to an All-American showdown and Roy Jones Jr told YSM Sports Media that the hard-hitting Ennis could have what it takes to hand Crawford his first career defeat in what would likely be the latter’s final outing at 147lbs.
“I don’t know [how that goes] yet, because we haven’t seen Boots in against a guy that has touched him good enough to really test his chin.
“That’s the only thing that we don’t know about him yet, we don’t know if he can take a really punch yet because we haven’t seen it, but as far as skill goes, he has got everything.
“That fight would be a very difficult fight [for Crawford] because he has everything and when a guy is as talented, at the skill level of Boots Ennis, anything can happen. Don’t get me wrong, Bud has that skill level too, it is a great fight.”
Ennis has been vocal in his call-outs of Crawford, demanding that the arguable pound-for-pound king attempts to regain his old belt.
However, it seems that ‘Bud’ is less keen on the idea, favouring a move up to super-welterweight or a potential three-division jump to super-middleweight to face the legendary Canelo Alvarez for the undisputed 168lbs throne.
