Boots Could KO’d Madrimov Says Trainer Derek Ennis

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ father/trainer, Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis, says Boots would have knocked out WBA junior middleweight champion Israel Madrimov if he had fought him on August 3 instead of Terence Crawford.

Bozy says ‘Boots’ Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) should have fought Madrimov (10-1-1, 7 KOs) instead of boxing Crawford, 36, (41-0, 31 KOs ). He says that Crawford may have been worried about Madrimov’s punching power, and then he punched him, which made it difficult for the judges to judge the fight.

They had to decide if they were going to give Madrimov rounds based on the powerful right hand shots that were sitting or focusing on Crawford’s jabs.

It depended on what type of boxing the judges liked, unfortunately as they admitted, Crawford’s victory was a moot point in the eyes of the boxing community.

“The reason why they said that is because they heard what I said. If Bhuti had been fighting [Israil] Madrimov, Boots would have stopped him,” Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis told YSM Sports Media about his belief that his son, Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, would have knocked out WBA junior middleweight champion Israel Madrimov on August 3 instead of entering the -12. round distance as Terence Crawford had.

Crawford Method of Monitoring

At Crawford’s age, he is too old to go to a fight with a puncher like Madrimov, especially since he is out of action for 13 months and only fights once a year starting in 2020. Madrimov.

Some fighters and trainers believe that Crawford would have knocked out Madrimov if he had fought harder, but that may not be true. Crawford was lighting up Madrimor with right hands when he dropped his hands in the 12th round.

Those shots that Madrimov hit Crawford with would have taken out many fights, and he wouldn’t have been able to take them if he had tried to punch in the first round, as pro-Crawford fans believe. Bozy Ennis is one of them.

He thinks Crawford would have taken out Madrimov if he would have fired. If he had been Crawford’s coach, he would have pushed that path, which may have set him back.

Bozy’s problem as a coach is that he focuses too much on attacking, which causes his players to suffer a lot. We saw that in Andy Cruz’s heavyweight fight against Antonio Moran on August 3. Bozy kept pushing Cruz to match it with Moran, and he got hurt early on. Cruz may have been eliminated if this was a better player than Moran.

“He is all of those things [Madrimov] he did it. You are a good fighter but Boot will fight you,” said Bozy. “He will box you, but he will also fight you. Terence knew this guy was a puncher. I think he didn’t want to take chances,” said Bozy about Crawford playing it safe on Madrimov.

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

If Bozy thinks Boots is going to knock out Madrimov, he should push him to move up to 154 to show the fans that he’s playing for his career by staying at 14, fighting an unlikely team. Actions speak louder than words, and the fact that Bozy is not talking about wanting Boots to move up to 154 indicates that he is worried about his ability to swim with sharks in that category.

If Bozy thought Ennis could handle talented fighters at 154 like Madrimov, he wouldn’t waste time fighting a ridiculous rematch against Karen Chukhadzhian in December in Philadelphia. Karen is the next opponent of Boot Ennis with 147.

Bots choosing to stay at 147 to try to achieve his goal of becoming the undisputed champion shows fear in the eyes of the fans because the holders of the belts are a weak group.