Is Boots Ennis ducking Vergil Ortiz?

By Scott Shaffer

30/11/2024

Is Boots Ennis ducking Vergil Ortiz?

Junior middleweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jr. responds to reports that IBF welterweight champion Jaron "Boots" Ennis turned down an offer to move up to 154 pounds and fight Ortiz: "I’ve always said I’ll fight anybody and I remained true to my word. Every single person that I have been offered to fight I said yes. It takes two to tango in boxing, so if I’m not in that ring fighting someone, know it’s not my fault! Time for some of you guys to stop saying I’m ducking and don’t wanna fight because that’s not the case this time and never was. 100 percent!"