During last night’s post-fight interview following Boots’ fifth-round stoppage of David Avanesyan, promoter Eddie Hearn expressed his belief that His Excellency will organize the Crawford versus Boots fight. Additionally, Hearn mentioned that Canelo Alvarez will not be facing Crawford.
Hearn emphasized that he doubts Crawford, who will turn 37 on September 28, will defeat Israil Madrimov on August 3rd.
Crawford faces the unbeaten 'Little GGG' Madrimov in 20 days on August 3rd at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. After this fight, he'll need to decide whether he wants to take on the young phenom Boots Ennis coming off a potential loss.
Fans on social media believe Crawford will do everything within his powers to avoid Boots Ennis like the plague, choosing to fight other opponents if he can’t get that goldmine fight against Canelo Alvarez that he’s hoping to get before heading off into the sunset to enjoy his mega-millions in his beautiful mansion in Nebraska.
The body punching and the left hook counter that Boots Ennis throws would be a nightmare for Crawford, and he might not last long against that kind of attack, especially with him fighting so seldom in the last four years.
In the fifth round, Boots Ennis dropped Avanesyan with a beautiful left hook counter to the head, putting him on the canvas like a rocket-assisted shell had hit him. Avanesyan never saw the punch coming, but he wouldn’t have stayed on his feet with that kind of monstrous shot even if he had.
Boots had just landed a right to the body seconds before that, and Avanesyan absorbed that crunching shot and then scuppered by the left-hook counter.
Ennis might be too young, strong, and resilient for Crawford at this stage.
The main question is whether Crawford will accept the fight with Boots, considering he could end up in a similar situation as the 35-year-old Avanesyan did. Avanesyan, just a year younger than Crawford, lacked the youth to compete effectively with Boots.
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