Vergil Ortiz-Boots Ennis craters; no go for Riyadh Season mega event
The inside story of what happened and the subsequent call to unified titlist Sebastian Fundora about replacing Ennis in the bout
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There’s the old adage that if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. That appears to apply to the prospect of what most viewed as a can’t-miss fight between WBC interim junior middleweight titlist Vergil Ortiz Jr. and IBF welterweight titlist Jaron “Boots” Ennis.
The sides had agreed to the fight, which was supposed to be part a mega card Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh is putting together for a Riyadh Season event on Feb. 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. However, the fight cratered on Friday, leaving organizers looking for a new opponent to fight Ortiz, multiple sources told Fight Freaks Unite.
The Saudis reached out to WBC/WBO junior middleweight titleholder Sebastian Fundora’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, to gauge their interest in the bout. Lewkowicz told Fight Freaks Unite on Friday night
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