Jaron Ennis was in hot pursuit of a showdown with Terence Crawford before the latter hung up the gloves, and now Crawford’s trainer Brian McIntyre has responded after ‘Boots’ labelled his charge ‘easy work’.
Crawford boxed 42 different opponents over the course of his career, but none of them were able to figure out the puzzle and hand him a first career defeat. He walked away from the sport as a three-weight undisputed champion with his undefeated record intact.
During the latter years of his career, Ennis was one of few men that some fans believed could have gotten the better of the Omaha southpaw, having become a unified welterweight champion when Crawford moved on from the division.
‘Bud’ went on to defeat Israil Madrimov and Canelo Alvarez before announcing his decision to retire from boxing without facing ‘Boots’, who has since become the unified WBA & WBO super-welterweight world champion by halting Xander Zayas.
On the Million Dollaz Worth Of Game podcast, Ennis claimed that Crawford would be ‘easy work’ if he were to come back and face him.
However, speaking on The Last Stand Podcast with Brian Custer, trainer ‘BoMac’ declared that the Philadelphian ‘wouldn’t be able to touch Crawford’ and that he would be better served leaving him retired and trying to outperform him, rather than beat him.
“You know what? I’mma stick with my guy. I’mma go with my guy for the simple fact that, one thing about our team, we love challenges. If we put our minds to it and we set to it and that is what we want to do then we are going to go out and get the win, take on the challenge.
“With Bud, just look at his record, just look at what he has accomplished in the sport.”
“Boots is supposed to say that [he is easy work] because he is one of the guys at the top, but he can’t touch Bud. I’m sorry, I like him as a fighter, I like him as a person, him and his whole team over there but I’m just being really with it.
“His [Ennis’] best thing would be to let the man stay in retirement and ride off into the sunset, then you try to accomplish more than what he accomplished. That is the best thing that I can tell anybody, and him, and his team.”
Ennis is set to chase the undisputed crown at 154lbs, with a clash against IBF world champion Josh Kelly looking set to take place either in December or in early 2027.
