Arum is looking for a big fight for Teofimo

Promoter Bob Arum says he hasn’t given up on trying to set up a fight between Teofimo Lopez and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis for early 2025. He wants to stage the fight between Lopez and IBF welterweight champion Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs ). ) at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The fight Arum wants

If Ennis-Lopez goes through, Arum will have to make a big offer to encourage Boots and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, to accept it. Philadelphia is still focused on fighting a unification against one of the champions with 147.

It must be a nightmare for Hearn, who earlier this year signed Ennis to a multi-fight contract in April. He has twice fought David Avanesyan and Karen Chukhadzhian in low-level contests that did not generate much interest.

Boots turned down a move up to 154 to challenge WBC Interim Champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. on Feb. 22 and is reportedly not interested in fighting Teofimo either, even though he would make a lot of money.

“We’re still pursuing that fight. We’d like to make that fight happen. People are talking to people in Ennis. We want to make as big a fight as possible for Teofimo after the year starts,” said Bob Arum Fight Hub TVabout wanting to arrange a fight between Teofimo Lopez and IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis for early 2025.

“If it’s Ennis, the best place for this fight is Madison Square Garden. He’s so good they don’t want to fight him (Teofimo). We offered Haney the fight, and Haney didn’t want it. We’re going to find a great fight for Teofimo. He has great talent and a great personality, and will do well at the box office and on PPV.

“We are all ready. It depends on the opponent and their people. I’m here in Saudi Arabia, so I’m not working there, but the guys at home, Morrett and Jeremy, are working there every day. I like Telofimo because he’s a great talent, but it’s definitely a fight with close betting odds that will create a lot of interest,” Arum said of a matchup between Boots Ennis and Ortiz.

If Arum can’t make the Ennis-Ortiz fight, he’ll have to consider options for Teofimo because. He hasn’t had an interesting match since his 2020 bout against Vasily Lomachenko on the 20th

“Maybe Haney, but he doesn’t seem like he has a lot of interest in the fight, Haney,” Arum said when asked what the biggest fight is out there for Teofimo. “We’ll see when we come back. We’ll all meet and see who’s the best guy available, and that’s who we’re going to fight,” Arum said.