
BoxingScene’s Midweek Mailbag: How great is “Boots” Ennis, and more
In this week’s mailbag, we tackle your wide range of thoughts on Jaron “Boots” Ennis.
Deontay Wilder: record, next fight and profile →

In this week’s mailbag, we tackle your wide range of thoughts on Jaron “Boots” Ennis.

“I remember David Haye saying it to me 15 years ago, saying, ‘God, if he commits himself properly, he’ll be a world champion,’” said Jamie Moore.

Dave Allen’s late-career renaissance may be just one (big) step away from the sort of narrative climax that boxing traditionally does best.

Former WBC heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder says he has his eye on Francis Ngannou – and possibly another 10 years of professional prizefighting.

They say the last thing to go is a boxer’s punch. They also say, and have always said, that the one and only thing heavyweight Deontay Wilder has is his punch.

It’s uncertain what the next professional step is for former heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder, but it could be forward – into a fight with another famously heavy hitter.

Eric Raskin has almost no fond memories of the 2008 Olympics, and particularly of the US team. But Sadam Ali’s return is as good an excuse as any to give these guys another look.

Ngannou, an MMA champion, has lost in boxing to Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.

Even for those who doubted Tyson Fury’s hopes against Deontay Wilder, the prospect of their first fight intrigued. For one Londoner visiting Los Angeles, the event proved much more.

In this week’s mailbag, we tackle your thoughts on Jake Paul, his victory over Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr and his future in the cruiserweight division; the recently announced fight between welterweight titleholder Brian Norman Jnr and Devin Haney; whether Gilberto Ramirez’s status as a unified titleholder reflects poorly on the talent pool at 200lbs; and just how shot or not Deontay Wilder is