Matchroom outbid for ordered Ennis defense. Team Ennis reportedly considering vacating to move to 154

[kafkod]

You can't even make this stuff up. Ring reports that Karen Chukadzian's promoter P2M won the purse bid for the ordered IBF title bout, beating out Hearn by around 500K. Ennis is still on the hook to face a mandatory after Crowley had to withdraw, and apparently may have to vacate the title without ever defending against a mandatory. So not only was Cheap Eddie unable to deliver a unification fight because they were about 500K off for Norman, they can't even keep the title for Ennis, who apparently is content to go back to being a contender and keep pretending to chase after Bud at 154. You think Ennis is happy about signing with Matchroom right about now, when they won't even outbid Karen Chukadzian's promoter?

You are reading this situation all wrong. First off .. Hearn has revealed that Norman was offered $1.75 million to fight Ennis, almost exactly the same amount that Boots would have received. If Norman was asking for 500k more than that, he was either deliberately pricing himself out, or he needs his head examining.


Secondly, Matchroom didn't lose that purse bid, they threw it. Think about it ... Boots has already beaten Chukadzian by wide UD. Nobody would be interested in paying to see him do it again. So why would Hearn be interested in picking up the tab for a fight that would certainly lose money, to defend a belt that Boots doesn't need any more?

[Joseph]

Poor Boots, destined to be a contender his entire career.

[The Big Dunn]

PBC got two title holders now in the same same division, yet they're not sending offers to Ennis. No media coverage, nothing.

How is it PBC’s fault in any way?

[The Big Dunn]

The promoter trying to make the unifications is the one being blamed when they don't happen, go figure. Meanwhile, PBC and TR sit in silence. You have Barrios and Stanionis on the same side, yet Barrios is supposedly waiting for an ancient Pacquiao....and who knows what the hell Stani will do next. TR is gonna have Norman milk his title while he waits for Teofimo to move up.

I thought they made TR an offer for Norman that got turned down. Maybe I am wrong .

I don’t think you can blame TR or PBC for this. Hearn didn’t bid enough. That is his shortcoming.

[kiaba360]

I thought they made TR an offer for Norman that got turned down. Maybe I am wrong .

I don’t think you can blame TR or PBC for this. Hearn didn’t bid enough. That is his shortcoming.

I'm not discussing MR losing the bid for Ennis/Chukhadzhian, but all the drama that led to Ennis/Chuk becoming a possibility. Whether MR won or lost the bid doesn't change the fact that I couldn't care less about this rematch. Instead of Ennis/Norman/Stanionis/Barrios, we're getting Ennis/Chuk, Norman/Cuevas, Stanionis/TBA, and Barrios/Pacquiao or TBA. Boxing is a mess because the obvious matchups don't happen. MR should throw that $1.75M purse at a 154lb contender and see if they bite: Bohachuk, Baraou, Butaev, Conwell, Madrimov, etc. Fortunately, not every fighter is spoiled and entitled.