
Jaron “Boots” Ennis vacates IBF welterweight title
The IBF welterweight title is up for grabs again.
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The IBF welterweight title is up for grabs again.

With six months to go, Eric Raskin looks at the candidates, caveats and contingencies in this year's Fighter of the Year race.

With unified welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis moved on to the junior-middleweight division and Teofimo Lopez Jnr withdrawing from negotiations, Devin Haney and his manager-trainer father, Bill Haney, are now targeting WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jnr.
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Stephen “Breadman” Edwards, at the end of a week in which Brian Norman Jnr recorded an eye-catching knockout and Jaron "Boots" Ennis announced his move to 154lbs, answers your questions and assesses your assertions in his latest mailbag

"BoxingScene Today" analyst Chris Algieri would liked to have seen Jaron Ennis unify at 147, but he also is excited to see the best version of "Boots" – at junior middleweight.

The welterweight division is once again officially up for grabs.

Norman will defend his WBO welterweight belt in Japan on June 19 against Jin Sasaki but also continues to be asked about unified titleholder Jaron "Boots" Ennis.

The 27-year-old will be presented with a Briscoe Award by Philly Boxing History – run by John DiSanto – as the Philadelphia Fighter of the Year for 2024, with other Philly luminaries including Tim Witherspoon, Nate Miller and Ivan Robinson set to attend.

Jaron “Boots” Ennis is considering a move up to junior middleweight, despite a lucrative offer to face Teofimo Lopez.