“I never expected Xander to take the fight, if I’m honest,” Hearn added. “Because he’s a unified world champion. Boots is not a champion. I think he [Boots]’s the best fighter in the division. But Xander’s got some balls on him. And Xander’s a competitor and Xander wants to be in the biggest fights. So, massive credit and respect to him. And when the Ortiz fight fell apart, Sean Palmer, who works with us, he was dealing with Top Rank and he said, ‘Yeah, I think we’ve got a good chance of making the Xander fight.’
Jaron Ennis will ‘announce himself to the world against Xander Zayas’
