With the flexibility to take his new WBO and WBA junior-middleweight belts and either meet the IBF champion Josh Kelly, who’s promoted by Ennis’ promoter Eddie Hearn, or accept an early Sunday morning request from Premier Boxing Champions to discuss a unification with WBC champion Sebastian Fundora, Ennis no longer needs Ortiz like he did when he boarded a flight to Texas to call him out in November. Soon after that, Ortiz and De La Hoya became embroiled in a contract dispute that has stalled the fighter’s progress.
Jaron Ennis has message for Vergil Ortiz after punishing Xander Zayas
