Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Ryan Garcia could be on a collision trajectory for a major Welter weight fight in 2025.
On Tuesday, WBA officially raised its world champion, Ennis – which also has the title of IBF – to the status of “super” champion and mandated it to defend its crown against candidate n ° 1 Shakhram Giyasov. According to WBA rules, Ennis has until August 10 to respect his compulsory commitment against the undefeated Giyasov. The “super” designation is given to a boxer who won the WBA title but also organizing championships for other sanction organizations (IBF, WBO, WBC) in the same division.
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In addition, the sanction organization has confirmed the Ryan Garcia match against Rolando Romero who, the titles of the May 2 show in the emblematic Times Square, will be for the secondary WBA title, the “regular” championship of Welters weights.
The winner of Ennis against Giyasov will receive the order to meet the Garcia against Romero Victor in a fight of consolidation of the title thereafter.
Ennis (34-0, 30 KB) beat Eimantas Stanionis earlier this month To unify the WBA and IBF titles after Stanionis retired on his stool at the end of Tour 6. Giyasov (17-0, 10 Kos) eliminated Franco Maximiliano Ocampo on the Ennionis Undercard to keep his compulsory position.
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Now, Ennis and Giyasov, who are both promoted by the boxing of Eddie Hearn, have been mandated to compete. Ennis will eventually have a compulsory deadline for the IBF, after the outcome of the Revenge Lewis Crocker match against Paddy Donovan, which is targeted for the back of the summer.
Turki Alashikh plans that Garcia (24-1, 20 KB) and Devin Haney are getting closer in October, if they are both victorious in May against Romero (16-2, 13 KB) and Jose Ramirez (29-2, 18 KB), respectively.
Neither Garcia nor Haney have not fought since their April 2024 fight, which means that the two will end the 5 -year layoffs on May 2.
Garcia dropped Haney three times on the way to a majority decision victory in this fight, but the match was then declared without competition after Garcia was tested positive for the prohibited substance ostarine in a medication test before the fight against the voluntary anti -doping.
