Eddie Hearn feels undisputed super middleweight champion Terence Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) needs Jaron Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs) to continue earning big money, as he wants Boots to face the best. 

Crawford’s win over Canelo made history, making him the first male to become a three-weight undisputed champion. Crawford has ruled out a fight with David Benavidez, while also stating that he will not move back down to 154. That rules out an Ennis fight, who makes debut at 154 against Uisma Lima in October. Meanwhile, Vergil Ortiz is open to facing Bud at 160, as Crawford’s next move is uncertain. Hearn feels the Ennis fight is the only one that offers Crawford big money.

“Terence Crawford is only going to want to fight for big money, and there are only certain fights that can generate that kind of money. Crawford against Jaron Ennis, for me, is the best fight in American boxing. But it needs to be a payday to get him interested because Crawford knows how good ‘Boots’ is. He knows that is a real fight. But for me, ‘Boots’ is the new Crawford. We’ve just got to go out and get the fights to go out and show how great he is,” Hearn said