Terence Crawford hung up the gloves back in December but Eddie Hearn believes that the five-weight world champion will soon end that retirement.
Crawford last competed in September 2025 when he moved up to 168lbs and pulled off an incredible victory over Canelo Alvarez to become undisputed super-middleweight champion, before announcing his retirement three months later.
Crawford has been linked to bouts with various names since then but as of yet there are no signs that the 38-year-old will reverse his decision, but Matchroom promoter Hearn has told The Ring that he believes a possible fight with Jaron Ennis could soon change that.
“I’ve wanted this fight for so long. I rate Crawford so highly but I’m just such a huge believer in Jaron Ennis, and I think this will be the fight that will be the biggest fight in boxing.”
“Boots is probably going to fight Josh Kelly and has to see if he can beat him, if he beats him he’ll fight Fundora, and if he becomes undisputed I think the Crawford fight will happen.”
“I think it’s an unbelievable fight. Boots is a superstar, he’s paving his way. Crawford is the ultimate competitor, his body is breaking down and maybe he won’t fight again but at the same time he’s the ultimate competitor. I know he’s looking at Boots up and down and thinking ‘I’ll do you’, so we’ll see.”
Crawford and Ennis recently had a back and forth on the broadcast of the Andy Ruiz vs Damian Knyba fight on Friday, which has fuelled the recent speculation over a potential meeting.
After becoming unified world champion at welterweight, Ennis stepped up to 154lbs and won the WBA and WBO titles back in June with a seventh round TKO win over Xander Zayas.
As Hearn mentioned, a clash with IBF champion Josh Kelly appears to be next, before a possible meeting with WBC champion Sebastian Fundora, and only time will tell whether a victory there would be enough to tempt ‘Bud’ out of retirement.
