Hall of Famer Tim Bradley has called for Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to face Canelo Alvarez.
Canelo reclaimed his WBC world title last month, dethroning Christian Mbilli with a unanimous decision victory in his first outing since losing to Crawford.
While suffering a convincing points defeat, Alvarez also lost his undisputed super-middleweight crown to ‘Bud’, who would announce his retirement just a few months after their encounter in September 2025.
Yet despite Crawford’s decision to hang up the gloves, Canelo remains determined to secure a rematch with the American in 2027.
For Bradley, though, the Mexican would be wiser to target a showdown with Ennis, who became a two-division unified champion by dethroning Xander Zayas with a seventh-round stoppage in June.
In doing so, he claimed the WBO and WBA super-welterweight titles and is now gunning for the undisputed crown, with champions Sebastian Fundora and Josh Kelly standing in his way of such glory.
While speaking on his YouTube channel, however, Bradley urged Ennis to follow Crawford’s lead by moving up two weight classes and dethroning Alvarez, thereby proving he belongs ‘at the same table’ as his rival.
“Imma tell ‘Boots’ this: ‘Boots’, fight Canelo. Fight Canelo before he goes.
“Canelo, you want that [Crawford rematch]? Go ahead and beat up on ‘Boots’. Get ‘Boots’ into the ring.
“Once ‘Boots’ handles that, ‘Boots’ can come to the table and be like: ‘I’m like Floyd Mayweather and I’m like Terence Crawford. I beat Canelo Alvarez. I can sit at the table with y’all.’”
As Bradley highlights, the potential super-middleweight fight perhaps makes more sense for Ennis than it does Alvarez, who may be reluctant to face the unbeaten 29-year-old.
