Eddie Hearn believes Xander Zayas may be taking the same kind of risk a young Saul Alvarez took when he fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. early in his career against Jaron Ennis.
“This to me feels a bit like Mayweather-Canelo in a point of a young generational great who’s rolling the dice probably a little bit too early,” said Hearn to Tell Us About That Boxing channel.
“But that’s what made Canelo great is the fact that he took that kind of fight and had the balls to do it. So you have to respect Zayas and the fact that he’s willing to do it.
“Yes. Yes. Like, but you should have that confidence. Normally, the team around you would say, ‘whoa, whoa, whoa. Boots can come later. This kid is a superstar, right? He’s just unified the division. He’s a good-looking kid. He speaks well. He’s a great fighter.
“We all moan, don’t we? ‘How are you going to get Boots a big fight?’ And I’m sitting there after the Ortiz stuff going who? And this kid steps up, and that’s why I respect him so much,” said Hearn.
Hearn also said Ennis believes there are still levels fans have not seen yet and expects the fight to bring out another side of him offensively.
“I mean, like he’s telling me I’m going to take this kid to pieces on June 27th,” said Hearn.
“And I’m telling you as well there are so many more levels to Jaron Ennis that you guys haven’t even seen yet. You need a great fighter to bring it out of you.
“Stanionis brought that out a little bit because I thought that was an incredible performance. That was number one vs. number two. That was supposed to be a real tough fight. It was an absolute one-sided beatdown,” said Hearn.
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