IBF welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis’ vai de bet:move to Matchroom is already proving lucrative, ✤as Eddie Hearn and co. at today’s purse bid for his ordered title defense against Cody Crowley.

As champion, Ennis (31-0, 28 KO) will be the beneficiary of an 85/15 split, meaning he’ll bank $3.315 million. Crowley (22-0, 9 KO) will receive the remaining $585,000, . That’s assuming Crowley goes through with it at all, of course. He’s already turned down Ennis once before and has been incredibly unambitious since beating Kudratillo Abdudakhorov in 2021, beating faded vets Josesito Lopez and Abel Ramos in his two ring appearances. If he does sign the dotted line, Eddie Hearn he’ll stage the fight this July in Philadelphia for “Boots’” first homecoming since his 2018 knockout of Raymond Serrano. Not a bad way to bounce back from the longest layoff of his professional career.