Turki Al-Sheikh revealed his plans tonight for Teofimo Lopez to battle IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis on the Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney 2 card in October. The winners will meet within the last in February in Riyadh. The losers of the Ennis-Lopez and Garcia-Haney 2 fights will meet on the identical card in February.
Al-Sheikh needs to debate his thought with Matchroom, High Rank, and PBC earlier than continuing. Ennis is perhaps a stumbling block if he delays, as he needs to battle a unification in opposition to one of many different champions to additional his objective of turning into undisputed at 147.
Boots In?
If Boots follows Turki’s mini-tournament plan, he’ll delay his progress towards the undisputed chase for a yr. He will be unable to proceed working towards that objective if he defeats Teofimo in October and meets the Haney-Garcia 2 winner in February 2026. Boots would have delay engaged on his undisputed championship till mid-2026. He’d nonetheless be younger, and he may accomplish it, however he must wait just a little longer.
Predictably, Haney may very well be troublesome to take care of if he decides he doesn’t like the concept of a losers bracket state of affairs for February 2026. If Devin will get crushed by Ryan in October, which many followers count on, he won’t be considering preventing on the Ennis-Garcia undercard in early 2026 and sure dealing with Teofimo. Turki may persuade Haney and his dad, Invoice, to associate with this plan if it pays.
Assuming Ennis goes together with Turki’s plans and there aren’t any points with the three promotional corporations, High Rank, Matchroom, and PBC, followers will see two enormous playing cards in October and February. That is an addition to Turki’s Could occasion at Occasions Sq. in New York. In that occasion, Ryan Garcia faces Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz, and Haney fights former WBC and WBO 140-lb champion Jose Ramirez.
it’s simple…battle in could then the large rematch in october and in the identical card we’ll attempt Teo in opposition to BOOTS then the winner in opposition to the winner and loser in opposition to loser in February…want to debate with our companions high rank and matchroom and goldenboy and PBC 🥊🔥
— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) January 18, 2025
