Boxing

Brian Norman vs. Jaron Ennis unification plans shelved after messy public discourse

Brian Norman Jr. Poses with referee Tony Weeks after defeating Quinton Randall in a welterweight bout on November 16, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The risk vs. reward battle of their proposed IBF, WBO welterweight world title unification bout meant this was always an unlikely possibility given one boxer is aligned with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom stable, the other steadily built by ESPN and Bob Arum’s Top Rank machine – leverage, high asking prices, back-and-forth versions of transparency playing out in public is never a positive sign. Continue reading “Brian Norman vs. Jaron Ennis unification plans shelved after messy public discourse”