The bout was scheduled for July 13th in Philadelphia
Jaron Ennis vs Cody Crowley is off yet again, though with good reason this time. Mike Coppinger reports that Crowley has failed his pre-fight eye exam and been pulled from the bout just over a month from fight night.
No word yet as to whether the card, which promoters just filled out yesterday, will go forward with a replacement opponent. Considering how much of a push Matchroom has given Ennis (31-0, 28 KO) and how central he is to the marketing as a Philadelphia native, I can’t imagine them just cutting bait.
Finding that opponent may be easier said than done, though. Even with a belt around his waist, Ennis is the last target on most welterweights’ minds, much less on short notice. That said, Crowley was set to earn nearly $600,000, so Matchroom does have the budget to make an enticing offer.
The best outcome would be someone in-house like Souleymane Cissokho or Shakhram Giyasov, but I wouldn’t get my hopes up.
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