Bob Santos believes Mario Barrios is prepared for Jaron “Boots” Ennis.
Barrios, 28, impressed in his final combat by outpointing Yordenis Ugas at Las Vegas’ T-Cell Area in September.
The 26-year-old Ennis was quickly afterwards elevated to the standing of IBF welterweight champion after the organisation stripped Terence Crawford.
“Boots is an incredible fighter,” Santos, Barrios’ coach, instructed ProBox TV. “We see that he can do every part. Sadly for him, when you find yourself younger and that gifted a whole lot of guys [will say] ‘Who have you ever fought?’
“He passes the eyeball take a look at, there is no such thing as a two methods about that. Undoubtedly suppose he’s going to be a future star, and he simply wants the chance to be in with an enormous title like a Mario Barrios or a Terence Crawford. He wants a type of names on his résumé to go to the following degree.
“We all know it might be a troublesome job at hand, however, hey, that’s why they make the fights – and clearly you come to win and are available combat night time you see what occurs. Plenty of occasions you have a look at fights like Zab Judah. He was the inheritor obvious. He was every part. He fights Kostya Tszyu. Kostya Tszyu had a loss to Vince Phillips, and it’s an after-mentioned thought. Then it doesn’t end up that approach.
“That’s the reason you make the combat and we will likely be ready for that [if that fight happens].”
Santos additionally mirrored on Barrios’ win over Ugas.
“Clearly, the load is an enormous a part of it,” he continued. “Having the ability to be at 147, as a result of he has an enormous, tall body. So, he’s far more comfy at that weight class, however we knew heading into that combat regardless that he’s solely 28 years previous, on reflection, his profession was on the road. We would have liked an enormous efficiency – he wanted that efficiency, so he wouldn’t be a gatekeeper.
“To ascend himself to that subsequent degree. He did it and received the job achieved, and also you have a look at the place he’s in now and among the names you hear now on the web [Conor] Benn or [Jaron] ‘Boots’ Ennis…so clearly he put himself in an incredible place.”
