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.