EXCLUSIVE: Boots Ennis: “It Felt Like Another Day, Another Dollar” | The Legacy Tour Begins

Fresh off becoming a two-division world champion, Jaron “Boots” Ennis sits down with Andre Ward and Roy Jones Jr. on HALL OF GAME to break down his seventh-round stoppage of Xander Zayas and the moment in Round 3 that had the whole arena buzzing. Boots explains why a title-winning night still felt like “another day, another dollar,” how he read Zayas’ defense to set up the Round 5 knockdown, and why he makes every opponent fight his fight.

The conversation gets into the debate that’s had boxing talking all week: did Zayas quit, or did the fight get beat out of him? Roy and Boots go back and forth on what “giving in” really means, and Boots gives the champ his respect either way. Then it’s on to the future, the Vergil Ortiz fight that fell apart, the road to undisputed, and why Boots is calling this run his Legacy Tour.

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00:00 Introing the two-division champ: How Boots is feeling
03:09 The Round 3 scare: “I was well aware of everything”
05:54 Setting up the Round 5 knockdown
07:11 Should the fight have been stopped?
14:51 Zayas was a real top guy
15:47 Fighting elite vs. good: the chess game
21:26 What Bozy Ennis said between rounds
22:17 The division, Vergil Ortiz & the road to undisputed
25:05 Legacy vs. the money
25:44 Did Zayas quit? The Roy & Boots debate
31:43 The beard rule & Zayas’ mind games

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