Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn awaits an answer. His fighter, Jaron “Boots” Ennis, has done his part. Now Golden Boy, which promotes Vergil Ortiz Jr., must do its homework, it seems. The back-and-forth in the Boots-Ortiz saga has kept everyone on edge. What once sounded like ‘it will happen’ has now shifted to ‘it should happen.’ The uncertainty, however, hasn’t stopped many from speculating about the fight.

Frank Martin was among a bevy of fighters and celebrities who gathered in Fort Worth for the Golden Boy event that ended with a tense Vergil Ortiz Jr. – Jaron Ennis face-off. The drama presumably gave Martin an opportunity to assess the duo’s potential matchup. So when he was asked to share his thoughts, the lightweight fighter didn’t hesitate to voice some of his worst fears.

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