Top trainer Robert Garcia is backing Sebastian Fundora to hand Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis his first professional loss. Garcia believes Fundora’s freakish size and relentless pressure are all wrong for the new unified champ, especially after Ennis showed he can be hurt.
The warning shot comes just as Ennis sits on top of the 154-pound division. But Garcia sees a fatal flaw in the matchup. He believes the 6-foot-6 Fundora possesses a unique style that Ennis simply cannot handle. It is not about skill, but about sheer, suffocating pressure. Garcia outlined the specific blueprint needed to beat the towering champion. “I think the only thing that could stop Fundora is a pressure fighter that is not going to give up and he’s going to keep coming, working the body and kind of bullying Fundora into a fight,” he said. In his eyes, Ennis is the wrong man for that job.
Ennis is a slick boxer. Not a brawler.
Garcia doesn’t see the new unified champion engaging in the type of grueling, phone-booth war required to break Fundora down. “Boots could also fight smart. He’s got good footwork and good speed, so I don’t think Boots is the type of brawler that’s going to push Fundora back.” This tactical assessment is now paired with a new, crucial piece of evidence: the fact that Ennis got rocked in his title-winning fight against Xander Zayas. That flash of vulnerability changed everything for rival camps. The aura of invincibility is gone.
That single moment of weakness has completely altered the odds for a potential superfight. “After we all seen that Boots does get hurt, I think everybody could feel the same way about Fundora versus Boots,” Garcia admitted. The stakes are now enormous for Ennis. Talks are reportedly underway for a three-belt unification clash with Fundora. But Garcia’s own fighter, knockout artist Virgil Ortiz Jr., is also demanding his shot. The decision rests entirely with Boots, and it’s a dangerous one. Garcia laid out the choice bluntly: “It’s going to be up to Boots. Does he want to fight Fundora or does he want to fight Virgil?” One path leads to more belts, the other to a grudge match. Both risk that perfect record.
