Turki Al-Sheikh revealed tonight for a mini-tournament involving Jaron 'Boots' Ennis against Teofimo Lopez on the Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney 2 card in October in Riyadh. The winners of these two fights will face each other in February and the losers will meet on the same card.

Turkish tournament

Turki said he still needs to talk to Matchroom, Golden Boy Promotions and PBC to let them know his plans to use the fighters.

It will be difficult for Teofimo Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) to move up to 147 pounds against what many fans believe is the king of the welterweight division, IBF champion Jaron Ennis.

Once the smoke clears, we'll see this potential fight in February.

• Jaron Ennis vs. Ryan Garcia – *Winners bracket
• Devin Haney vs. Teofimo Lopez – Consolation loss

Lopez's punching power gives him an excellent chance of defeating Haney. At 147, Ennis will likely be too big, too strong and too experienced for Ryan.

Of course, Teofimo wants to fight Ennis because it gives him a big payday and a chance to prove himself against an elite-level fighter. As long as Teo competes in a losing effort, his stock will rise as he's now stalled at 140, mired in a dead division, and fighting no-name opposition.

When you look at the matchups, this is an ideal situation for IBF welterweight champion Boots Ennis as he has a great chance to be the last man standing. He will be a heavy favorite to beat Teofimo in October and then beat the winner of Garcia vs. Haney 2. Ennis will have the size and experience advantage at 147 against any of the fighters in Turkey's proposed mini-tournament.

Ryan is fighting Isaac 'Pitbull' Cruz in May and Haney is fighting Jose Ramirez on the same card in New York's Times Square. None of these fights are gimmes for Ryan and Haney, but it doesn't seem to matter if they lose. The Turk isn't saying anything about Cruz or Ramirez getting a chance to fight on the October card, but you have to believe he'll use them at one of his events next.

Turkey's vision

It's easy…fight in May then big rematch in October and on the same card we'll try TK Boots then winner against winner and loser against loser in February…need to discuss with our partners Top and Matchroom and Goldenboy and Goldenboy PBC 🥊🔥

— Turki Alalsikh (@turki_lalsikh) January 18, 2025