Everyone seems to want a piece of San Antonio-based welterweight and former 140-pound WBA World Champ Mario "El Azteca" Barrios since his upset of former welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas back in September. The 28-year-old San Antonian was long linked to a fight in Saudi Arabia with 140-pound world champion Devin Haney, who had his heart set on moving up to 147. The fight has not materialized, and with Haney having signed to fight Ryan Garcia on April 20th, the other major fight rumor involving the San Antonian may happen. According to Derek "Bozy" Ennis, the father and head trainer of IBF welterweight champion Jaron Ennis, the fight between his son and Barrios looks like a go. Ennis's name has been in the news lately, after being awarded the IBF welterweight belt, he sued his promoter, "NOW Boxing Promotions." The elder Ennis alleges the promoter is "essentially holding Ennis hostage" and is seeking at least $ 1 million in damages. Enis, who was awarded the IBF welterweight title after it was stripped off of Terence Crawford in late 2023. Crawford won the strap from long-reigning champ Errol Spence of DeSoto in July. That belt could very well find its way back to Texas and around the waist of Barrios, who held the WBA 140-pound world tile from 2019 to 2021 and vacated that belt to move up to 147 pounds. Barrios will look to jin current WBO/IBF Flyweight champ Bam Rodriguez as the only two Alamo City natives to capture titles in multiple weight classes
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