'TIS THE DUCK SEASON?

Unbeaten welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis backpedals from verbally agreed deal for him to move up to 154 pounds and fight unbeaten WBC interim junior-middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. Feb. 22 in Saudi Arabia. Is Boots ready for 154 and who will step up to fight Ortiz? When is enough.. enough? When do fighters know they’re done? A Depp look at when it is time to hang em up. Is former two-division champion Oscar Valdez near the end after a 12-year career that has featured more than 220 rounds and many wars as he heads to Saturday’s WBO 130-pound title fight against Mexico countryman Emanuel Navarrete in Phoenix? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices