Because PBC is grooming Ennis as its next welterweight star. He is a good fighter with an excellent record of 29-0-27 but I feel like PBC is babying him. Unlike Butaev and Stanionis who only got 14 and 15 fights only but they already held the WBA regular belt and fought each other too. Vergil and Spence used to be friends as both came from Texas but there was a time that they had beef a few years ago but was settled later on. There were also talks about Vergil Ortiz and Bud Crawford before but it didn't materialize. I believe these 4 young stars will beat Thurman and maybe Crawford and Spence too after a year or two. That's why Bud and Spence should really fight this year and then they can move up in weight in order to fight the other big names.
Thanks for this info mate, seems to me that you are one of the walking vocabularies in boxing on this forum .
I also think that Top Rank also has be blamed for why Crawford has not faced other big names in the welterweight division as for me they are babying him and not rushing him to fight the likes of Spence or Thurman but on the other hand, it might also have some advantages as hyping fighters will make more money in the end.
I don't know but I think it was my first year or second year of high school when boxing became my favorite sport. Probably influenced when I joined gangs during that time.
As for my observation thru the years. I don't think Bob Arum or Terrence Crawford himself are scared or staying away from the other popular welterweights. I read and saw a lot of videos wherein Bud and Arum were trying to fight the PBC boys namely; Spence, Thurman, Danny Garcia, and Porter. It should be Al Haymon of PBC that is not willing to risk his underdog fighters to Bud. Ever since the creation of PBC, I cannot remember them risking a big name to a favorite fighter from another network. The Fury-Wilder happened because Wilder was favored to win over fat and recently returning Fury. Porter already had 3 losses when PBC allowed him to fight Bud, probably as a measuring stick for their main guy Spence. But these are common in boxing though those promoters will look for fights against other promoters' superstars when their fighters are favorites to win.