Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn insists that DAZN executives expect a fight between junior middleweight juggernauts Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Jaron Ennis to materialize in February.

Not so fast, says Ortiz.

“It's kind of funny to me. He's not my manager. He's not my promoter. How are you going to tell me who I'm going to fight next, and when?” Ortiz told The Ring.

“You are not on my team. I have other fights as well. If you wanted to fight, you could have made it when we sent the offer last year. ... It just doesn't make any sense. It's just another plot and tactic. But the fight is going to happen. I am 100 percent sure the fight is going to happen, and hopefully soon, but it's not going to happen because they want it to happen.”

A bout between Ortiz (23-0, 21 KOs) and Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs) has been brewing since late last year. A deal appeared to have been reached for a fight on February 22 in Saudi Arabia until it was revealed that the bout would be at 147 pounds.

The development was a dumbfounding one for Ortiz, who hasn’t competed as a welterweight in more than three years and started campaigning at 154 pounds after a threatening illnesses from trying to make weight.

Both fighters moved on from the brief melodrama, and Ortiz wound up beating former world champion Israil Madrimov on the date originally saved for Ennis, who opted to remain at 147 pounds and stopped Eimantas Stanionis inside six rounds in April to become The Ring, WBA and IBF champion.

Ennis has since officially made the move to 154 pounds and is scheduled to face Uisma Lima on Oct. 11 during his division debut, while Ortiz will square off against Erickson Lubin on Nov. 8.

Hearn recently shared his side of the story in regard to where a fight stands between Ennis and Ortiz.

“There’s a lot of reporting about the Ortiz fight,” Hearn told The Ring. “This is the situation with the Ortiz fight — myself, Oscar De La Hoya, Golden Boy, DAZN, we sat in a room and we hashed out the framework of a deal that we believe could work between us.

"A very straightforward deal for, what I believe, is one of the best fights in boxing. We went away, and Boots signed the terms [for his multiyear Matchroom extension] on the basis of that framework. In his new extension with us, his next fight is supposed to be the Ortiz fight. And he is done, signed and committed for that fight.

“I came out and I said that, and some people reported that the Boots fight [with Ortiz] is signed. It’s not, because I don’t know where Golden Boy and Vergil Ortiz are up to. Now, when you speak to [Ortiz manager] Rick Mirigian, he says, ‘Well, we have no contract.’

“The plan in that room was always Boots is fighting October 11, Vergil Ortiz is fighting November 8, and then they fight each other. Done. And that’s what we’re expecting and hoping to happen. And, for me, that is one of the best fights in the sport.”

Mirigian told The Ring that he's waiting on Hearn for the offer.

"There is no offer from Eddie Hearn for February. I've asked both Matchroom and Golden Boy for a copy of the offer and one does not exist. There is no deal in place. Not a single number was sent to me or Golden Boy. Even if they do send an offer for February, how could it rival or top the offers that Turki Alalshikh has recently made for this fight, or even come close?

"These generational wealth deals won't be here forever and will most likely be gone at some point. This is prizefighting, and that's where I'm left speechless. So at some point, enough is enough. The truth must be told. Vergil has said 'yes' to the fight multiple times in response to their callouts."