After Crawford and Ennis traded words during the broadcast of Damian Knyba’s unanimous decision victory over Andy Ruiz on Friday, Hearn is still holding out hope that the fight can happen.

Hearn, who is the CEO of Matchroom Boxing and promotes Ennis, believes the superfight could come to fruition if the Philadelphia native becomes the undisputed 154-pound champion.

Ennis (36-0, 32 KOs) holds the WBA and WBO 154-pound titles.

“I've wanted this fight for so long,” Hearn told The Ring’s Louis Hart. “I rate Crawford so highly, but I'm just such a huge believer in Jaron Ennis. I think this is going to be the fight. It's going to be the biggest fight in boxing. Boots is probably going to fight Josh Kelly, and he's going to have to see if he can beat him. If he beats him, he'll fight [Sebastian] Fundora, and if he becomes undisputed I think the Crawford fight will happen. I think it's an unbelievable fight.”

Ennis, 29, is expected to face IBF 154-pound champion Josh Kelly next in a unification bout in later this year. Sebastian Fundora, the WBC 154-pound champion and The Ring’s No. 3 junior middleweight, will face mandatory challenger Ermal Hadribeaj (23-0-1, 8 KOs) on October 17 at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas on DAZN and TNT.

During his appearance on DAZN and TNT, Crawford asked Ennis, The Ring’s No. 1 junior middleweight and No. 9 fighter pound-for-pound, why he hasn’t faced Vergil Ortiz yet. Ennis responded by saying the fight will happen at some point, though, he’s unsure when it’ll come to fruition.

Later during the interview, host Adam Lefkoe asked Ennis whether he thinks Crawford is “easy work.” Ennis said yes, and that’s how he views any potential opponent. Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) responded by saying Ennis knows what would have happened if they fought and he’d hurt him similar to how Xander Zayas did in the third round of their fight.

Ennis dropped Zayas three times and stopped him in the seventh round to become a two-division unified champion on June 27.

Ennis gave his retort. He said Crawford got hurt “all the time.” Crawford, a five-division titleholder and three-division undisputed champion, responded with “step.”

Crawford said he’d credit Ennis if he can beat Fundora and Ortiz.

Crawford, who retired in December, said toward the end of the interview that he’s hoping that Ennis becomes the undisputed 154-pound champion soon and that he just wants to see him succeed.

Hearn believes that Crawford’s competitive drive could ultimately lead him to end his retirement. Crawford, 38, who has maintained that he has no plans to fight again, had his last fight a year ago when he beat Canelo Alvarez to become the undisputed super middleweight champion.

“Crawford's the ultimate competitor,” Hearn said. “His body is breaking down, and maybe he won't fight again. … I know he's looking at Boots up and down, and they're going back and forth, and he's thinking, 'I'll do you,' so we'll see.”