IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs) had too much for previously unbeaten WBA champ Eimantas Stanionis (15-1, 9 KOs), defeating him by a sixth round TKO in a two-belt unification on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City in New Jersey.
Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis still insists that he didn’t duck a big-money fight offered to him against Vergil Ortiz Jr. for a smaller one against Eimantas Stanionis.
Eddie Hearn predicts IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis will be stronger on Saturday night because he won’t have to worry about the IBF’s morning secondary weigh-in for his unification fight against WBA champ Eimantas Stanionis at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, live on DAZN
Hearn notes that Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) is a “huge welterweight”, and with him not having to worry about measuring his food and liquid intact before tomorrow’s morning weight check, he’ll be stronger than he was before.
A thin-looking IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and WBA champ Eimantas Stanionis both weighed in successfully at Friday’s weigh-in for their 12-round headliner for their event that starts at 8:00 p.m.
Commentator Sergio Mora says it was a “bad look” for Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to turn down a fight against WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr.
Raymond Ford says he thinks featherweight Bruce Carrington is “soft”, and he doesn’t like that he’s been talking about him in interviews.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman claims that Dmitry Bivol rejected an $8M offer to defend against his mandatory David Benavidez. Instead, Bivol jettisoned his WBC title instead of facing Benavidez to pursue a trilogy match with Artur Beterbiev.
WBA welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis says he’s going to attack IBF champ Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis with body shots in their unification fight this Saturday, April 12th, on DAZN at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City in New Jersey.
WBA welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis says he plans on doing a little bit more than IBF champ Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to beat him this Saturday, April 12th, in their unification fight, live on DAZN from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City in New Jersey.
David Benavidez is the new WBC light heavyweight king after Dmitry Bivol gave up the belt to chase a money fight against former undisputed 175-lb champion Artur Beterbiev next.