By: Sean Crose
IBF welterweight kingpin Jaron “Boots” Ennis defended his crown Saturday night time in a rematch towards Karen Chukhadzhian, who he had beforehand defeated. Though Ennis was clearly the favourite strolling in, Chukhadzhian was his obligatory opponent. Due to this fact, Ennis took on the Ukrainian contender in his hometown of Philadelphia. Being a defending champion has it’s benefits, in spite of everything. Whereas he finally earned a choice victory, Ennis discovered himself engaged in a battle of wills towards his decided opponent all through the bout.
Chukhadzhian opened nicely, shifting concerning the ring successfully in an ungainly vogue whereas touchdown at instances on the defending champion. Not that Ennis was being dominated. On the contrary. In fact the defending titlist was shifting about and firing nicely himself. He was merely in an actual combat for the primary 4 rounds of the bout. Ennis, nonetheless, chopped his man down like a tree within the fifth. Chukhadzhian acquired to his toes and Ennis moved in for the kill. To his credit score, the challenger was in a position to survive the spherical. By the sixth, Chukhadzhian was again in motion.
The fighters continued to sock away at one another because the combat labored its manner previous the midpoint. Every man landed clear sufficient to let even probably the most informal viewer know that he possessed an unbelievable chin. Within the tenth, referee Harvey Dock took a degree from Chukhadzhian for extreme holding. Credit score needed to be given to each guys within the twelfth and remaining spherical, for these had been two professionals who had been actually giving all of it within the ring in a excessive octane, at instances sloppy, completely entertaining bout. Suffice to say, the combatants threw heavy leather-based till the ultimate bell. Ennis ended up getting the judges’ unanimous determination by scores of 119-107, 117-109, 116-110.
Earlier within the night WBC tremendous flyweight titlist Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez stalked then battered an outclassed Pedro Guevara, who he stopped within the third. What was spectacular about Rodriguez was the truth that he refused to permit himself to grow to be annoyed by Guevara’s defensive motion, which the fighter employed all through the bout. Rodriguez merely saved shifting ahead till he was in a position to land on his man. Then the pictures began including up. By the third, Guevara was completed. Though he survived a primary knockdown on the gloved fingers of Rodriguez, he wasn’t in a position to survive a second, for the referee properly stopped the combat earlier than finishing a rely.
