By: Sean Crose
Jaron “Boots” Ennis was seeking to impress Saturday night time when he stepped into the ring in Atlantic Metropolis to battle fellow welterweight titlist Eimantas Stanionis in a divisional unification battle. Just like the 33-0 Ennis, the 15-0 Stanionis was undefeated and keen to say himself as the highest fighter at 147. The bout was the principle occasion of a Matchroom card broadcast dwell on DAZN and was scheduled for a championship 12.
WBA titlist Stanionis instantly employed strain within the first whereas IBF titlist Ennis labored to maintain his distance whereas combating behind the jab. Each males have been in a position to rating with clear photographs. The second was a excessive octane affair. The quick punching Ennis was in a position to throw much more photographs than Stanionis. With that being mentioned, Stanionis was in a position to land on Ennis on a number of events. Ennis went down briefly within the third, although it was dominated a shot behind the pinnacle. Fortuitously, the punch didn’t do a lot harm. The spherical noticed each males land nicely, although Ennis regarded to have edged it.
It was clear in the beginning of the fourth that Ennis was seeking to finish the battle early. He was merely throwing too laborious too typically to imagine in any other case. Ennis even took to showboating close to the top of the chapter. There have been some explosive moments within the fifth, as Stanionis started to land and land nicely. Ennis grew to become flashy, correct and excessive vitality by spherical’s finish, nonetheless.
Ennis was in a position to decide away on the bloody face of Standionis within the sixth, A viscous flurry put Stanionis on the mat. He beat the rely however Ennis was clearly a full notch above Stanionis when it got here to talent units. Marvin Somodio, Stanionis’ coach, stopped the battle earlier than the bell rang to start out the seventh. Ennis now owns two of the 4 world welterweight titles.
Make no mistake about it, Ennis is now one of many prime fighters on the earth. In different phrases, the game now has one other welterweight star. For Ennis is the whole package deal. He can hit, he has pace, his footwork is masterful and his degree of confidence is hovering. It’s time for the person to be a respectable attraction. “By far the very best fighter of the division,” promoter Eddie Hearn mentioned of Ennis after the battle. “He’s going to be round for a very long time.”
That’s excellent news for followers of the game.
