A skinny-looking IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and WBA champ Eimantas Stanionis each weighed in efficiently at Friday’s weigh-in for his or her 12-round headliner for his or her occasion that begins at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT this Saturday, April twelfth, stay on DAZN on the Boardwalk Corridor in Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey.
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The favourite Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) weighed in at 146 1/2 lbs, whereas Stanionis (15-0, 9 KOs_ got here in at 146 3/4 lbs. Boots, 27, didn’t sound apprehensive when requested about his weight after weighing in. He promised to convey all three belts again dwelling to Philadelphia.
The healthier-looking Stanionis could have one thing to say about that, believing he’s going to be victorious on Saturday night time. If Ennis performs like he did final November in opposition to Karen Chukhadzhian, Stanionis has obtained a superb probability of profitable.
Stanionis’ Mindset
Sergio Mora: “No rehydration clause. How a lot weight do you intend on placing on after this?”
Eimantas Stanionis: “I don’t deal with how a lot I’m going to placed on and the way a lot he’s going to placed on. It’s the abilities.”
Mora: “Lots of people had been suspecting that Boots was having difficulties making 147. What do you see in his eyes, and what do you see in his physique?”
Stanionis: “He’s nonetheless an expert. He signed to make the burden; he made the burden, and I admire it, and I respect it. I’ve been in some conditions the place any person couldn’t make weight. So now all the pieces is ready, all the pieces is finished, and I’m completely happy.”
Mora: “#1 in opposition to #2. two champions, unbeaten. That is the very best in opposition to the very best. Any predictions?”
Stanionis: “I’m all in.”
“They’re going to see, and I’m going to indicate the world that I’m the very best on this planet,” mentioned Ennis when advised that some followers imagine his inventory is stalling. “It’s my time. That WBA, Ring Journal, and IBF belt are going again to Philadelphia.
“Legacy is all the pieces. I wish to stamp my title within the welterweight division and be up there with the greats, Sugar Ray Leonard and Floyd Mayweather. Yeah, it’s that point,” mentioned Ennis. “These belts are coming dwelling. It’s that point, and I’m going to indicate the world why I’m the very best on this planet.
“Make sure that y’all tune in. Don’t get no popcorn. Don’t transfer. Don’t blink. None of that. It’s tht time,” mentioned Ennis.
