The Shakur – Tank Hybrid? Shawn Porter’s Comparison of Jaron Ennis’s Skills After His Victory Over Eimantas Stanionis

Pod host Shawn Porter was going overboard praising Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis after his win final Saturday evening, saying he’s a mix of Shakur Stevenson and Gervonta Davis. He says should you “combine” Tank and Shakur, you get Jaron Ennis. It sounds wacky, however that’s Porter’s view.

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Porter was caught within the second, overwhelmed by Ennis’s sixth-round stoppage win over WBA welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis (15-1, 9 KOs) on the Boardwalk Corridor in Atlantic Metropolis.

Overblown Reward?

Based mostly on that efficiency, Ennis, the previous IBF 147-lb champion ‘Showtime’ Shawn mentioned he’s like a mix of Shakur and Tank. He says Boots’ defensive abilities are on par with WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevesnon, who’s close to unhittable, and his “explosive” energy is like that of Tank Davis.

“If you need a fighter that’s as defensively accountable as Shakur Stevenson, makes the proper transfer each time defensively, that man [Jaron Ennis] proper there,” mentioned Shawn Porter on his YouTube channel, going overboard, glazing Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis.

Defensive Realities

Ennis will get hit means an excessive amount of for him to be in comparison with Shakur. Porter’s concepts are completely unsound. Even towards the Rocky Balboa-esque Eimantas Stanionis, Boots was getting hit laborious in each spherical. He wasn’t hit quite a bit as a result of Stanionis was so restricted as a fighter, however the punches that Boots was hit with had been the kind that may knock out many fighters.

I imply, he was getting hit clear by Stanionis. If this man had actual expertise, Ennis would have been knocked out.

“If you need a person that’s as highly effective as [135-pounder] Tank Davis, is as explosve and may finish the battle at any level and any time,” mentioned Shawn, persevering with together with his heavy reward of Boots.

“You will have a mixture of Shakur Stevenson and Tank Davis, two of the most effective fighters on the earth and one man [Ennis] proper there. That’s how good that child is,” mentioned Porter.

Ennis’s energy isn’t explosive. He has to land a whole lot of pictures to get knockouts. In distinction, Tank Davis has one-punch energy and will get his opponents out with one shot. Boots won’t ever be that sort of fighter.

Porter must put a sock in it and maintain off on the glowing reward of Boots till he beats two or three of those killers:

– Vergil Ortiz Jr– Terence Crawford– Serhii Bohachuk– Janibek Alimkhanuly– Israil Madrimov– Sebastian Fundora– Charles Conwell

Tank + Shakur = Boots 🥊 https://t.co/Th70xZiyBH

— ShowtimeShawn Porter (@ShowtimeShawnP) April 14, 2025