After all of the speaking, certainly, after all of the boasting about how he’s going to be a “beast” at his new combating weight of 154 kilos, this the place Jaron Ennis says he’ll “knock all of them out, one after the other” — the strain is properly and really on for “Boots” to again up his massive speak. To ship. This Saturday evening in his hometown of Philadelphia, former welterweight titlist Ennis will get his ’54 present on the street.
No, Ennis’s maiden dance companion at ’54 is not any massive title, he’s not even a well-recognized title, however Angola’s Uisma Lima, 14-1(10) is a troublesome hombre who has by no means been stopped, who has fought on the street, and who’s hungry, as in hungry to upset Ennis and all his lofty plans. We may get a really attention-grabbing combat on Saturday, possibly an thrilling combat.
Can “Boots” Ennis Make A Assertion In His Tremendous-Welterweight Debut?
28 12 months outdated Ennis, although, has to look good, he has to shine. A laboured factors win, for instance, wouldn’t be anyplace close to sufficient. Having left the 147 pound division behind, partly as a result of draining effort that was required on his half to make the burden, “Boots” says he shall be nearly twice pretty much as good, twice as efficient a fighter now that he’ll now not be working at “60 %” the best way he was down at welter.
If this proves to be the case, then look out each ’54 pound title that’s in Ennis’s cross-hairs. The combat we actually need, is after all Ennis vs. Vergil Ortiz, and the phrase is that combat has been agreed by all events (this after all reliant on Ennis successful on Saturday, and Ortiz beating Erickson Lubin in his November return following harm).
The Ortiz Showdown Looms — However First, Lima Awaits
The winner of that combat (or fights, as we may see two, possibly even three battles between Ortiz and Ennis if the primary combat is as nice as loads of us assume it is going to be), can have an awesome probability to go on to get pleasure from actual stardom, possibly even superstardom. And that is what Ennis is aiming for, it’s what he’s speaking about.
Ennis fought twice this 12 months, and he’ll nearly definitely field simply two occasions this 12 months, too. However subsequent 12 months, after a smashing, send-everyone-home-talking-about-him ’54 pound debut on Saturday, “Boots” needs to be much more lively, with the large fights hopefully coming.
Now, can Ennis cease 32 12 months outdated Lima, or will a large choice see “Boots” to victory? Once more, will something however a spotlight reel KO be sufficient for the critics?
