Tim Bradley Sounds Alarm: “Hungry” Uisma Lima Could Shock Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis on DAZN This Saturday

Tim Bradley warns that Uisma Lima might doubtlessly defeat Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis this Saturday evening of their junior middleweight conflict on DAZN. He says Lima (14-1, 10 KOs) is “hungry,” and he’s not a “slouch” that some individuals suppose he’s.

Bradley believes that Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs) lacks self-belief, and he’s already been uncovered by Karen Chukhadzhian final yr when he was embarrassed in entrance of his followers on the Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia.

The Lima Menace Is Actual

“‘Boots’ is harmful. He doesn’t imagine he’s harmful. Take a look at the dude he’s preventing this weekend. He higher not get beat by this dude. This dude is hungry. This dude is not any slouch. He’s prepared,” mentioned Tim Bradley on his channel about Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ opponent Uisma Lima being a risk to him this Saturday.

If Jaron loses to Lima on Saturday, it’s going to mess up his plans for stardom. Ennis has been speaking about how he’s going to defeat Lima after which begin capturing world titles at 154. His promoter, Eddie Hearn, is saying that he’s the “alternative” for Terence Crawford.

The Crawford Comparability

Fashion-wise, ‘Boots’ has the expertise to be an enchancment over Crawford. What’s troubling is how he’s lagging in stepping it up in opposition to upper-level competitors. When Terence was 28, he wasn’t preventing nice opposition both. The 2 fighters he fought when he was the identical age are these guys:

These are journeymen-level fighters, and properly under Ennis’ opponent, Uisma Lima, this Saturday. They’re not on the extent of ‘Boots’ final two opponents, Eimantas Stanionis and Karen Chukhadzhian.

Many individuals neglect about who Crawford was preventing when he was Ennis’s age. In the event you marvel why Crawford didn’t grow to be a star earlier in his profession, the weak opposition he was routinely preventing is the trigger.

Missed Alternatives at 147

Ennis has sabotaged his personal profession by not selecting to combat Teofimo Lopez, Vergil Ortiz Jr., Devin Haney, and Brian Norman Jr. when he had the chance. Bradley says ‘Boots’ might have fought Terence Crawford as properly. It’s dangerous sufficient that Ennis didn’t combat Vergil Jr.

That alone was an enormous mistake on his half, and he’s made issues worse for himself by agreeing to combat Lima as an alternative of one of many notable contenders in his debut at 154.

“We by no means know what somebody is preventing for. Crawford already mentioned Boots had a number of alternatives to combat him. And ‘Boots’ mentioned, ‘No thanks,’ identical to he mentioned with all the remainder of them,” mentioned Bradley.

Tim then steered the topic from the Lima combat to how Ennis had struggled in his rematch with Karen Chukhadzhian final yr on November 9, 2024.

Karen was placing arms on ‘Boots,’ hitting with clear photographs, and seemingly couldn’t miss with something he threw. What saved Ennis was Chukhadzhian gassing out within the championship rounds.

Bradley factors out that Karen isn’t on the identical stage as Terence Crawford, which few followers would argue in opposition to. On that evening, Crawford wouldn’t have stood within the trenches the best way Chukhadzhian did to trade with Ennis the best way he did. That’s not his type.

Crawford is a mover, and that’s why he turned an enormous PPV draw. He nonetheless isn’t a pay-per-view attraction, aside from his fights in opposition to Canelo Alvarez and Errol Spence.

Written by Nation Vegas, Boxing Analyst protecting world title fights since 2013.