Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) retained his IBF welterweight title with a fifth-round stoppage victory over David Avanesyan (30-5-1, 18 KOs) on Saturday night time on the Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia. The ringside physician suggested that the struggle be stopped after talking to Avanesyan’s nook after the fifth spherical.
The official time of the stoppage was at 3:00 of spherical 5.
Boxing 247 will give stay updates under of the motion and outcomes for tonight’s Ennis-Avanesyan card.
– Welterweight prospect Jalil Hackett (9-0, 7 KOs) defeated Peter Dobson (16-2, 9 KOs) by a ten-round unanimous determination in a surprisingly aggressive struggle. Hackett got here into the struggle with a variety of hype, and plenty of noticed this as a straightforward one, but it surely was something however straightforward.
The judges’ scores had been 97-93, 97-93 and 96-94.
Hackett, 21, acquired hit so much, didn’t present a lot energy, and his hand pace wasn’t spectacular.
– WBC World feminine featherweight champion Skye Nicolson (11-0, 1 KO) performed it protected, boxing, transferring, and clinching to win a large ten-round unanimous determination over Dyana Vargas (19-2, 12 KOs). It was a painfully uninteresting struggle to look at as a result of Nicolson moved and clinched the whole struggle.
She would solely cease lengthy sufficient to throw one or two punches earlier than grabbing Vargas in a clinch. The scores had been 100-90, 100-90, and 100-9-.
Tonight’s Card Occasion Particulars
- Begin Time: 8:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 a.m. UK
- Foremost occasion ringwalks: 10:37 p.m. ET / 3:37 a.m. UK
- Broadcaster: DAZN
Avanesyan’s Second Probability at a Title
Avanesyan (30-4-1, 18 KOs) had this chance given to him after failing to seize a title in his final struggle two years in the past towards the WBO 147-lb champion Terence Crawford in December 2022.
Matchups on DAZN Broadcast
Khalil Coe vs. Kwame Ritter
Skye Nicolson vs. Dyana Vargas
Jalil Hackett vs. Peter Dobson
Ennis says he desires to look good tonight and make a press release by knocking out Avanesyan. Nonetheless, for Eddie Hearn-promoted Boots Ennis to perform his objective of shining, he must knock out Avanesyan sooner than Crawford did two years in the past when he knocked him out with a single punch within the sixth spherical on December 10, 2022.
Boots will discover it troublesome to outdo Crawford with a lightning-fast KO of Avanesyan. He’ll need to get within the trenches instantly within the first spherical and put his chin on the road to begin firing the bombs wanted to cease the highly effective Russian fighter.
The Energy Issue
Avanesyan has wonderful energy, and he is perhaps a good tougher puncher than Boots Ennis. He lacks the technical abilities, agility, ring IQ, and youth that Boots possesses. However when it comes to energy, Avanesyan might need the sting, and that may make him harmful if Boots comes flying out of the beginning gates on the lookout for an early knockout tonight.
To turn out to be a star, Boots should placed on thrilling fights and be keen to take his opponents’ exhausting punches to carry the drama that the followers count on from their gladiators.
Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis makes his first protection of his IBF welterweight title tonight towards substitute David Avanesyan, with the occasion starting at 8:00 p.m. ET stay on DAZN. The struggle will happen in entrance of a sizeable pro-Ennis crowd on the Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia, the hometown of the 27-year-old Boots (31-0, 28 KOs).
