The Wells Fargo Middle was the positioning the place an amazing night time of boxing motion passed off on Saturday night time, as WBC super-flyweight champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KOs) stopped Pedro Guevara within the third spherical and IBF welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) scored a unanimous determination victory over Karen Chukhadzhian.
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This was the second time that Boots Ennis confronted Chukhadzhian. The primary conflict between the 2 occurred on the Gervonta Davis vs Hector Luis Garcia undercard again in January 2023. Ennis received the unanimous determination victory, however he wasn’t happy along with his efficiency.
From an leisure standpoint, the January 2023 conflict between Ennis and Chukhadzhian was a struggle that was unappealing to the followers. Chukhadzhian was content material with utilizing his footwork to maneuver round and never have interaction, whereas Boots Ennis supposed to offer the motion however he couldn’t, because of the truth that he skilled issue slicing off the ring.
Almost two years later, Ennis and Chukhadzhian confronted one another once more as a result of Chukhadzhian was the necessary challenger for the IBF world welterweight title. Within the second installment of Ennis vs Chukhadzhian, the struggle was extra thrilling and fan-friendly.
The rematch had extra eye-catching exchanges as a result of Chukhadzhian spent extra time within the pocket. The second struggle had a very totally different look, however on the finish of the competition, Jaron “Boots” Ennis defeated Karen Chukhadzhian through unanimous determination.
In defeat, Karen Chukhadzhian had his moments, and due to these moments, the Boots Ennis detractors took to social media to voice their opinions. One of many critics, Ryan Garcia, posted: ‘Boots will get knocked out by me.’
Each Eddie Hearn and Boots Ennis acknowledged Ryan Garcia as being a potential possibility, they usually additionally agreed that Vergil Ortiz is one other sensible opponent for 2025. In the course of the post-fight press convention, Ennis and Hearn had been unaware of the presence of a self-proclaimed third possibility sitting within the room.
As members of the media had been asking questions, Blair “The Aptitude” Cobbs was capable of get his arms on the microphone to handle Hearn and Boots Ennis.
“Look, we all know the 2 choices that you just need to decide, however there’s nonetheless a 3rd possibility. That third possibility is probably the most thrilling man in boxing, Blair “The Aptitude” preventing Jaron “Boots” Ennis in a significant hit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, wooo!”
Promoter Eddie Hearn instantly shot down the thought as a result of he needs Boots Ennis to face a major-name opponent in his subsequent struggle. When Blair “The Aptitude” insisted he was a significant title, Eddie Hearn responded by saying, “No, I’m afraid you’re not.”
Cobbs went on to state he’s a deserving candidate based mostly on the truth that he beat former multi-division world champion Adrien Broner. Hearn wasn’t impressed with the accomplishment as a result of in his opinion Broner is a shot fighter. Hearn informed Cobbs he’s not a candidate for a struggle in opposition to Boots Ennis, however he might arrange an fascinating alternative for Cobbs.
“I received a very good struggle for you, Karen Chukhadzhian,” Hearn stated. “I’ll inform you what I’ll do. I’ll put the struggle on, you in opposition to Karen. You beat him, we’ll get you a significant struggle.”
The concept that Hearn got here up with is a superb concept. Blair Cobbs is a boxer who has spent most of his profession preventing for respect. By way of the course of 24 rounds, Karen Chukhadzhian has been very aggressive in opposition to Boots Ennis. If Blair Cobbs can defeat a boxer the caliber of Chukhadzhian, it’ll undoubtedly open up the doorways to extra profitable alternatives.
