Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis defends the welterweight belt towards his IBF necessary Karen Chukhadzhian in a rematch on November ninth on the Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia. The occasion can be proven reside on DAZN.
Within the Chief help bout, WBC tremendous flyweight champion Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez defends towards interim champ Pedro Guevara.
Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) already beat Chukhadzhian (24-2, 13 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous choice on January seventh final yr in a battle for the vacant IBF interim welterweight title in Washington, D.C. The scores have been 120-108 x 3. The struggle resembled a giant cat chasing a mouse across the ring for 12 boring rounds.
Chukhadzhian made Ennis look unhealthy at occasions by utilizing motion to evade his punches, however he didn’t do a lot on offense to benefit from Boots’ incapability to chop off the ring. The rematch will doubtless be the identical sort of struggle as a result of Chukhadzhian doesn’t possess the facility to face and struggle Ennis.
“I’m excited to be again headlining in my metropolis once more,” mentioned Ennis. “I’m able to proceed dominating the division, making a giant assertion, and exhibiting everybody why I’m the perfect Welterweight on the planet.”
For Ennis to get the fights he needs, he’ll must rely on his promoter, Eddie Hearn, to boost the cash to encourage reluctant fighters to face him.
Hearn anticipated it to be simpler for him to get fighters to leap on the likelihood of preventing Ennis when he signed the Philadelphia native. He didn’t keep in mind that they might need good cash.
Chukhadzhian has since rebounded with a number of wins over second-tier opposition. Given the low-level fighters that he’s crushed, it’s unclear why the Worldwide Boxing Federation has made Chukhadzhian necessary for Boots’ welterweight title.
It’s one more reason the fighters and their promoters should section out all 4 sanctioning our bodies. They should be changed by one governing physique that makes logical selections when choosing mandatories.
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (20-0, 13 KOs) is making his first protection of his WBC tremendous featherweight title towards Guevara (42-4-1 22 KOs). It’s not the struggle Bam would have wished, however it’s the one he’s caught with.
He wished to start unifying the tremendous flyweight division after capturing the WBC belt final June with a seventh-round knockout of champion Juan Francisco Estrada.
“On November 9, tune in to DAZN, get your tickets, and witness one other thrilling efficiency,” mentioned Rodriguez. “My belts aren’t going wherever! And nonetheless!”
