Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) defeated Karen Chukhadzhian (24-3, 13 KOs) for the second time in two years. This time round, the struggle was way more entertaining as Chukhadzhian adopted via on his promise to be extra aggressive, keep within the pocket, and alternate with Boots.
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The match happened on the Wells Fargo Heart in entrance of Boots’ hometown crowd. He aimed to placed on a present for them and acknowledged he wished the knockout victory. He efficiently dropped Karen in spherical 5 however was in the end unable to complete him. This could possibly be as a result of Chukhadzhian’s toughness and sturdiness, as he’s by no means misplaced a struggle by knockout. He’s the one fighter to ever go the gap, twice towards Ennis.
Chukhadzhian was way more efficient, touchdown 33 % of his punches this time round, however Jaron states he wished the knockout and, in doing so, sacrificed protection throughout the exchanges. Jarron outlanded Karen via the match touchdown 224 punches to 173 respectively. Many really feel Boots underperformed and took to Twitter to criticize him. Each Ryan Garcia and Terence Crawford had been crucial of his efficiency; when requested about it on the post-fight press convention, Boots didn’t touch upon Terence Crawford’s evaluation. He did present a response for Ryan, stating he can be keen to satisfy him within the ring.
Promoter Eddie Hearn acknowledged he and Jaron would sit down and see what the most suitable choice for him can be going ahead, whether or not that be a unification match at 147 or a celebrity matchup at 154 kilos towards Vergil Ortiz Jr. The latter seems to be the extra favorable choice, because it’s rumored Turki Alalshikh has an curiosity in such a match and would make a positive supply to each events. This is able to be an incredible struggle that will generate nice curiosity amongst followers of the game. The match could possibly be positioned on a promoter versus promoter card, just like the 5 on 5 earlier this 12 months between Queensberry and Matchroom.
Within the co-main occasion, Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KOs) stole the present by dominating Pedro Guevara (42-5-1, 22 KOs) and ending him by way of a third-round knockout. Pedro had confirmed sturdy, having by no means been knocked out in his profession. Demonstrating Bam’s energy and elite abilities. He masterfully broke him down, making fast work of him. Bam landed 3 times the punches Guevara did, 64 to 21, with 43.8 % of them being energy punches.
After the match, Bam was requested a couple of potential matchup towards Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez; he acknowledged that he can be keen to struggle him as it could be an incredible
struggle and one the followers would take pleasure in. Eddie Hearn acknowledged on the post-fight press convention he would love Bam’s subsequent struggle to be in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas.
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