IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) defeated Karen Chukhadzhian (24-3, 13 KOs) by an unimpressive 12-round unanimous choice in a combat that was nearer than the scores turned in by the three judges on Saturday night time on the Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia.
Chukhadzhian used his pace and technical abilities benefit to land laborious pictures that the Boots usually weren’t anticipating. Boots’s chin is what saved him as a result of he took some blistering punches from the surprisingly highly effective Chukhadzhin, who confirmed power that had by no means been there previously.
Boots Confused by Chukhadzhian’s Fashion
Ennis knocked Chukhadzhian down in spherical 5 with a sequence of laborious pictures after hurting him with a left to the pinnacle. Chukhadzhian took a knee to flee the barrage of punches that Ennis was hitting him with.
Within the tenth spherical, the referee penalized Chukhadzhian a degree for extreme holding. He’d been holding rather a lot because the ninth spherical and preventing in spurts, seeking to catch Ennis with a knockout blow.
After the purpose deduction, Chukhadzhian got here alive, nailing Boots with laborious pictures that whiplashed his head. Chukhadzhian continued to get the higher of Boots in rounds 11 and 12. Nonetheless, he was nonetheless holding rather a lot, which appeared that he was drained.
Ennis appeared confused by Chukhadzhian’s preventing fashion, his feints, shifting angles, and unpredictable punches that got here out of nowhere. Ennis was usually hit with punches that he wasn’t anticipating from Chukhadzhian, and he needed to take them. If not for Ennis’ sturdy chin, he’d have been knocked out as a result of he was hit with all night time that he didn’t see coming. These are the worst form to take.
Throughout the rounds, Boots ceaselessly talked to folks within the crowd, and his coach/father, Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis, appeared annoyed with Chukhadzhian’s abilities.
After the combat, Boots gave a disjointed interview with DAZN, saying that he would possibly transfer as much as 154, after which in subsequent breath, altering his view and speaking about eager to do unification fights at 147. What he was constant about was his unhappiness along with his efficiency, and he blamed it on being at 147 for too lengthy, and getting older. He appeared depressed.
The scores have been 119-107, 117-109 and 116-110.
“I believe it is perhaps time to go to 154. I felt good, however at 154, I really feel I’ll be means higher, and my pop will likely be the way it’s presupposed to be. I’m getting older. I’m 27,” mentioned Jaron Ennis to DAZN after his win over Chukhadzhian.
“Within the first combat, he ran round for 12 rounds. He sort of stood and traded a little bit bit extra. Did you count on that?” mentioned commentator Chris Mannix.
“I used to be ready for something he had coming. It didn’t actually matter to me,” mentioned Ennis. “I’m glad I acquired the win, however like I mentioned, I felt okay. On to larger and higher.”
“It is a combat that was pressured on you. You needed to defend your title in opposition to your necessary. Did that make it laborious in any respect to stand up and practice for a combat like this?” mentioned Mannix.
“I needed to do higher this time and get the knockout. I harm him a variety of instances, and I used to be speeding,” mentioned Ennis. “It’s okay.”
“There did appear at instances to be a disconnect between what your father needed within the nook and what you have been delivering within the ring. It appeared such as you weren’t giving what he needed. The place was that disconnect?” mentioned Mannix.
“I heard every thing he was saying. I used to be simply in there. I used to be listening and never listening on the identical time,” mentioned Ennis about him and his dad, Bozy. “He needed me to make use of extra angles, use my jab extra, and cease standing in entrance. I did the alternative.”
