Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez can be underneath the highlight tonight, hoping to shine of their respective fights on the Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia. Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) defends his IBF welterweight title in a rematch towards his obligatory challenger Karen Chukhadzhian (24-2, 13 KOs) within the headliner.
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Tonight’s occasion can be proven stay on DAZN at 7:00 pm ET. Stay updates and outcomes can be proven beneath.
The 27-year-old Boots has a historical past with Chukhadzhian, having crushed him by a 12-round unanimous determination final yr on January seventh in Washington, D.C. Chukhadzhian, 28, labored his manner again to obligatory place with three straight wins over nondescript opposition, defeating these fighters: Harry Scarff, Michael Marcano, and Pietro Rossetti.
At 7:00 pm ET on DAZN – Fundamental Card
- Jaron “Boots” Ennis (32-0, 29 KO) vs. Karen Chukhadzhian (24-2, 13 KO). Within the headliner, Ennis defends towards Chukhadzhian in a battle that has didn’t ignite followers’ ardour. After the issues Chukhadzhian gave Boots final yr of their first battle, Ennis wants to attain a knockout to indicate those that he’s higher than what he confirmed final time.
- Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (20-0, 13 KO) vs Pedro Guevara (42-4-1, 22 KO): The unbeaten WBC tremendous flyweight champion ‘Bam’ Rodriguez defends towards Guevara within the chief help bout. It might come right down to Bam to avoid wasting tonight’s card if Ennis fails to stay as much as the billing in the primary occasion.
- Raymond Ford (15-1-1, 8 KO) vs Orlando Gonzalez (23-2, 13 KO). The previous WBA featherweight champion Ford, 25, can be combating for the primary time since dropping his title to Nick Ball by a 12-round cut up determination on June 1st. Ford is going through the 29-year-old Gonzalez, who has gained his final 5 fights.
- Khalil Coe (9-0-1, 7 KO) vs Manuel Gallegos (20-2-1, 17 KO). Mild heavyweight Coe, 28, can be in search of one other knockout in one other constructing battle for him towards Gallegos.
- Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams (16-1, 11 KO) vs Gian Garrido (11-1, 8 KO). Middleweight Williams, 28, appears to bounce again from struggling an Eleventh-round knockout to Hamzah Sheeraz on June 1st in Riyadh. This battle is a confidence-booster match for Williams towards the 26-year-old Garrido, who was lately knocked out final yr within the second spherical.
Followers query the IBF’s determination to put in Chukhzadzhian because the obligatory at 147 for Boots after wins over these three obscure fighters, none of that are recognized by followers. Usually, contenders are anticipated to face extremely ranked fighters to earn a compulsory place. In Chukhadzhian’s case, that didn’t occur.
WBC tremendous flyweight champion ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (20-0, 13 KOs) defends towards interim champ Guevara (42-4-1, 22 KOs) within the chief help bout on tonight’s card. Bam, 24, has gained a whole lot of notoriety within the final two years by beating older former world champions, with wins over Juan Francisco Estrada, Carlos Cuastras, and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.
Guevara, 35, has gained his final two fights after dropping to Cuadras by a 12-round unanimous determination final yr on November seventeenth. In Guevara’s final two fights, he’s crushed Andrew Moloney and Lamberto Macias to place himself in place for tonight’s battle.
