When is Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. Uisma Lima?

Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. Uisma Lima is on Saturday, October 11. The broadcast will begin at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (1 a.m. BST). 

Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. Uisma Lima will stream on DAZN.

Where is Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. Uisma Lima?

The fight is taking place at Xfinity Mobile Arena (formerly the Wells Fargo Center) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Who is Jaron “Boots” Ennis?

Ennis, 34-0 (30 KOs), is a 28-year-old from Philadelphia who is making his junior middleweight debut after unifying world titles at 147lbs.

Ennis, long touted as the future of the welterweights while Terence Crawford and Errol Spence ruled that division, won the interim IBF belt in January 2023 with a shutout of Karen Chukhadzhian, and knocked out Roiman Villa in 10 rounds that July. 

Although Crawford unified all four titles three weeks later with his stellar stoppage of Spence, Crawford never fought again at 147lbs. And so Ennis was upgraded to the IBF’s full titleholder in November 2023. 

He made three defenses: a five-round stoppage of David Avanesyan in July 2024; a unanimous decision in a more competitive rematch with Chukhadzhian last November; and a six-round beating of Eimantas Stanionis this past April to unify the IBF title with the WBA title and the vacant Ring Magazine championship.

Financially and physically, it was time for Ennis to move up. While Manny Pacquiao has returned, there really aren’t any other big names at 147, and Ennis shouldn’t hold out for Pacquiao. So he’s now in one of boxing’s most packed weight classes. Although he hasn’t competed yet at 154, Ennis is ranked No. 1 in the division by the WBA and WBC, No. 2 by the WBO and No. 6 by the IBF.

The four junior middleweight titleholders are Bakhram Murtazaliev (IBF), Abass Baraou (WBA), Sebastian Fundora (WBC) and Xander Zayas (WBO), and there are also other contenders such as Brandon Adams, Andreas Katzourakis, Erickson Lubin, Vergil Ortiz Jnr, Jesus Ramos and Keith Thurman, among others.

Who is Uisma Lima?

Lima, 14-1 (10 KOs), is a 32-year-old from Angola who may be flying under the radar for boxing fans who haven’t followed his career – though it’s also understandable if people want Ennis to be facing bigger names.

“Uisma Lima's combined opponent record of his last four fights (all wins) was 66-1,” noted Grey Johnson of BoxRec. Indeed, since losing a wide decision to unbeaten middleweight prospect Aaron McKenna in 2023, Lima has outpointed the 14-1 Araik Marutjan in Germany, returned to Germany to stop the 18-0 Haro Matevosyan, earned a wide decision over the 19-0 Sukhdeep Singh Bhatti in Canada, and stopped the 15-0 Shervantaigh Koopman in South Africa.

“This is a better recent run of form [actually winning fights, and on the road] than [Israil] Madrimov, [Charles] Conwell, Conor Benn, and Tim Tszyu,” Johnson wrote.
I know this is hard to hear.”

Lima is ranked 8th by the WBA, 9th by the IBF and 10th by the WBC. 

What other fights are on the undercard of Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. Uisma Lima?

The undercard includes a heavyweight fight between prospect Alexis Barriere and Guido Vianello. 

Barriere, 12-0 (10 KOs), stands 6-foot-4 and feels he has gotten valuable experience working as a sparring partner for Tyson Fury. Vianello, 13-3-1 (11 KOs), is 6-foot-6 and is a measuring stick for other big men: He has lost to Jonathan Rice, Efe Ajagba and Richard Torrez Jnr, stopped Arslanbek Makhmudov due to a swollen eye, and fought Kingsley Ibeh to a draw.

Also on this show is a welterweight bout between the 15-0 (11 KOs) Tahmir Smalls – who came in overweight for his last outing – and Jose Roman Vazquez, 14-1 (6 KOs).

The full list of undercard fights can be seen on BoxRec.

David Greisman, who has covered boxing since 2004, is on Twitter @FightingWords2. David’s book, “Fighting Words: The Heart and Heartbreak of Boxing,” is available on Amazon.