Jaron Ennis: record, next fight and profile →
This Saturday, Jaron Ennis – the man many believe to be boxing’s next pound-for-pound great – will return to his native Philadelphia to defend his welterweight title against David Avanesyan and flex his growing star power.
Interim WBO welterweight titleholder Brian Norman Jr. is open to a potential bout with Teofimo Lopez Jr. should Lopez decide to move up from junior welterweight, though Norman emphasized his primary goal is to unify titles.
Carl Greaves hadn’t seen David Avanesyan, 30-4-1 (18 KOs), since the former WBA welterweight champion recorded a routine win in Birmingham last December but, in June, the Armenian flew into England to finalise preparations for his fight with the IBF welterweight champion, Jaron Ennis, 31-0 (28 KOs).
The Spectrum closed on October 31, 2009. The final fight card at the Blue Horizon came on June 4, 2010. Jaron “Boots” Ennis was 12 years old when Philadelphia’s two most iconic boxing venues exited the game.
Pick It: Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. David Avanesyan When to Watch: Saturday, July 13 How to watch: DAZN. The broadcast begins at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (1 a.m. BST) Why to Watch: If the two top welterweights of recent years are truly gone from the division, then the man who was looking to supplant them will need to do so on his own.
Carl Greaves is preparing his fighter, David Avanesyan, to upset outstanding IBF welterweight champion, Jaron Ennis, in Philadelphia next Saturday night.
Jaron Ennis will defend his title for the first time against David Avanesyan on July 13 in a Philadelphia homecoming, but he has loftier ambitions he's burning to fulfill: "I know I can beat anybody they put in front of me."
Jaron “Boots” Ennis returns home to Philadelphia on July 13, defending his IBF welterweight title against David Avanesyan at the Wells Fargo Center, home of the Philadelphia 76ers
David Avanesyan has agreed a deal to replace Cody Crowley and will take on IBF welterweight champion, Jaron Ennis, in Philadelphia on July 13th.
Three years after his worst moment in the ring, Thomas "Cornflake" LaManna is ready to put that trial – and all the darkness that followed – behind him Saturday against Juan Carlos Abreu.