Jaron Ennis: record, next fight and profile →
The damage that Jaron “Boots” Ennis is inflicting on the rest of the welterweight division might be surprising to some, but for Terence Crawford, he saw this coming a mile away.
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – After what Sampson Lewkowicz witnessed Saturday night, he is more convinced than ever that there isn’t a welterweight in the world who can beat Jaron Ennis. Roiman Villa’s promoter predicted that neither Errol Spence Jr. nor Terence Crawford will face Ennis for that very reason.
By Keith Idec - Jaron Ennis realizes that Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford have rematch clauses in their contracts for their upcoming welterweight championship showdown. Ennis considers Spence-Crawford “a 50-50 fight,” one that truly could go either way. He hopes, however, that he sees Spence or Crawford dominate from his ringside seat July 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
On July 29th, a fight some five years in the making will clear up the question of just who has been the best welterweight in the world in the post-Floyd Mayweather era. The fighter who will replace the winner of Errol Spence-Terence Crawford atop the welterweight division may have spoken violently on Saturday night.
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – Jaron Ennis expects tests against elite-level welterweights, if one of them ever actually fights him, to bring out the best of the 26-year-old emerging star.
By Corey Erdman - When Jaron Ennis was working his way up the boxing ladder, fighting in Philadelphia venues like the Pennsylvania Sheet Workers Union Hall and the 2300 Arena, the fights followed a familiar pattern, as they tend to when talented prospects are being developed. Ennis, and fighters of his level of talent and acclaim, can more or less do whatever they want
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – It appears as though another undefeated welterweight knockout artist in his mid-20s must, at the very least, move up to the junior middleweight division due to the damage making the 147-pound limit has done to his body. Whereas Vergil Ortiz Jr. clearly has some difficult decisions to make after suffering another health scare last week, Jaron Ennis is completely confident that he can remain a welterweight for the foreseeable future.
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – The brutality Roiman Villa suffered Saturday night left the brave welterweight contender with a broken nose, but he didn’t sustain any other injuries during his 10th-round knockout loss to Jaron Ennis.
Atlantic City - In a welterweight showdown for the interim-IBF title, Jaron Ennis (31-0, 28 KOs) broke down, dropped and stopped Roiman Villa (26-2, 24 KOs) in the tenth round. Villa was coming off some big upset wins, including his tough split decision to take away the undefeated record of Rashidi Ellis.
Ennis, Villa Fight Photos Gallery - Atlantic City - In a welterweight showdown for the interim-IBF title, Jaron Ennis (31-0, 28 KOs) broke down, dropped and stopped Roiman Villa (26-2, 24 KOs) in the tenth round. (photos by Amanda Westcott)