
The eight most depressing boxing stories of this miserable October
October is usually loaded with Saturday nights every bit as alright for fighting as any other month – until this year. October 2025 has been a pacifist’s dream.
Uisma Lima: record, next fight and profile →

October is usually loaded with Saturday nights every bit as alright for fighting as any other month – until this year. October 2025 has been a pacifist’s dream.

Tim Bradley correctly assessing a fighter’s chances via their facial expressions prior to the opening bell is increasingly a pattern

The talent-rich junior middleweight division is in a wayward drifting stage, where the best fights are remaining agonizingly elusive.

Although few will assert that Jaron Ennis proved much in destroying the unheralded Uisma Lima on Saturday, he plans to go big-game hunting in his next fight.

Jaron “Boots” Ennis needed just 1 minute and 58 seconds to finish off Uisma Lima on Saturday night to win an interim junior middleweight title in Philadelphia.

Former unified welterweight champion Jaron Ennis and Uisma Lima comfortably made the 154lbs limit ahead of their Saturday summit at the Wells Fargo Center in Ennis’ hometown of Philadelphia.

“When you consistently fight at this level, your own level starts to diminish … it causes fighters to stagnate,” says Paulie Malignaggi.

Jaron Ennis doesn’t have a great deal of experience playing the carnival barker, so he can be forgiven for overselling Saturday’s matchup with unproven Uisma Lima.

Jaron “Boots” Ennis returns to the ring this weekend against Uisma Lima at 154 pounds. In today’s episode of BoxingScene Today, we ask whether Boots should have picked a tougher opponent as he begins his run in a new division. Robert Garcia joins the discussion to explain what it’s like training a fighter facing a lower-profile opponent. Should Boots be chasing names like Vergil Ortiz instead?

David Greisman rounds up the best fights to watch on the box this week.