Jaron Ennis 146 ½ vs. Eimantas Stanionis 146 3/4 – Weigh-in Outcomes for Saturday on DAZN

IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and WBA champ Eimantas Stanionis each weighed in efficiently as we speak on the weigh-in for his or her unification combat this Saturday, April twelfth, live on DAZN, with the occasion beginning at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT from the Boardwalk Corridor in Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey.

Weigh-in Success

– Ennis 146 1/2 vs. Stanionis 146 3/4

“He stated, ‘I actually need to unify. That’s one of many causes I signed with Matchroom. I assumed you might make the massive fights,’” stated Eddie Hearn to Fight Hub TV bout what Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis had stated to him lately when he requested him if he needs to maneuver as much as 154.

Ennis ought to have been assertive with Hearn, telling him that it’s a greater profession transfer for him to maneuver as much as junior middleweight to chase larger fights than keep at 147, combating the likes of Eimantas Stanionis and Brian Norman Jr. Unifying towards these guys isn’t as spectacular as it will be for Ennis to go as much as 154 to face the killers in that division. Welterweight is extra of a hiding place for Jaron to keep away from the damaging guys at 154.

Doubts About Ennis

“There was a variety of stress to make the [Stanionis unification clash] combat. Respect to him for eager to combat top-of-the-line within the division. That is the suitable combat for Jaron Ennis to point out everyone that the hype is actual. Stanionis is an outstanding fighter,” stated Hearn.

Stanionis is NOT the combat that may show Ennis isn’t a hype job. The fights that may show which are Brian Norman Jr., Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney, and Teofimo Lopez. If Ennis can beat these fighters, he’ll have confirmed he’s not hype in a weak division. He got here alongside on the proper time when Errol Spence, Ternence Crawford, and Vergil Ortiz Jr. had all moved as much as 154, which is the place he ought to be.

“If Boots performs like he did towards Chukhadzhian or if he’s not fairly the fighter that we expect he’s, he’s going to, it’s going to be a really robust evening’s work on the Boardwalk Corridor. I consider he’ll make an announcement and present the world. ”

There are not any IFs concerned about Jaron Ennis not being “the fighter that we” thought he was. It’s not simply the 2 Karen Chukhadzhian fights that confirmed that. There have been additionally the David Avaneysan and Roiman Villa bouts, which confirmed that Ennis isn’t the phenom that we’d thought initially.

Ennis may nonetheless win on Saturday, however solely as a result of Stanionis isn’t an important fighter and is badly flawed. We noticed that in Stanionis’s grueling clashes towards Gabriel Maestre, Radzhab Butaev, and Thomas Dulorme. 

Ortiz Jr. Struggle Declined

“He’s the world champion at 147. The combat was provided at 154 or no title [correction: WBC interim junior middleweight title would have been at stake], and he needed to defend his world title and unify,” stated Hearn when requested why Ennis declined a proposal to combat WBC interim 154-lb champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. on the February twenty second card in Riyadh.

“He stated, ‘I’ll combat Vergil Ortiz, and I’ll combat Crawford, however I actually need to unify. That’s been my dream.’ He’s by no means overwhelmed a world champion to be a world champion,” Hearn stated about Ennis. “Boots is clearly about legacy. I feel if we hadn’t delivered the Stanionis combat, then we might have been trying again on the Ortiz combat going, ‘Possibly we must always have taken that.’

“He stated, ‘I consider in you. Do you suppose you may get me a unification?’ I stated, ‘Yeah,’ after which he stated, ‘Let’s do it.’ I assumed, ‘S***,’ after which I went out, and I bought it fortunately. So, all of it labored out completely ultimately,” stated Hearn.