By Matt Lieberman: Undefeated welterweight contender Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (28-0, 26 KOs) despatched a message to the opposite high fighters at 147 with a primary spherical knockout win over former world title challenger Thomas Dulorme (25-6-1, 16 KOs) on Saturday evening on the Mandalay Bay Resort & On line casino, in Las Vegas.
Ennis, 24, knocked the 31-year-old Dulorme down twice within the first spherical earlier than referee Michael Ortega halted.
Within the first knockdown, Ennis landed a left hook adopted by a proper to the pinnacle that dropped Dulorme arduous.
When Dulorme obtained again up, Ennis closed in to try to end the job, however he was nailed by two arduous proper palms from the Puerto Rican native.
Moments later, Ennis landed a left-right mixture to place Dulorme down for the second and closing time. Dulorme tried to get again as much as beat the depend however he was too damage.
It was a wonderful win for Ennis, who took Dulorme out a lot sooner than Terence Crawford’s sixth spherical knockout in 2015. Maybe Dulorme was somewhat higher at that time in his profession than he’s now, nevertheless it’s uncertain that Crawford might have performed what Ennis did tonight.
This victory tonight for Ennis could scare off the champions at 147, making it mandatory for him to turn into a compulsory for him to get a title shot. That’s what Ennis was predicting this week.
He felt that after he destroyed Dulorme, the champions received’t need to give him a title shot and he’d should turn into the necessary challenger to power them to battle.
It could be good to see Ennis in with Crawford in 2022 or Errol Spence Jr. A kind of two can be glorious, however we’ll see the way it goes. Ennis stated this week that he’ll undoubtedly be combating for a world title subsequent yr.
Ennis is at present ranked #3 IBF, #5 WBA, #5 WBO and #6 WBC. This author wish to see Ennis tackle certainly one of these contenders subsequent:
- Keith Thurman
- Abel Ramos
- Conor Benn
- David Avanesyan
- Mario Barrios
- Daniyar Yeleussinov
- Danny Garcia
- Shawn Porter
- Egidijus Kavaliauskas
In different motion on the cardboard, undefeated light-weight champion Michael Rivera (22-0, 14 KOs) defeated Juan Macias Romero (24-2, 8 KOs) by a one-sided 10 spherical unanimous resolution.
The scores had been 100-90, 100-90, and 100-90. Boxing Information 24 scored it 100-90 as effectively.
Rivera is somebody that doesn’t get talked about when speaking in regards to the high fighters at 135, however from how he appeared tonight, he’d probably beat Devin Haney, Ryan Garcia, Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero, and Jorge Linares. Teofimo Lopez, Vasily Lomachenko, and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis could be too gifted and highly effective for Rivera.
