By Ken Hissner: On the Michelob ULTRA Enviornment, Mandalay Bay Resort & On line casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada on October thirtieth over Showtime present unbeaten welterweight contender Jaron “Boots” Ennis, 27-0-1ND (25) will meet former contender Thomas Dulorme, 25-5-1 (16), of Puerto Rico.
Ennis is skilled by one among boxing’s high teacher-trainers, his father, Derrick “Bozy” Ennis, who can be co-manager with Cameron Dunkin, who as soon as managed WBO welter champion Terence “Bud” Crawford.
Ennis was named “2020 Prospect of the Yr” by Ring Journal and is the third son skilled by his father, together with former USBA champ Derek “Pooh” Ennis and NABF champ Farah Ennis. Each “Bozy” and “Pooh” have been just lately inducted into the PAB HOF.
“My dad has me engaged on some new issues to get higher. We’re engaged on having me extra relaxed in there and simply staying sharp and alert, utilizing my jab and going to the physique much more. I by no means search for the knockout. I simply go in there and do what I’m imagined to do, and I let the knockout come to me, which it often does.”
Within the Principal occasion is WBA World Welterweight champ Jamal “Shango” James, 27-1, defending towards Russian and No. 4 ranked Radzhab Butaev, 13-0. Ennis was lastly put into the WBA rankings simply behind Butaev.
Dulorme has misplaced his final two fights by choice to each James and Eimantas Stanionis, who the latter was scheduled on the identical card however is off.
Ennis is at the moment ranked No. 3 IBF, No. 5 WBO, No. 5 WBA, No. 6 WBC, and No. 4 IBO. The WBA was the final to rank him this month.
Ennis has been having problem getting contenders to conform to combat him. It wasn’t till his final match former was IBF Mild Welterweight champ and welterweight contender Sergey “Samurai” Lipinets, 16-1-1, whom Ennis stopped in 6 rounds.
In speaking to “Bozy,” he stated the coach of Vergil Ortiz, Jr., 18-0 (18), ranked No. 2 within the WBC and WBA, No. 1 within the WBO, and behind Ennis at No. 5 within the IBF, his coach Robert Garcia stated, “Ortiz would knock out Ennis.” After seeing Ennis beat Lipinets, he was requested to combat each other, and Garcia stated, “possibly in 4 years!” What does that let you know? “No Protection” Ortiz can be a sitting duck for Ennis, on this author’s opinion.
Previous to that match, Ennis fought for the vacant IBO title ending in a No Choice with South Africa’s Chris Van Heerden, who couldn’t proceed after one spherical as a consequence of a conflict of heads inflicting a lower on his head and taking a beating in that spherical.
Ennis was 58-3 as an newbie and an Olympic alternate and turned 24 in June. He has fought in eleven states and DC, with ten matches in his hometown of Philadelphia, the final one in November 2018 stopping fellow Philadelphian Ray “Tito” Serrano, 24-5, stopping him in two rounds.
Among the most up-to-date matches Ennis was victorious in and stopping have been Dominican Juan Carlos Abreu, 23-5-1, in 6 rounds, stopping Bakhtiyar “Bakha Bullet” Eyubov, 14-1-1, of KAZ, in 5 rounds, Demian “Popi” Fernandez, 12-1, of Argentina, in 3 rounds, Franklin “El Matador, Jr.” Mamani, 23-5-1, of Bolivia, in 1 spherical, Armand ”Macho” Alvarez, 18-0, of US, in 3 rounds, and “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis, 26-10-2, of Greece/US, in 2 rounds.
Ennis had scored sixteen straight stoppages previous to the Van Heerden match. He can combat a complete combat southpaw although a pure orthodox fighter.
Working the nook with “Bozy” is assistant coach Lawrence Smalls. One of many boxers that he has sparred with is former contender “The New” Ray Robinson, additionally skilled by “Bozy” and former USBA Tremendous Light-weight champ Samuel “Tsunami” Teah.
This author considers Ennis to be the very best Philly prospect since 1984 Olympian Gold Medalist and world welterweight champion Meldrick Taylor and the “Can’t Miss Child!”
By “Bozy,” I used to be granted an interview with “Boots” for some questions earlier than their leaving for Las Vegas Wednesday. He was sparring on the Philly 1 on 1 fitness center at 4301 Paul Road in North Philly, owned and run by Rob Acosta, who had boxers figuring out wall to wall.
KEN HISSNER: “Boots,” you may have adopted within the footsteps of your brothers and have exceeded them on the verge of a world title combat, I’m certain, in 2022. Do you are feeling 2022 would be the 12 months for that title probability?
“BOOTS”: Sure, that’s the plan.
KEN HISSNER: Wasn’t it lastly nice a contender in your final combat lastly agreed to fulfill you?
“BOOTS”: It was nice combating a former world champion.
KEN HISSNER: Who’s making the matches for “Boots”?
“BOZY”: Steve Espinoza who is nice folks to work with. (President of Showtime Sports activities who had 15 potential opponents turning down a bout with Ennis)
KEN HISSNER: It was a disgrace how the Van Heerden combat ended, for I do know you’d have scored a knockout, don’t you assume?
“BOOTS”: He was searching for a means out.
KEN HISSNER: To not look an excessive amount of forward, however with WBA champ Jamal James on the cardboard and also you lastly getting ranked within the WBA at No. 5, do you assume this could possibly be your title probability in 2022?
“BOOTS”: Sure, and I perceive he wished one protection earlier than giving me the chance.
KEN HISSNER: Thanks, “Boots,” for taking the time to reply some questions.
“BOOTS”: I respect you popping out right here, Ken.
