Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis meet to unify two Welterweight titles on Saturday evening in Atlantic City, New Jersey (Dazn, 20:00 et).
Ennis (33-0, 29 Kos), IBF champion, makes the third defense of the belt. In November, Karen defeated Chukhadzhian by unanimous decision in the fight, where he dropped Chukhadzhian in the 5th round and won Scorecards 119-107, 117-109 and 116-110. Ennis defeated Chukhadzhian in January 2023 and won each round in all three judges.
Ennis, trained by his father Derek “Boza” Ennis, has a rare combination of strength and speed and has won five of his last seven struggles by stopping. He has a great leg work and can throw blows from any angle. Its goal is to gather all four main titles Welterweight before moving to £ 154.
“I’m here to collect all the belts and I am locked up on the stationis,” Ennis said during the training on Monday in Philadelphia. “Win on Saturday and I’m WBA, IBF and Ring Magazine Champion, and then we’ll see what happens next. But I’m a zone on the Stanyi, no doubt. … I’m number 1 in the division, it’s no.
Stanyi (15-0, 9 Kos) was a “regular” WBA champion and then promoted to a full champion when Terence Crawford moved to junior middle weight to face Israil Madrimov in August 2024. The stationis, which trains at the Wild Card boxing club in Los Angeles, said he had a strong camp and “grinded nonstop”.
“Every day I enter the gym, treat her like a fight,” the stationis said during training in Los Angeles on Tuesday. “I’m locked and hungry. This is the best version the world has ever seen.
“Ennis is neat, explosive and says it is the future of the division. That’s why I signed a contract. … This will not be a chess match. It will be war. I will enter the ring to try it, break it and beat him. Let’s go.
Can Ennis take advantage of his better boxing skills, keep the stationis remotely and land his combination? Will the stationis be able to get in and punish Ennis to the body to try to slow him down? Andres Ferrari spoke with the boxing and the former junior champion of the middle weight Raul Marquez, a former junior candidate for the light title Thomas Dulorme – who fought with Ennis and Stavionis – and Welterweight Connder ROIMAN Villa, who fought in 2023.
Editor’s note: The content has been modified for brevity and clarity.
Raul Marquez, boxing analyst, former junior middle weight champion
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I remember when I first covered Ennisa in the showbox and I was amazed. It has many sizes. Attacks from different angles. It has a gaming plan A, B, C, D, E, F, G – adapts to any style. On the other hand, the stationis is strong. He has power. It has a decent speed. But Ennis is a technician. It is very athletic, it is very creative, it is very smart. He has good strength. It has a high speed.
How will Ennis win this fight?
The hardest thing for the opponent Ennis, who is to figure out, is the way he attacks you from different angles, as he switches from right to left and throws a combination of three and four punk- and is creative with these combinations. It’s never the same. This is what confuses other warriors. To win Ennis, he must use his athleticism, its speed, boxing IQ. He always thinks ahead.
Ennis has a great work on the legs and the movement of the upper body. You’ll never find it. When you are ready to set up a punch, it is no longer there. When it moves from right to left, you do not even realize that it does it – it comes naturally for him – and therefore catches you with these shots, because you do not know where they come from.
How will the stationis win this struggle?
He must store his strength, his strength. The stationis throws several good combinations. He’s a smart, experienced guy. He knows what he does in the ring because he comes from a good amateur background and was in the ring with some other good, experienced boys. To win, Ennis will have to go down, but be smart and don’t give up. He could lose some early wheels, but you must soon invest in the body attack. Hit Ennis on the body, arms – forget your head because it will be difficult to hit your head. Try to break it, try to get tired and hopefully the stationis is more successful in the second half of the fight. By wearing Ennis down, he could stop Ennis’s mobility and speed. And as soon as Ennis gets tired, things are different. So take it into deep waters. This is the one’s only chance.
The stationis has to do it for a really good blow. Can’t a single blow. Although he might feel that he would be hit, the stationis might have to make one shot, two shots, three shots to get in. To approach Ennis, he will have to get into a lot of faints, a lot of waist movement and of course careful. But it must reduce this distance. It must reduce the ring for Ennis, make it a phone cell. The stationis will not exceed Ennis. There is no way.
Its plan should be to make the ring small, cropping the distance after a quick and hard blow. Also, change the stinging up – hard blow, touching the jab, fast hitting the body and head and arms – hoping to wear Ennisa down after the sixth round. And then try what I say turn. The stationis could lose some early wheels, but in the second half of the fight he could take over. It takes a really good fighter in great shape to beat another really skillful warrior who is in great shape. Breaking him is the only way to do it. You won’t read a guy like that.
Who will win?
I go with Ennis a decision.
Thomas Dulorm, a former junior Welterweight junior candidate
How will Ennis win this fight?
I think he should keep a distance. The stationis sits on its strikes, has a lot of strength and can intervene. Ennis must use its speed, its clean box. If he does, he will have no problems. However, if the Stationis proceeds and shorten the distance and do its work, it will have problems.
The stationis will be in front of Ennis and comes forward. Maybe he doesn’t have the best technique, but he’s a warrior who always comes and throws. During my training to fight Ennis, we focused on his right hand and left hook. In a short time when the fight lasted (Ennis Ko’d Dulmene at 1:49 first round), I could face it very easily. But Ennis has a very good defense and movement in the ring. To win, he has to keep his distance and not let him get the station for close reach. If the stationis allows Ennis space, Ennis will raise his pace and it will be a hard night for the station.
How will the stationis win this struggle?
If the stationis manages to replace or throw blows at the same time as Ennis, he can hurt him. The stationis sits on its strikes, but Ennis is more athletic and has more movement. So if the station is waiting to build a defense against countermeasures, Ennis will no longer be there. In order to get trouble, the stationis must throw its strikes at the same time as Ennis and not to let him reset his defense.
When we fought, we didn’t want to give Ennis space. If the stationis is successful – and the stationis has a good blow – it can win. The stationis must be hard and fight dirty, push and punch from any angle when it is in close range. Do not get the Ennise to the rhythm, because if so, and its distance, it will be difficult for the stations. I can give you an example. Marcos Maidana fought with Adrien Broner. Maidana had a style like a stationis – a stay in one place, set, an attack without a big technique – but he was a great warrior and did what he had to do. He closed the distance and got in front of the broner, knocked him twice and won the fight. The stationis should do the same. An important thing in every fight is the result, no matter how it wins.
Who will win?
It will be a good fight. I lean to the boxer and I think Ennis wins a knockout. Both hit hard, but anyone can take control of the distance, wins. And that’s Ennis.
Roiman Villa, a candidate for Welterweight
How will Ennis win this fight?
I fought with Ennis and he’s a hard warrior. (Ennis defeated him in 2023 by 10. TKO round. Ennis lands very well inside and the stationis is fighting an open guard. Ennis is hard to find; It moves very well. I am a warrior who is willing to take several strokes to land with his own, but the problem of doing it against Ennis is very difficult to intervene. He gets into the ropes and even on ropes is difficult to hit. And when he hits you, it looks as if someone threw your brick on your head.
And it’s not just his strength. Ennis has a good movement of legs and waist. Andy Cruz, who works with Ennis, says Ennis is very difficult to hit. Imagine Cruz is a double Olympic champion. When I fought with Ennis, I wanted to hit him once in comparison with the three he hit me, but I couldn’t hit him. He got on the ropes and began to move and move. He has a good left hand. He also throws into the strokes and you don’t see them because he’s a fast warrior. It moves at an angle and throws upwards. Against the station, which is fighting an open guard, these strokes get in. And if Ennis doesn’t hurt him, he’ll still hurt him.
How will the stationis win this struggle?
The station must push it, but carefully. He can’t let him think because Ennis is a smart, intelligent warrior. Is complete. There are boxers who intervened but are not fast, and some who are fast but do not intervene. Ennis is fast, hits, moves, is smart, is cunning, studies you. The stationis is not much. I fought with Rashidi Ellis, who is faster than Ennis, and I took all the strikes from Ellis and Ennis. The problem is that I finally got tired against Ennis from the strike I took. If Ennis hits you in the nose, it breaks. If you hit you in your head, you will go and your hair will not grow.
Who will win?
I’m going to Ennis. I don’t know if it will be from KO. Maybe. The stationis is strong and throws good blows, but I go with Ennis.
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