Another Bottle Left: Boxing News 24

Jaron “Boots” Ennis (34-0, 30 KO) exceeded Eimantas Stanionis (15-1, 9 ko) to Atlantic City to add the WBA Welterweight Championship to the IBF belt. Boardwalk Hall had a palpable Energy, as the building has hosted its first main struggle since 2014, when Sergey Kovalev beat Bernard Hopkins. Tyrese Maxay, from Philadelphia 76ers, traveled to Philly Native Ennis to the Ring, and since the 76ers of this season, Ennis experienced expectations.

Ennis set the tone with a fist. Stanionis had some sections of success, but did not have real responses to Ennis, who perfectly changed his positions and varied his attack between the head and body. In the sixth round, when the boots struggled Stanionis with a combination of body features that lowered it to the knee, the result was a previous conclusion. Stanionis coach Marvin Somodio chose not to send his fighter to the seventh round, scoring the Masterclass of Ennis.

Ennis had received criticism for his last two performances. Was the boots the next big boxing thing or if the drum had not coincided with its results in the ring? While Ennis was a 6/1 favorite in this attack, Stanionis became a credible opponent who saw many observers seeing the second largest weight in the world. Ennis showed why most observers see him as the heavy weight division dog. After the combustion, Ennis echoed this feeling: “When I fight against the first-line boys, you see a different self. When I fight for something, it is a very different story. I can’t get anyone wrap me up.”

The combat helped to delimit a hierarchy at 147 pounds. The division has been sank for two years when Terence Crawford made Errol Spence become the indisputable champion before climbing the 154 -pound weight class and deactivated the four heavy weight championships.

With the victory on Saturday night, Ennis now has two of the four Pesos Division Championships. Brian Norman Jr. (27-0, 21 ko) is the champion of the WBC, and Mario Barrios (29-2-1, 18 ko) is the WBO champion. Ennis said before that his goal is to win the four heavyweight division belts before moving to the 154 -pound weight class.

Last November, Ennis and Norman Jr. They were close to fighting to unify their two heavy weight championships. When the two parties could disagree with the compensation of Norman by combustion, Ennis turned to face Karen Chukhadzhian, a man who had Ennis had already beaten in a convincing manner. Ennis won easily and unpleasantly. Ironically, Norman Jr. could not have met this November date; A training camp injury caused Norman to undergo a second surgery on the left hand.

Norman Jr. He recovered from the procedure and the 24 -year -old defeated Derrick Cuevas at the end of March in his first WBC championship defense. After the knockout victory, Norman Jr. He called the Wbo champion, Mario Barrios. “Barrios is bailbing the belt, trying to hide in the corner. You go out and let it go.”

The Wbo champion, Mario Barrios, is intriguing for some reasons. His last bout was on the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson Netflix card, possibly producing the night struggle in an exciting tie against Abel Ramos. While Norman Jr. He called Barrios, Barrios does not lack possible challenging. In recent months, Barrios has been called by Connor Benn, Danny Garcia and Manny Pacquiao, among others. It is about discussing whether these camps and others see Barrios as a tie due to the exhibition he received at Netflix or if he has so many people who call him because they see that the heavy wbo weight championship is mature for collection.

As one of the boxing classes of boxing, the heavy weight division has been welcomed by many great fights and governed by many legendary fighters. A power gap arose after Terence Crawford dragged through the division and moved up to 154 pounds. There was doubts about whether Jaron “Boots” Ennis was about to fill his heavyweight shoes. With his exhibition at Boardwalk Hall, Ennis has ended these doubts. Whether this is Mario Barrios, Brian Norman Jr., or another challenger, anyone who wants to assume Jaron Ennis and claim the heavyweight supremacy better than his combat boots.