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IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) will face WBA champion Eimantas Stanionis (15-0, 9 KOs) in a two-fight unification matchup on 147 on April 12, live on DAZN from Boardwalk Hall. in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
This is the unification match Ennis, 27, has been yearning for since being promoted to IBF welterweight champion in November 2023. Boots needs an impressive showing in this fight as he has looked average in his last four fights against Karen Chukhadzhian x 2. , David Avanesyan and Roiman Villa.
Ennis’ decision to turn down a bigger payday in a fight that would have made him a debut against interim WBC Junior Middleweight Champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. on next month’s Riyadh Season card on Feb. 22 makes it even more critical that he shines against Stanionis.
Boxing fans think Boots is a fighter who lacks ambition and self-confidence after being schooled twice by Chukhadzhian.
Stanionis is coming off a 12-round unanimous decision over Gabriel Maestre on May 4 last year. He looked better in this fight than Ennis has in any of his last four contests.
“This is a simply brilliant fight,” said promoter Eddie Hearn. “When we signed Boots, I told him we were going to do unifications for him, so it’s great to get Jaron over the line, and I know with the biggest fight of his career ahead of him, he’s going to shine brighter than ever. Eimantas is a fighter brilliant, and that’s definitely No. 1 and No. 2 in the division.”
