IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (31-0, 28 KOs) regarded drained as we speak throughout his PR face-off with challenger David Avanesyan (30-4-1, 18 KOs), 4 days earlier than they combat on Saturday, July thirteenth.
Ennis, 27, is the favourite to defeat Avanesyan of their twelve-round headliner on DAZN. Nonetheless, you possibly can’t rule out an upset if he will get caught by one of many challenger’s large pictures on the Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia.
Ennis’s Uncharacteristic Fatigue
Boots Ennis needed to make some changes to Avanesyan’s model rapidly after his initially scheduled opponent, Cody Crowley, pulled out on account of well being issues. Ennis states that it’s not been an enormous deal for him to regulate to Avanesyan’s model, however we’ll see if that’s the case.
Throughout as we speak’s face-off, Boots appeared much less assured. Avanesyan, 35, regarded extra assured and comfy on the weight. He’s prone to rehydrate lower than Boots, which may assist him.
“Avanesyan is often a really sturdy man, however Crawford knocked him out with one punch, which to me is a shocker,” mentioned boxing knowledgeable Paulie Malignaggi on his channel about David Avanesyan struggling a sixth-round knockout loss to Terence Crawford in his final combat on December tenth, 2022 in Omaha, Nebraska.
“I used to be shocked that Crawford stopped him with one punch. He’s [Avanesyan] very sturdy. He’s kind of a prospect-buster,” mentioned Malignaggi about Avanesyan. He beat guys like Josh Kelly. He beat Kerman Lejarraga and one or two different guys.”
Crawford stopping Avanesyan has nothing to do with what the Boots Ennis combat as a result of he’s not on the identical stage as Terence. Crawford is a greater fighter than Ennis, so you possibly can’t fault Avanesyan for getting knocked out by him in 2022.
Ennis’s Weight Drain: A Recipe for Upset?
“He’s a very rugged man, very sturdy man. I assume you might forgive him [Avanesyan] for being stopped by one punch. It was a one-punch stoppage that actually shocked me. I don’t know if his chin is beginning to be dented right here as a result of he’s often a sturdy man who makes you go rounds and presses you.”
If Boots Ennis is weight-drained, Avanesyan could have a great opportunity of successful this combat and probably knocking him out. That will be an enormous upset, but it surely wouldn’t be that a lot of a shock, given how Boots regarded as we speak.