Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez can be below the highlight tonight, hoping to shine of their respective fights on the Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia. Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) defends his IBF welterweight title in a rematch in opposition to his obligatory challenger Karen Chukhadzhian (24-2, 13 KOs) within the headliner.
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Tonight’s occasion can be proven dwell on DAZN at 7:00 pm ET. Dwell updates and outcomes can be proven beneath.
The 27-year-old Boots has a historical past with Chukhadzhian, having overwhelmed him by a 12-round unanimous determination final 12 months on January seventh in Washington, D.C. Chukhadzhian, 28, labored his method again to obligatory place with three straight wins over nondescript opposition, defeating these fighters: Harry Scarff, Michael Marcano, and Pietro Rossetti.
At 7:00 pm ET on DAZN – Primary Card
- Jaron “Boots” Ennis (32-0, 29 KO) vs. Karen Chukhadzhian (24-2, 13 KO). Within the headliner, Ennis defends in opposition to Chukhadzhian in a battle that has did not ignite followers’ ardour. After the issues Chukhadzhian gave Boots final 12 months of their first battle, Ennis wants to attain a knockout to point out folks that he’s higher than what he confirmed final time.
- Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (20-0, 13 KO) vs Pedro Guevara (42-4-1, 22 KO): The unbeaten WBC tremendous flyweight champion ‘Bam’ Rodriguez defends in opposition to Guevara within the chief help bout. It could come all the way down to Bam to save lots of tonight’s card if Ennis fails to dwell as much as the billing in the primary occasion.
- Raymond Ford (15-1-1, 8 KO) vs Orlando Gonzalez (23-2, 13 KO). The previous WBA featherweight champion Ford, 25, can be preventing for the primary time since shedding his title to Nick Ball by a 12-round cut up determination on June 1st. Ford is dealing with the 29-year-old Gonzalez, who has received his final 5 fights.
- Khalil Coe (9-0-1, 7 KO) vs Manuel Gallegos (20-2-1, 17 KO). Gentle heavyweight Coe, 28, can be in search of one other knockout in one other constructing battle for him in opposition to Gallegos.
- Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams (16-1, 11 KO) vs Gian Garrido (11-1, 8 KO). Middleweight Williams, 28, appears to be like to bounce again from struggling an Eleventh-round knockout to Hamzah Sheeraz on June 1st in Riyadh. This battle is a confidence-booster match for Williams in opposition to the 26-year-old Garrido, who was not too long ago knocked out final 12 months within the second spherical.
Followers query the IBF’s determination to put in Chukhzadzhian because the obligatory at 147 for Boots after wins over these three obscure fighters, none of that are identified by followers. Usually, contenders are anticipated to face extremely ranked fighters to earn a compulsory place. In Chukhadzhian’s case, that didn’t occur.
WBC tremendous flyweight champion ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (20-0, 13 KOs) defends in opposition to interim champ Guevara (42-4-1, 22 KOs) within the chief help bout on tonight’s card. Bam, 24, has gained plenty of notoriety within the final two years by beating older former world champions, with wins over Juan Francisco Estrada, Carlos Cuastras, and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.
Guevara, 35, has received his final two fights after shedding to Cuadras by a 12-round unanimous determination final 12 months on November seventeenth. In Guevara’s final two fights, he’s overwhelmed Andrew Moloney and Lamberto Macias to place himself in place for tonight’s battle.
