By: Sean Crose
So there’s this guy, Jaron “Boots” Ennis, right? A boxer. I mean, if you’ve never heard of him, where have you been? Anyway, he was all set to wow us last Saturday night. Picture this: Atlantic City, all bright lights and fight night vibes. Ennis was facing off against Eimantas Stanionis – tough name, tougher dude, apparently – in this unification thingy for welterweight titles. Basically, these guys were both undefeated. Ennis had a perfect 33-0, and Stanionis was no slouch either at 15-0. Everyone was buzzing – who’s gonna be top dog at 147 pounds? The fight was prime time stuff. Matchroom card under the glitz of DAZN and the whole shebang. Twelve rounds? Yep, that was the plan.
And let me just say, the way Stanionis jumped in during the first round? Pressure, pressure, and more pressure. Dude was all business. Meanwhile, Ennis was trying to keep it cool, you know, using his jabs to keep things at arms’ length. Yet, both guys were throwing some serious punches that were landing clean. Then second round? Total frenzy. Ennis, man, he was fast. Like, seriously fast. More punches than Stanionis could shake a stick at. Still, Stanionis wasn’t just there for decoration – he got some in, too. Then Ennis kinda hit the mat in the third – I mean, talk about a moment, right? But, turns out, it was a punch to the back of the head, so no harm, no foul I guess? Anyway, both kept landing hits, but Ennis seemed to edge out just a bit.
By round four, Ennis, you could tell, he was thinking “let’s wrap this up.” Full throttle. Even did this little show-off number towards the end. Can’t blame a guy. Then in the fifth, things got explosive – Stanionis started landing solid hits, mixing things up. Ennis was still bouncing around like he had springs for legs though.
Sixth round, and Ennis was like an artist picking apart his canvas – okay, a bloody one, but still. A flurry from him put Stanionis on the canvas. Dude got up, sure, but Ennis was just on another level by then. Stanionis’ trainer, Marvin Somodio, must’ve figured the jig was up. The guy stopped the fight before round seven even kicked in. And there you have it, Ennis grabs two world titles in the welterweight category, just like that.
Now, don’t even second guess it – Ennis? Top of the world, man. He’s got the full package. Punches like a freight train, quicker than a hiccup, footwork like it’s a damn dance floor, and confidence for days. Maybe it’s about time people queued up to see him do his thing. Even Eddie Hearn, the promoter dude, called him “by far the best fighter of the division.” That’s some mad props right there. Looks like Ennis isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Which, hey, is awesome news for all the boxing fans out there.
