Ennis Vs Lima In Philadelphia

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis is making his debut at 154 in opposition to the upset-minded Uisma Lima on the Xfinity Cell Area in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Outcomes

Tahmir Smalls (16-0, 11 KOs) gained a extremely controversial 10-round unanimous determination over the better-skilled and quicker Jose Roman (14-2, 6 KOs) in a welterweight struggle. There are not any phrases to explain how poor a choice this was. Smalls was lucky to get the win as a result of he appeared to lose.

Preventing in his hometown of Philadelphia, Smalls, 26, dropped Roman with an enormous right-hand bomb, adopted by a left in spherical three. Roman bought up and barely made it out of the spherical by holding and transferring. Apparently, from that time on, Roman dominated the rest of the struggle, seemingly sweeping rounds 4-10. He was hitting and making Smalls look amateurish a lot of the time. The scores have been 98-91, 96-93, and 95-94. Boxing Information 24 had it for Roman 9-1. The one spherical he appeared to lose was the third.

Dennis Thompson (8-0, 5 KOs) used his measurement and energy to defeat beforehand unbeaten Sean Diaz (9-1, 2 KOs) by a six-round break up determination in tremendous bantamweight motion. Thompson walked Diaz down, utilizing fixed strain and heavy photographs to regulate a lot of the spherical. Diaz used an excessive amount of showboating for the group, attempting to throw Thompson off his sport. It didn’t work.

The scores

60-53 – Thompson
57-56 – Diaz
57-56 – Thompson

In spherical 5, Diaz was penalized for holding. He’d been doing that all through the struggle, and it lastly caught as much as him.

Tonight’s Begin Time & Ringwalks

8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT for important card. The approximate ringwalk occasions for the Ennis vs. Lima important occasion: 10:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. PT.

Methods to Watch:

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Full Undercard Line-Up

Alexis Barriere vs. Guido Vianello – co-feature boutTahmir Smalls vs. Jose RomanKhalil Coe vs. Jesse HartGiorgio Visioli vs. James WilkinsZaquin Moses vs. Antonio Dunton El Jr.Dennis Thompson vs. Sean DiazHarley Mederos vs. Hylon Williams JrJustin Palmieri vs. Naheem Parker

The previous IBF and WBA welterweight champion Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs) not too long ago vacated his two titles this 12 months when he determined to maneuver as much as junior middleweight.

What’s at Stake: WBA Title Shot

The winner of tonight’s Ennis vs. Lima struggle could have a assured title shot in opposition to champion Abass Baraou. Once more, this isn’t the course that ‘Boots’ plans to go in. However for Lima, it’s a struggle that he would possibly take if he’s victorious tonight. In fact, a rematch with Ennis will certainly be provided to him as properly.

Followers have been vital of ‘Boots’ from the beginning about his determination to make use of Lima as his step-up opponent fairly than a better-known, extra formidable foe. To some individuals, plainly Ennis’ profession is predicated on taking simple fights, constructing a fluff file, and creating wealth with out displaying any true ambition to face the most effective. They count on extra from a fighter who’s a nine-year professional about to show 29 quickly.

Ennis’ latest type

Eimantas Stanionis – W-RTD 6Karen Chukhadzhian – W-UD 12David Avanesyan – W-RTD 5Roiman Villa – W-KO 10Custio Clayton – W-KO 2

‘Boots’ sixth-round knockout of WBA welterweight champion Stanionis earlier this 12 months on April twelfth was spectacular, displaying how good he may be in opposition to a slugger that comes ahead. That was a much better efficiency for Ennis in comparison with his victories over Chukhadzhian, Villa, and David Avanesyan.

Lima’s Latest type

Shervantaigh Koopman – W-TKO 9Sukhdeep Singh Bhatti – W-UD 12Haro Matevosyan – W-RD 10Araik Marutjan – W-UD 8Aaron McKenna – L-UD 10

The 12-round struggle is a WBA junior middleweight world title eliminator to resolve a compulsory challenger for champion Abass Baraou. That’s not the struggle that Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs) is concentrating on. If he’s victorious tonight, he needs the better-known champions, Sebastian Fundora or Vergil Ortiz Jr., subsequent.