Ennis vs. Stanionis welterweight unification scheduled for April

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis are close to a two-belt welterweight unification fight, IBF and WBO, in April.

Ennis-Stanionis in April?

IBF champion Boots Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) will face the first high-quality opponent of his career if he makes it, and it will be interesting for fans to see how he responds to the power and pressure of the WBA 147 .-pound champion Stanionis (15-0, 9 KOs).

If the fight takes place, it will be a Matchroom shown on DAZN. It is questionable if it will be placed on PPV because Stanionis is not well known. Boots has yet to reach that level due to lackluster opposition throughout his nine-year professional career.

Ennis, 27, has received a lot of criticism for his decision not to participate in the fight against WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. on the Turki Al-Sheikh undercard on February 22 on DAZN PPV in Riyadh. Boots was rumored to have been offered the highest salary of his career: 8 million dollars, which is an incredible amount for him to turn down.

But he wants to unify the welterweight division to collect all four belts before moving up, and he vows to finish what he started, come hell or high water. You hope Jaron doesn’t live to regret it later.

Can the boots withstand Stanionis?

“Are we finally going to get that welterweight Unification fight he’s been waiting for?” said Bernardo Osuna to the Boxing statustalking about Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis wanting a unification fight against WBA champion Eimantas Stanionis or one of the other champions.

“They are definitely getting closer and it is a really tough test for Boots. He’s thinking about a fight against Eimantas Stanionis, who I think is one of the most underrated fighters in all of boxing,” Mike Coppinger said. “He lost all of 2023 after several fights against Vergil Ortiz were canceled, and I’m told they are getting closer to a deal for a fight in April. However, there is still no agreement.

“This is a big step forward for Boots, who has yet to fight anyone tough. Stanionis applies pressure; he can hit and I hope the fight takes place. It will be a Matchroom show on DAZN,” Coppinger said.

It’s a big step up for Ennis from who he’s faced over the last nine years, and it’s not a given that he’ll win this fight. Stanionis is a good power fighter and Boots takes a lot of hits in his fights. It depends on your offense being your defense, and those types of fighters don’t do well in the long term.

Finally, they run into someone with too much power and are knocked out. What was surprising was how Karen Chukhadzhian lit up Ennis in their last fight on November 9, and he is not known for being a big puncher.

Finally taking a step forward

“It’s about time Boots gets in the ring with someone,” Tim Bradley said. “I can tell you that. He had many opportunities to get into the ring with many guys, including Vergil Ortiz, but he decided not to. Evidently, this has been his plan all along. “He wants to unify titles against Stanionis.”

Bradley is right. It’s about time Ennis finally fought someone because he sure looked weak how he turned down the fight against Vergil Jr on February 22nd.

“I just finished studying film four days ago. It’s going to be an exciting fight,” Bradley said. “Stanionis is a fighter who shows up, very aggressive. He throws punches in bunches. He can hit hard with either hand, but so can Boots. But the difference is that Stanionis I don’t think understands trigonometry.

“He doesn’t understand angles. He doesn’t know how to get into a different position, because all he knows is to accelerate and not brake,” Bradley said of Stanionis’ flaws.