Boots Ennis Warms on his Rematch with Chukhadzhian
When next answering the call of combat, IBF welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis (32-0, 29 KO’s) will take on Karen Chukhadzhian (24-2, 13 KO’s). As he was not looking for this rematch, Ennis would have preferred to go in another direction. After being unable to either unearth or entice a more palatable opponent in the ring, Boots cozied up to the idea of facing Chukhadzhian again after he worked himself back up to the mandatory position.
“First of all, he is the IBF mandatory, so he been winning. He worked his way back up to being number two or one or something like that. And as of right now, with the IBF, everybody got to fight they mandatory right now. Right now everybody in the IBF is fighting their mandatory, so we got to do what we got to do.
We are going to get him out the way, handle business, put on a show! You know, get him out of there, make another statement and its onto the next. I’m not looking past him at all, I’m locked into Karen Chukhadzhian and this time I’m stepping on him; I’m going to have my fun stepping on him and put on a beautiful show. Another knockout coming, but I am going to have fun with it!”
SECOND TIME A CHARM?
Before this second contest with Chukhadzhian was penned, for a good stretch of time, it appeared that Ennis was on a fast track to stage a unification bout with WBO 147-pound champion Brain Norman Jr. Despite the tension between the two camps, the duel ultimately fell apart due to an inability to find common financial ground. After the implosion of Ennis versus Norman Jr., Chukhadzhian quickly slid into the open slot.
It will be interesting to see if Boots is able to capitalize on his first encounter with Chukhadzhian and beat him in a more impressive fashion. Seeing as how that match went to the scorecards, a stoppage would easily trump that performance. At the same time however, it should not come as a grand shock if Chukhadzhian displays notable improvement himself, having shared the ring with Ennis for all those rounds.
So while this may not have been a battle that the boxing public was clamoring for, the prizefight should supply fun entertainment and maybe illustrate how Boots is or isn’t developing as a champion.
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