A Philosophical Thesis on Boxing and Dancing from Ennis Sr.
Father and trainer of American boxer, IBF welterweight title holder Jaron Ennis (32-0, 29 KO) — Derek Ennis — believes that Jaron’s upcoming fight with the Ukrainian Karen Chukhadzhyan (24-2, 13 KO) will be filled with cunning and deceptive maneuvers.
“Jaron won’t be running after him this time. It will simply take away his space in the ring. But even in such a situation, when a person is trained to survive, he will be difficult to get hold of. As soon as you press him, he will grab you and tie you up. So you have to be smarter, do a lot of deception and a lot of different things that haven’t been done before.”
“I hope that this time Chukhajyan will be a stationary target, then we will win without any problems. If you came to fight, then let’s fight. If you want to dance, then we will have to dance.”
The fight between Ennis and Chukhadzhyan will take place on November 9. The event will be hosted by the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Ennis’ hometown. Jaron will defend his IBF welterweight title.
Earlier it was reported that the American boxer was considering the option of giving up the IBF title and moving to a higher division. However, Jaron subsequently rejected this idea and agreed to fight Chukhajyan.
According to the 65%/35% prize split, Ennis should earn $1.3 million for the fight, while $700 thousand will go to his Ukrainian opponent.
Chukhajian had previously met with Ennis. This also happened in the USA, in January 2023. The American confidently won on points, all the judges gave each round to Jaron (three times 120:108).
In his last fight, Karen defeated Britain’s Harry Scarff in May 2024. All three judges recorded the advantage of the Ukrainian (three times 116:112).
Ennis defended his IBF title against Armenia’s David Avanesyan in July. After the knockdown, Avanesyan’s corner decided not to continue the fight between the fifth and sixth rounds.
Source: Sportarena
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