Unbeaten IBF welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) scored a twelve round unanimous decision over Karen Chukhadzhian (24-3 13 KOs) on Saturday night at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ennis previously shut out Chukhadzhian over twelve rounds in January 2023, but Chukhadzhian managed to get a rematch by becoming mandatory IBF challenger. Chukhadzhian was more aggressive this time, winning some early rounds. Ennis sent Chukhadzhian to a knee with an uppercut in round five. Chukhadzhian was deducted a point for holding in round ten. Scores were 119-107, 117-109, 116-110.
WBC super flyweight champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KOs) impressively destroyed former world champion Pedro Guevara (42-5-1, 22 KOs) with a third round KO. Rodriguez dropped Guevara twice to end it in round three. Time was 2:47.
Former world champion Raymond ‘Savage’ Ford (16-1-1, 8 KOs) returned to action at super featherweight to claim a ten round unanimous decision over Orlando Gonzalez (23-4, 13 KOs). Scores were 99-88, 100-88, 100-88. Gonzalez down twice.
Middleweight Austin “Ammo” Williams (17-1, 12 KOs) scored a fifth round TKO over Gian Garrido (11-2, 8 KOs). Bout waved off by the referee with Williams punishing Garrido on the ropes.
Unheralded light heavyweight Manuel Gallegos (21-2-1, 18 KOs), a 24:1 underdog, scored a stunning ninth round KO over previously unbeaten Khalil “Big Steppa” Coe (9-1-1, 7 KOs). Coe down four times in the fight.
BAM is a superb fighter, the uppercut was brutal and lethal.
1st fighter to KO Pedro
Wow, how does Hearn end up with so many trash fighters? Coe was hopeless.
A prospect loses and suddenly you go off on Hearn. Strange.
At least Hearn puts his fighters in with guys that can fight and actually have a chance of winning.
Boots could get KO’d at 154 after not too long. Gets hit too much.
Charles Conwell would KO Boots if that fight is ever made!
Boots needs to keep things more simple. Too many uppercuts from midrange. Needs to keep his hands up Super talented, gets way too sloppy at times. He has the tools, needs to more disciplined. Relying way too much on athleticism. Had the skills. Needs better opposition, maybe that will make him have to polish up those flaws. Won’t get away with that at the top.
I think once “Boots” steps up to 154, I’d give this Ukrainian a 50/50 chance of winning a welterweight title. Without the knock down and point deduction, this might of been a 7/5 score. He’s much better than he was given credit for.
Boots is who I thought he was .He is not a typical Philly fighter he os so beatable he has 30 plust fights and you can still see holes in his games. Imagine Crawford hitting him clen like he got hit tonight. .Hand picked opponents makes for a knockout down the road , Boots has fought absolutely nobody
119 – 107 was not the fight I saw.
Ennis has an extraordinary potential, but at the same time he seems not to have the ability to exploit his full potential, makes too many mistakes.
I’m beginning to doubt more and more whether he will ever be able to utilize his full potential.
I mean, the older the dog gets, the harder it is to teach the new tricks.
I was more impressed with how Chukhadzhian has developed over the past few years.
Is funny nowadays you see all the ap trying to switch hit, do the shoulder roll etc. Those work well when you have mastered fundamentals. The problem with boxing now, and a current top trainer told me is when a fighter steps in the gym now for first time, they all want to do mitts. Boots seems conflicted at times in there without a true game plan…maybe his opponent was the issue, trap fight really. Time to move to 154. These fights do nothing for your career
Virgil Ortiz, Ruslan Butaev, or Staniois will eat him for lunch. With a performance like this he ain’t going no where. And, Terrance Crawford will wipe him out.
Boots reminds me of a Wilder,,and will get beat by someone with a far better skill set than him ,will struggle at 154 in my book
Wilder beat a lot of fighters with a better skillset than him.
Scared before they got in the ring,,,
Nothing special about Ennis. Kudos to Karen for showing he’s no pushover.
i know now days the commentators do a fabulous job of “making you see the companies money maker” but did any of you boxing purist notice how well Chukhadzhian slipped punches and used angles and made Boots miss then popped him with ease………. i mean if you take away the athleticism and obvious size difference which fighter was skillfully better? also Boots trainer is trash he had absolutely NO Clue on what to tell his fighter.
Will you say he needs a new trainer?”
it’s only about to get more difficult for boots
– Had another excellent time at the fights.
– Saved $35 by parking at The Lakes and walking across Broad Street.
– Didn’t realize that I paid for a club-level seat, $81 including all fees, which was away from all of the typical riff-raff, gangta pretenders, and fashion emergencies.
– Lots of Phila Police at the event.
– $20 for a 24oz beer.
– Undercard was solid.
– Manual Gallegos took it to Khaili Coe with authority.
– Ray Ford put on a good performance after his loss against Nick Ball last fight.
– Bam comes to knock you out.
– Not too impressed with Ennis. I’ll take Virgil Ortiz over Boots.
– Next live Boxing card that I will attend?????????
Ennis was lucky because the guy not have power punch
Boots vs Karen was a good action fight.
Boots needs a better corner, his father/trainer telling him. He needs to get Karen out of there, but not telling how to do it.
Karen did improve significantly since their first fight.
Boze has out served his time. Time for the son to move to find a better trainer. He will get stop soon if he does not. There are tigers at both welterweight and Jnr. middle. Everybody will now be calling him out. He will not beat Madrimov.
Wow the Mexican Gallegos impressed with a huge upset lot of mexpower
Is it me or was the Boots-Karen fight a lot closer than even the 116-110 card Weisfeld had? I had it 115-111, maybe even 114-112. Karen showed up to fight and wasn’t given enough credit for his clean and effective punching, in my view. Boots better tighten it up a lot more at 154 for damn sure as this version of Boots would be easy pickings for Crawford, Murturzaliev, Ortiz, Bohuchuk, or Madrimov.
Either Boots improves, or like Kamala Harris & Bob Casey, he is going to get The Boot.
Those damn “Karen’s” always causing problems. Boots vs Ortiz, make it happen. May the best man win.
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Back to the fights. I am in shock that Coe lost. Then again, Kamala lost on Tuesday night, and so did Bob Casey. Maybe these 3 can have lunch.
Great job, Manuel Gallegos. A+.
You haven’t really matured!!!!
Boots thought it was going to be an easy walk in the park against the ukranian dude! Chuk clip boots several times and frustrated him all night long! Crawford will destroy boots in the later rounds if they ever fight!
It was just a matter of time before the flaws and Ennis’s game were exposed. It’s always dangerous to be a power puncher because it’s so easy to fall back on that and take for granted what else she’ll need at the very top level. The game is only gonna get tougher here on out for boots. I’m sure he can compete well at the top level with some continued improvement, but it was time that hype train got the brakes put on it.
BAM is legit! FHOF.
Once again Karen Chukhadzhian, is the one fighter that shows Boots’ vulnerabilities. He’s talented but I don’t believe he’s what everyone thinks he is. There have been talks about him fighting Ortiz. He better avoid that fight for now.
Lots of people writing Boots off after this performance but there are 3 important things to remember: 1) his opponent is a tough dude that earned his #1 contender spot 2) Boots already beat him in a fight where he won every round. He was looking to impress with a knockout, and everyone knows that if you are looking for a ko, you will never find it 3) He won. He won cleanly and clearly. He didn’t look great, and that might be the best thing for him. The division is dead, so unless he’s moving up, he needs to entice the likes of Teo, Haney or Garcia to challenge him. Based on this performance, I bet all 3 think they can take him. They will be mistaken.
Not the a fight against Crawford @47 wouldn’t have been competitive, I cannot see how Boots would have beaten him?! As for BAM, damn kid is special, but please folks let’s forget about Inoue who is @22 and has ZERO plans of coming down to 18! Unless BAM wants to go up which I wouldn’t recommend!! Lastly, I absolutely love watching Raymond Ford!! Would LOVE to see him fight Foster!!