IBF interim welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis (30-0, 27 KOs) will defend his belt against Roiman Villa (26-1, 24 KOs) on Showtime July 8 at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Boots Ennis: “I’m excited to be fighting in the main event and I can’t wait to get in the ring. I know Villa is a straightforward fighter and that’s tailor-made for me. I’m going to win because I’ve been putting in the work, day in and day out. All my hard work will show on fight night. I’m ready to shine and make a big statement on July 8. My time is now!”
Roiman Villa: “I’m very thankful to my team for this life-changing opportunity. Rashidi Ellis underestimated me before our last fight, so I knew I was going to win and go on to face Ennis. In order to be the best, you have to fight the best fighters. On July 8, I’m going to score another upset and ruin another undefeated record.”
The telecast will also feature unbeaten middleweight Yoelvis Gómez (6-0, 5 KOs) taking on middleweight contender Marquis Taylor (14-1-2, 1 KO) in the ten round co-main event, plus lightweight knockout artist Edwin De Los Santos (15-1, 14 KOs) against Joseph Adorno (17-2-2, 14 KOs) in the TV opener.
Ennis a notch above Ellis, Papi, relax. I will say that as high on Boots Ennis that I am, he looked ordinary his last fight against the Eastern European fighter, who boxed remarkably well. Can one conclude that Ennis looks better against come forward fighters, hence, this particular match up?
Lets hope Boots looks better then his last fight
Villa gonna run right through the overrated Boots.
Round 4 KO for Villa
What’s going on with Boots’ career? I get the hype but he has fought nobodies and dude has 30 fights! Outside of Spence/Crawford why can’t he get a significant fight? In boxing you’re only as good as your last fight and he sucked in his last fight. Villa is a crude brawler, he better do what Ellis couldn’t do and knock him out.
How did Ennis who hasn’t fought anyone get an Interim belt? Spence been fighting so how is he Interim.
I believe Keith Thurman is the guy to test Ennis, besides Crawford and Spence. Also a fight with the winner of Stanionis and Ortiz could be great too, but the problem is the avoidance, no diva wants part of him
Ennis vs Virgil Ortiz needs to happen, so long as Ortiz is victorious against stanionis. That is a fight to see! Who agrees?
“Boots” is the most avoided in the welter division. Since he and Ortiz are getting ducked by Spence and Crawford they should meet for at least one vacant title.
I see you don’t know anything about boxing. Spence has three of the major boxing titles at welterweight (WBC, WBA, and IBF. Terrance Crawford has the WBO. There are no vacant titles. And how is Errol or Terrence ducking when they are the best fighters in the world trying to fight each other in a major multimillion dollar fight? Fighting those guys right now would be going backwards, perhaps after Terrence and Errol finish with each other they can fight Ortiz or Ennis. By the way Ortiz turned down his mandatory fight against Terrance Crawford twice. So make sure you know what you are talking about before you comment.
Ennis should challenge Broner and retire Broner once and for all…