Ennis says “I step on” Karen Chukhadzhian

Jaron Ennis says he will “step up” Karen Chukhadzhian in their rematch in 18 days on November 9 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

IBF welterweight champion ‘Boots’ Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) says he doesn’t mind what people say about his performance the last time he fought the slick Chukhadzhian (24-2, 13 KOs) on January 7 . year in Washington, DC He’s going to go out and have fun, make a statement and get a knockout in front of his fans in Philadelphia.

Are Boots making the same mistake?

Ennis’ determination to get a knockout is what made him look silly the last time he fought Chukhadzhian, as he swung wildly and tried hard to get a one-punch KO to get the fans at Capitol One Arena in Washington, DC to impress.

Chukhadzhian took advantage of that desperation on Ennis’ part by making him miss, hitting him with counters and dancing away. If he had any power he would have beaten Ennis in that fight because he caught Ennis a lot with his punches.

Boots would be wise to forget about trying to eliminate Chukhadzhian and focus on outboxing him this time around. He cannot afford his stock to drop in his second fight with Matchroom Boxing. Ennis didn’t look good in his last fight against David Avanesysan or his fight before that against Roiman Villa.

Boots needs to transition to becoming more of a boxer, as he is not a great puncher, and his defense is porous. He gets hit a lot by his opponents at 147, who try to score knockouts. When Ennis moves up to 154 soon, he will be in trouble against the big punchers in that division.

They hit much harder than him, and they will capitalize on his poor defense to hurt him. It would be smart for Ennis to adjust now while he still can at welterweight before moving up to junior middleweight and facing the bigger, stronger killers.

Ennis doesn’t care about critics

“I’m glad I went the distance with him. I shut up all the haters and said I can’t. They didn’t know I could go 12 rounds. I went 12 laps like that with ease,” said Jaron Ennis YSM Sports Media about him going the distance against Karen Chukhadzhian last year on January 7, 2023. “I wasn’t even breathing hard. I could have gone 15 more.

“Every fight they’re going to say this or say that. I don’t really care. I do it for me. I’m going to put on a show. First, he is the IBF mandatory. So, he won. He worked his way back up to #1, and with the IBF everyone now has to fight their commitments.

“We have to do what we have to do. Get him out of the way, handle business and put on a show. Get him out of there, make a statement and move on to the next. I don’t look past him at all. I join Karen Chukhadzhian. This time I step on him. It’s going to be a beautiful show. Another knockout is coming, but I’m going to have fun with it,” Ennis said.

This talk of “stepping up” Chukhadzhian doesn’t sit well with Ennis because it suggests he hasn’t learned from his mistakes in their last fight. Ennis isn’t a big enough puncher or talented enough to step on a fighter like Chukhadzhian without being made to look bad.

The 27-year-old Ennis has to shine in this fight as he fights for Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom for the second time, and he has already failed to negotiate a unification match for him and win the purse. This is not a good sign.

When a promoter doesn’t come up with the money to negotiate fights for their fighter or win purses, it’s a sign that they’re not high on them. That is why it is important for Ennis to shine in this fight. If he looks good, he should vacate his IBF belt and move up to 154 because he has no opportunities for important fights at 147.