Paulie Malignaggi was impressed by how competent IBF Welterweight Champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (34-0, 30 COs) watched in a win on Saturday night and knocked out the WBA champion Eimantas Stanionis (15-1, 9 cost) in the sixth round in the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
“No battles” ko
Malignaggi points out that Ennis (27) got a knockout “without fighting.” He was able to get the standby through boxing and pot shot of Stanionis without hitting a lot in the fight. He did not expect boots to win like that.
Ennis slows down, smaller stanionis slowly through the first five rounds and then beat him in sixth place. After the round ended, Stanionis’s Corner decided he had taken enough punishment and did not send him out for seventh place.
Size also matters
Ennis looked at least 15 pounds heavier tonight than Stanionis in the ring. You could see that he had a lot of rehydrated a lot of, and that the extra size that Boots had on his frame would have been enough to just win with it alone. But he also had the technical skill benefit with his modern fighting style compared to the Primitive rocky Balboa-esque approach used by Stanionis.
“You forget that Jaron can box so well. I think he reminded us tonight how he can box so well, ‘Paulie Malignaggi said Fighting typeand respond to Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis victory over Eimantas Stanionis. “He got a standstill without fighting. He got a standstill by being a good boxer and surpassing Stanionis. I didn’t expect it to come like that. ‘
Stanionis made it easy by using an old rocky style style against a modern boxer tonight, and it’s never going to work. Ennis knew he could eliminate Stanionis, which is, of course, why he chose to stay at 147 to complete his goal to become the undisputed champion. He knew that Stanionis was ordered for him.
An easy struggle?
“He is an excellent fighter,” Maligaggi said of Boots Ennis. “I think this performance tonight about Stanionis, who was a difficult man. No one expected it to be so easy. I don’t think Stanionis expected Ennis to fight like that. Ennis started boxing, to change him and catch him with technical power shots. ‘
It sounds like Malignaggi has never watched Stanionis’ fights. If he saw against Radzhab Butaev in 2022, he would have known tonight’s battle with boots, it would be easy for Philadelphia native. Butaev hurt Stanionis several times in battle, much more than Ennis did tonight, and he barely lost 114-113 on one judges’ scorecard. It was easily the most accurate score of the three for the Stanionis-Butaev fight.
“It was just like” Let’s in the middle ring, Philadelphia style and Eastern European style. “He was like,” Do you know what? “He beat him to do it that way. I think it raises the curiosity again.
“He is criticized by some people. If you are an elite athlete, you will be criticized everywhere. If you are above the top, all kinds of opinions. The more opinions people have, the better, whether they are good or bad. The more people have a thought to you, it means they are good enough to form an opinion, ‘says Malignaggi.
Last updated on 04/13/2025
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