IBF Welterweight Champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’s sickly, GHouse look will cost him in his unification against WBA champion Eimanstas Stanionis on Saturday night in the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Ennis pushed himself to the limit to cut up to 147 today to gain weight, and he might have gone too far. If he loses against Stanionis (15-0, 9 COs), many fans of his ship will jump and see him as another example of making a false to look better than he is due to soft match.
Weight cut madness
If we accept that boots lose, he must look at a good look in the mirror and face the truth. He does not belong on 147. Ennis must fight at least 154, if not 160. If you cut off the 180s, it is foolish to fight against welter weight. If boots have so much confidence in himself, he should not fight.
Options for Ennis after losing against Stanionis:
- Move up to 154
- Rebuilding on 147
- Fighting stanionis again
- Retire
You can eliminate Ennis who moves to 154 as he is beaten by Stanionis, because his confidence will be gone at that point, and he does not want to mix it with the predators in that section. If he chooses to redesign Stanionis, he takes a significant risk, because if he loses, it is the end of the line for him. There would be no return, because the supporters he left would quickly abandon him.
Ghoulish and stubborn
Boots (33-0, 29 COs) have been watching weight all week all week, and you can see that he is pushing himself hard to get to the welterweight boundary for this fight. It shows how stubborn and desperate Ennis is to stay at 147 to become an undisputed champion. He allegedly cut off the 180s for his fight, an extreme weight for a welterweight to rise in the 147 -pound weight class.
People push Ennis to move to 154 so he can stop killing himself with his drastic weight cuts. They see how he looks almost buzzing in the look, and they want him to start campaign at the junior middleweight, where he does not need to place himself through hell as he makes weight.
