{"id":102515,"date":"2025-08-28T17:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/102515\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:02:06","slug":"jaron-ennis-set-to-fight-undefeated-ko-artist-in-february-under-one-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/102515\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaron Ennis Set To Fight Undefeated KO Artist In February Under One Condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former unified welterweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/jaron-ennis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaron Ennis<\/a> is gearing up to make his first appearance in a new weight division.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/45949046\/jaron-boots-ennis-make-super-welterweight-debut-vs-lima\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The 28-year-old from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is set to face Portugal\u2019s Uisma Lima<\/a> in a WBA super-welterweight final eliminator on Saturday October 11 at the Wells Fargo Center in his hometown.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Boots\u2019 had previously held the WBA and IBF welterweight titles, becoming unified champion back in April of this year when he defeated Lithuania\u2019s Eimantas Stanionis via sixth round stoppage at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to capture the WBA crown at 147lbs.<\/p>\n<p>Ennis vacated his titles earlier this month, paving the way for him to make the move up to 154lbs as he sets his sights on becoming a two-weight world champion in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>One fighter that \u2018Boots\u2019 looks set to cross paths with at some stage within the next 12 months is fellow countryman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/vergil-ortiz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vergil Ortiz<\/a>, who currently holds the WBC interim super-welterweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to The Ring Magazine, Ennis\u2019 promoter Eddie Hearn revealed that there are plans in place to make a bout between \u2018Boots\u2019 and Ortiz during the early stages of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe targeted February. We targeted Las Vegas. And that\u2019s what we expect and hope to happen. I know that\u2019s what DAZN are expecting to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/vergil-ortiz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ortiz<\/a> made his most recent ring appearance back in February, defeating Uzbekistan\u2019s former WBA super-welterweight champion Israil Madrimov via unanimous decision to make the maiden defence of his WBC interim world title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He next puts his belt and top position on the line against Erickson Lubin on November 8.<\/p>\n<p>If \u2018Boots\u2019 comes through his upcoming showdown with Lima unscathed, and Ortiz does the same, all roads seem to lead to one of the most intriguing clashes the division can offer with two undefeated records on the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former unified welterweight champion Jaron Ennis is gearing up to make his first appearance in a new weight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-102515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}