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Eimantas Stanionis says he doesn’t care that Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis not too long ago introduced in former two-time welterweight champion Shawn Porter for sparring, and ‘Showtime’ was impressed with Boots’ energy throughout the two rounds.
WBA 147-lb champion Stanionis (15-0, 9 KOs) states that he doubts that he believes this was extra concerning the 37-year-old Porter sparring with IBF champ Boots (33-0, 29 KOs) in order that he may speak about it on his podcast on YouTube. Porter has a well-liked channel with 88,000 subscribers.
Boots’ Final Outing
Ennis vs. Stanionis shall be combating in a unification on April twelfth on DAZN on the Boardwalk Corridor in Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey. The battle is seen as a 50-50 one within the view of the boxing public. Boots would have probably been the favourite in the event that they fought final 12 months earlier than his rematch with Karen Chukhadzhian however after that efficiency, it’s exhausting to offer the sting to him.
Karen boxed Ennis’ head off via the primary 9 rounds and was even out-punching him. Within the championship rounds, Ennis got here on to edge it after Karen gassed out. It was nonetheless a surprisingly dangerous efficiency by Boots and much worse than his first battle towards Chukhadzhian in January 2023.
Jaron’s sport didn’t enhance in any respect from the primary battle, which confirmed that he’s overrated. Karen got here near beating him, trying like a miniature Artur Beterbiev with how he was out-slugging him.
All through the build-up to the battle, Ennis had repeatedly vowed to knockout Karen, saying, “As soon as I begin having my enjoyable [the knockout will come.’ Boots appeared depressing within the rematch and was not having any type of enjoyable. On the post-fight press convention, he hid his eyes behind shades and appeared like he wished he was invisible, being grilled with questions from the media.
Stanionis is a greater puncher than Chukhadzhian, and he can do quite a lot of the identical slick strikes that he confirmed towards Boots.
Stanionis’ Dismissal
“I don’t think he was bringing him in. It was only for Shawn Porter’s podcast or something. It was only a one-time thing,” stated Eimantas Stanionis to Fighthype when requested about his ideas on Shawn Porter praising Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ energy once they not too long ago sparred.
“I don’t care about any sparring. He can bring a gorilla and spar with. It doesn’t matter. I’m doing my job, and on April 12th, we’re going to see who did the best in training camp and who has the better skills. I’m taking day by day with training and staying disciplined.”
