Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis is trying to drum up interest from fans on social media to sell tickets for his rematch against Karen Chukhadzhian on November 9th at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
IBF welterweight champion Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) has a tough job getting fans interested in purchasing tickets for this fight because it’s not one that people are interested in.
Boots already beat Chukhadzhian (24-2, 13 KOs) last year by a one-sided 12-round unanimous decision in Washington, D.C. The hardcore fans who saw that fight witnessed Karen in survival mode the entire contest, running around the ring, exposing Ennis’ inability to cut off the ring.
Ennis will likely have learned from that fight, but it doesn’t matter. However, that doesn’t change the fact that fans aren’t interested in seeing him fight Chukhadzhian again so soon after watching him last year win by the lopsided scores of 120-108, 120-108, and 120-108.
If ‘Boots’ Ennis’ promoter Eddie Hearn had put the money into negotiating a fight between him and WBO champion Brian Norman Jr., he wouldn’t have to fight Chukadzhian on November 8th. Hearn failed to negotiate the fight. So, now Ennis is stuck fighting someone who won’t help him achieve his goal of trying to become an undisputed champion at 147.
We likely won’t see an improvement in Ennis’ popularity because he’s going to have problems with the slick style that Chukhadzhian uses, which is a blend of Shakur Stevenson and Pernell Whitaker. No one would look good against this guy, but especially a slugger like Ennis.
Since Hearn wasn’t willing to invest the money needed to negotiate the unification fight for Ennis against Brian Norman Jr., he should have staged this fight in Las Vegas, where Boots could expand his fan base. Placing the rematch against Karen in Philadelphia, where Ennis is already popular, won’t help him.
“Just get this fight out of the way. Try to stop him this time and jump all over him,” said Eddie Hearn to Fight Hub TV about what he wants from Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis on November 9th in his rematch against Karen Chukhadzhian in Philadelphia.
If Hearn is unable to come up with the money to set up a unification fight for Ennis after his rematch with Chukhadzhian on November 9th, he needs to tell him to move up to 154. It’s a waste of Ennis’ career for him to stay at 147 fighting the likes of Chukhadzhian and David Avanesyan because Hearn can’t negotiate unification fights for him.
Moving up to 154 will expand the options for Ennis against these fighters:
– Vergil Ortiz Jr
– Serhii Bohachuk
– Tim Tszyu
– Israil Madrimov
– Charles Conwell
– Sebastian Fundora
– Errol Spence
– Terence Crawford
A star in Philly ⭐ @JaronEnnis#EnnisChukhadzhian | Nov 9 pic.twitter.com/WBdrAxlZUi
— Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) September 23, 2024
LAST ONE WAS CRAZY 🔥 THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE EVER BETTER! #DONTMISS🙅🏾♂️ https://t.co/kLU7YlDc2q
— Boots (@JaronEnnis) September 22, 2024
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