American Ennis is topped the very best fighter within the division after stopping Lithuania’s Stanionis after six rounds.
Undefeated Jaron Ennis has efficiently unified boxing’s IBF and WBA welterweight belts after stopping Eimantas Stanionis with a sixth-round technical knockout win throughout a bruising world title struggle in New Jersey.
In an explosive contest in Atlantic Metropolis on Saturday, Ennis prevailed after subjecting Stanionis to a barrage of savage physique pictures to be topped the very best fighter at 147 kilos (66kg).
The 30-year-old Stanionis had began brightly, catching Ennis with two crunching overhand rights within the third spherical. However Ennis, 27, responded with a dominant fourth spherical, wobbling Stanionis together with his jab whereas relentlessly concentrating on the Lithuanian’s physique.
Ennis despatched Stanionis to the ropes and down to 1 knee with a collection of left-handed uppercuts and physique pictures. Ennis stumbled Stanionis with an enormous blow to the physique proper earlier than the bell — and the Philadelphia fighter stared him down as he strutted to the nook.
The seventh spherical by no means got here after Stanionis’s nook determined the Lithuanian couldn’t proceed.
“Once I struggle top-of-the-line guys, good guys, that’s what you’re going to see,” Ennis stated. “You’re going to see an entire completely different me. Once I’ve obtained a prime man and I’m combating for one thing, it’s an entire completely different story. Can’t no person mess with me.”
Ennis quickly coated his physique in three championship belts.
“Is that this what y’all on the lookout for,” Ennis requested.
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Ennis, out of northwest Philadelphia and a rising star within the sport, was already the IBF welterweight champion and he took the WBA and Ring Journal titles away from Stanionis. Ennis stated within the ring following the signature victory he sorely wanted to throw himself into the pound-for-pound dialog and that it was too early to resolve if he would transfer up in weight class.
Ennis, who improved to 34-0, with 30 knockouts, stated afterwards he had been decided to “placed on a present” in what was the third defence of his IBF title.
“What’s loopy is that I had a dream I used to be going to cease him identical to this and it got here true,” the American stated in his ring interview.
“The largest half was me having my enjoyable, being myself and having a reside physique in entrance of me – I placed on a present, I had my enjoyable and I used my velocity, energy and defence.”
Stanionis fell to 15-1 with 9 knockouts following the loss.
The 27-year-old Ennis has received eight straight fights total and made 4 straight profitable title defences since he defeated Ukrainian fighter Karen Chukhadzhian for the championship in January 2023.
The 30-year-old Stanionis, who represented Lithuania within the 2016 Olympic Video games, was elevated to full WBA champion in August when Terence Crawford vacated the WBA belt.
