Huge Welterweight Championship Clash Is official

© Angela Peterson/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Imagn Content Services, LLCHuge fights rarely happen in boxing these days. We’re getting a early year treat as Jaron “Boots” Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) and Eimantas Stanionis (15-0, 9 KOs) will meet in a welterweight title unification bout April 12 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Ennis and Stanionis are the top two fighters in the welterweight division. Whoever comes out victorious in this matchup will be the king of the 147 pounders. Both fighters have explored fights with Vergil Ortiz but both fights didn’t happen for different reasons. Stanionis was scheduled to fight Ortiz but after multiple delays the fight would end up getting cancelled. Ennis was in negotiations with Ortiz to fight him at 154 pounds for a lucrative offer but the fight did not go through.

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