Promoter Eddie Hearn is satisfied that alternative opponent David Avanesyan will likely be a more durable battle for IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis than his scheduled preliminary foe Cody Crowley for the July thirteenth headliner on the Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia.
Hearn clearly remembers Avanesyan for what he did to beforehand unbeaten 2016 British Olympian Josh Kelly in February 2021, knocking him out within the sixth spherical in a blood bathtub in London. Avanesyan additionally destroyed Liam Taylor in two rounds at Wembley in October 2021. These wins had been way back, and Avanesyan has been out of the ring for 2 years.
Avanesyan: A Ring-Rusty Veteran with a Puncher’s Likelihood
We don’t know what to anticipate from him in its place with a shortened camp on July thirteenth, when he’ll face Boots Ennis.
Ennis is seen by many as a youthful, higher model of Crawford, so you possibly can think about what he’s going to do to a ring-rusty 35-year-old Avanesyan.
Avanesyan (30-4-1, 18 KOs) is somewhat lengthy on the tooth at 35, coming off a sixth-round knockout loss to Terence Crawford on December 10, 2022, and hasn’t fought since then.
For his half, ‘Boots’ Ennis has been inactive for a complete 12 months since his final battle towards Roiman Villa on July 8, 2023, and that wasn’t a simple battle. Being out of the ring for 12 months received’t have helped ‘Boots’ keep sharp, and one can solely think about how a lot he’s misplaced from his recreation throughout that point off.
“I feel it’s a a lot more durable battle. I like [Cody] Crowley. I feel he’s a very nice man, however he hasn’t received the form of credentials or the kind of performances that you’d actually suppose are a severe risk to ‘Boots’ [Ennis],” stated Eddie Hearn to Matchroom Boxing, speaking about David Avanesyan, the alternative opponent for IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to defend towards on July thirteenth in Philadelphia.
“One factor you realize about Avanesyan is he can punch, he’ll come out like a practice, tremendous robust, and he’ll check ‘Boots.’”
Avanesyan has energy, and he might be harmful if he connects on Boots Ennis early on as a result of he’s not proven himself to be onerous to hit. Ennis received hit rather a lot in his final battle towards Roiman Villa and in his battle earlier than that towards Karen Chukhadzhian.
A Large Second for Ennis and Philadelphia
I do imagine ‘Boots’ will look sensational in there [Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia]. One other large crowd, coming off an enormous crowd in Phoenix,” stated Hearn.
“It’ll be someplace between 12 and 15,000 on the Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia. It’ll be an excellent undercard as properly. Henry Lebron towards Christopher Diaz. It’s going to be an excellent battle. Skye Nicholson is defending her world championship. It’s an excellent evening of boxing and an enormous second for Jaron Ennis.”
If that crowd seems on the Wells Fargo Middle, will probably be a superb evening for Hearn and Boots, supplied they arrive out on prime in the principle occasion. Hearn only recently signed Ennis, so he received’t wish to see him lose in his debut with Matchroom.
“Town goes to be on hearth subsequent week, and a troublesome battle. I like David Avanesyan and all of his staff rather a lot. Carl Grieves and Neil Marsh are all telling us that the upset is incoming. I don’t imagine so, however we will see subsequent Saturday,” stated Hearn.
