Jaron Ennis faces Karen Chukhadzhian in a rematch at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 9. Squaring off against the old rival, “Boots” puts his IBF welterweight title on the line.
Their first fight took place at the Capital One Arena, Washington, D.C. in January 2023. The bout served as the co-feature to Gervonta “Tank” Davis vs Hector Luis Garcia live on pay-per-view. The pair battled it out for the vacant IBF interim 147-pound belt. The contest featured the unbeaten Philadelphia native up against the once-beaten contender of Ukraine.
The championship bout went the full 12-round distance. Ennis out-landed Chukhadzhian to a unanimous decision with 120-108 across the board. The latter, to his credit, fought back, showed clever footwork and delivered several good shots.
Battling it out in the main event on Saturday in Philadelphia, 27-year-old Jaron Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) makes his second consecutive hometown ring appearance and the second defense of his “full” IBF strap. Going through the ropes for the second time in the U.S., 28-year-old Karen Chukhadzhian (24-2, 13 KOs) makes his first attempt to lift one of four major belts and targets the fourth straight victory.
Ennis is the biggest fraud.still hasn’t fought anybody and is fighting the guy he beat 120-108 to be interim champ..that’s the biggest duck.hes fought nobody good or dangerous ,his whole career
Nobody worth mentioning will agree to fight him, Def not Spence or Crawford. Even the other guys with belts at 154 are not accepting because of the high risk low reward against Ennis. Boxing will never change, the best don’t fight the best because there are so many belts and more money being undefeated as long as you can to make a name for yourself.