Jaron Ennis destroys Custio Clayton
By Sam Volz: Undefeated welterweight contender Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (29-, 27 KOs) place an exclamation level on the statement fight he was trying to find on Saturday evening with a scorching 2nd-spherical knockout gain above Custio Clayton (19-1-1, 12 KOs) in an IBF 147-lb title eliminator at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
Ennis, 24, landed a wonderful chopping proper hand to the head of the Canadian Clayton, knocking him down in the second spherical.
To his credit rating, Clayton bought back again to his feet regardless of being severely hurt. However, the 34-year-old couldn’t walk with no staggering all over the ring, so it was necessary for the referee to wave it off.
Even a nicely right after the combat was halted, the 2012 Olympian Clayton seemed out of it.
The get for the unbeaten Ennis can make him the obligatory challenger to IBF welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr, and there is an exterior chance we could see that battle this calendar year.
Spence is hoping to face WBO winner Terence Crawford next for the undisputed 147-lb championship, but if that struggle fails to consider spot, Boots Ennis will be in the picture, likely
Boots Ennis established a superior bar with his gain above Clayton, and we’ll have to see if the most important event combat tonight between IBF/WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo and WBO winner Brian Castano can in some way evaluate up.
This writer has his doubts, as neither of individuals two possesses the same variety of talent that Ennis has going for him. The way Boots Ennis seemed tonight, he could slide into the principal party and make easy work of Jermell or Castano like he did with Clayton.
Ennis is not only a long term earth champion, but he’s an elite form of fighter that we have not observed in a prolonged, very long time.
Clayton manufactured a big error of bending minimal in front of Ennis, which place him at the mercy of the talented contender. Boots likes to throw chopping shots, and Clayton should really have known far better than to dip very low.
If Spence needs to test and show himself even now as the #1 fighter at 147, he may possibly want to take into account putting his combat with Crawford on keep and get the Boots Ennis struggle very first. He appears like a better fighter than Crawford, and significantly far more hazardous.
Really don’t get me erroneous. Crawford is an fantastic fighter, one particular of the greatest in the 147-lb division, but he’s not a natural welterweight like Boots. The variance in power among Boots and Crawford is large, and it’s as well a great deal for the Nebraska indigenous.
