ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY – APRIL 12: Jaron Ennis celebrates his win over Eimantas Stanionis to capture the IBF, WBA and Ring Magazine welterweight titles at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall on April 12, 2025 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Getty Images)
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Highlights
- Jaron “Boots” Ennis makes his super welterweight debut on Saturday, October 11, in Philadelphia at the Wells Fargo Arena.
- The bout is a WBA final eliminator headlining a DAZN broadcast, with ringwalks expected around 10:47 pm ET.
- The winner could position himself for a world title shot against one of the 154-pound champions in 2026.
Jaron “Boots” Ennis is one of the more polarizing young stars in boxing. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a fighter who has a seemingly more evenly divided group of haters and fans across the sport.
Boots is making his super welterweight debut as he headlines Saturday’s DAZN card from his hometown of Philadelphia at the Wells Fargo Arena. The fight will be a WBA final eliminator and he’s taking on veteran Uisma Lima.
Here’s how you can watch the event and a look at the entire card.
- Date: Saturday, October 11
- Time: 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT / 1 am BST (Sunday)
- Main Event Ringwalks: 10:47 pm ET
- Streaming Info: DAZN
Fight Card
- Jaron Ennis vs Uisma Lima – Super Welterweight
- Khalil Coe vs Jesse Hart – Light Heavyweight
- Alexis Barriere vs Guido Vianello – Heavyweight
- Tahmir Smalls vs Jose Roman – Welterweight
- Dennis Thompson vs Sean Diaz – Super Bantamweight
- Zaquin Moses vs Antonio Dunton-El Jr – Super Featherweight
- Giorgio Visioli vs James Wilkins – Super Featherweight
- Harley Mederos vs TBC – Lightweight
- Justin Palmieri vs Naheem Parker – Lightweight
Ennis is seemingly always under pressure in the ring–and I’m not even referring to Lima or any of his past opponents. It feels like Ennis is always in a position where the slightest misstep will be added to the list of issues his critics point to as a tragic flaw.
While you could argue his critics have been provided the ammunition on the strength of the professional choices Boots and his team have made, it’s still a heck of a weight to carry into every fight.
Lima is a tough Angolan fighter who hasn’t faced top competition.
He has one loss on his pro record, a unanimous decision defeat to Aaron McKenna in 2023 and the judges’ scorecards showed the latter in complete control. That doesn’t appear to bode well for Lima, though we’ll see what happens in the ring.
If Lima has any success against Boots, the doubters’ voices will get louder and more will doubt the young star’s fitness for a title shot at 154 pounds.
That said, there are too many viable fights available for him against the likes of WBO champion Xander Zayas, WBA champion Abass Baraou, WBC champ Sebastian Fundora or Keith Thurman (whom he faces on October 25), and IBF king Bakhram Murtazaliev. A win on Saturday would almost certainly put him in line for a fight with one of them–more than likely Baraou.
Be on the lookout for fight night coverage of the bout as well as reactions and highlights.