Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis will make his debut at 154 against an upset Uisma Lima at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The 12-round fight is a WBA junior middleweight world title eliminator to determine the mandatory challenger for champion Abbas Barao. This is not the fight Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs) is targeting. If he wins tonight, he wants the popular champions, Sebastian Fundora or Virgil Ortiz Jr., next.
Start time and loop walk tonight
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT for the main card. Approximate main event times for Ennis vs. Lima: 10:30 PM ET / 7:30 PM PT.
How to watch:
Live on DAZN All over the world.
The complete undercard lineup
Alexis Barriere vs. Guido Vianello – Combined bout
Tahir Smalls vs. Jose Roman
Khalil Ko vs. Jesse Hart
Giorgio Feseoli vs. James Wilkins
Zaken Musa vs. Antonio Dunton Jr.
Dennis Thompson vs. Shawn Diaz
Harley Medeiros vs. Hylon Williams Jr.
Justin Palmieri vs. Naeem Parker
Former IBF and WBA welterweight champion Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs) recently vacated both his titles this year when he decided to move up to junior middleweight.
What’s at stake: A WBA title shot
The winner of tonight’s Ennis vs. Lima match will have a guaranteed shot at the title against champion Abbas Barao. Again, this is not the direction Boots plans to go. But for Lima, this is a fight he could take if he wins tonight. Naturally, he will almost certainly be offered a rematch with Ennis as well.
Fans criticized “Boots” from the beginning over his decision to use Lima as a rising opponent instead of a known, more powerful opponent. For some people, Ennis’s career seems to be based on fighting easy fights, building a record, and making money without showing any real ambition to take on the best. They expect more from the nine-year-old professional fighter who will soon turn 29.
Ennis’s final form
Imantas Stanionis-W-RTD 6
Karen Chokhadjian – W-UD 12
David Avanesian – W-RTD 5
Villa Rimen – W-is 10
Costeo Clayton – W-KO 2
“Boots’ sixth-round knockout of WBA welterweight champion Stanionis earlier this year on April 12 was impressive, and showed just how good he is against a baseball player coming up. This was a much better performance for Ennis compared to his wins over Choukhodjian, Villa and David Avanesyan.
The final lemma form
Shirvantay Koopman – W-TKO 9
Sukhdeep Singh Bhatti – W-UD 12
Haro Matevosyan – W-RD 10
Araik Marutjan – W-UD 8
Aaron McKenna – L-UD 10
Last updated on 11/10/2025
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