“I will shock the world and defeat Jaron “Boots” Ennis.”

Uisma Lima says his goal is to win every round, look good in defeating favorite Jaron Ennis, and get Eddie Hearn to sign him to a promotional contract after his junior middleweight tournament on Saturday, October 11 at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.

It would be interesting if Hearn ends up signing Lima if he wins over ‘Boots’ or if he makes him look as bad as Karen Choukedjian did in their rematch on November 9, 2024.

Lima (14-1, 10 KOs) admits people aren’t giving him a chance to beat former unified welterweight champion Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs). However, he feels it’s because they’ve never seen him fight before.

Southpaw power and pressure

Southpaw Lima is a big puncher and has a powerful left hand with which he can do a lot of damage. If Ennis is drained of dropping to 154th, he could lose to Lima or might find it difficult to come away with a win. Lima is a step up in class from Ennis’ most recent opponent, Imantas Stanionis, and could be a problem.

During yesterday’s bout, Lima looked like a bigger, healthier fighter compared to the exhausted and worn-out “Boots.” One can tell by looking at them that Lima, 32, is a natural middleweight who doesn’t hail from the 1970s or 1980s.

In contrast, Ennis appears to have lost a lot of weight at 154, which indicates he will be hydrating a massive amount of water after the weigh-in on Friday. Hearn said he felt Ennis would be stronger and finally in his ideal weight class after moving up from 147. It doesn’t look that way. From the looks of it, the “shoes” should be in medium weight.

“They don’t know me” – Ouisma’s message

“People because they (don’t) know me, they think it’s an easy fight. My goal and mission is to work every round and win every round. People will see that I’m a skilled guy. I have everything. People will see that. This is a top-class fighter,” said Uisma Lima. Trampling ground He expressed his desire to win the support of the fans in his match against Jaron Ennis on Saturday.

Lima has been off the grid, facing little-known opposition during his six-year career. The only somewhat notable fighter Uisma has fought during his career is Aaron McKenna, to whom he lost via a grueling 10-round unanimous decision on June 16, 2023. That was a fight in which Lima was gaslighting McKenna on the outside.

McKenna chose to take it inside to take Lima’s power. It worked, but it was an ugly fight and hard to score. Lima hit the harder, more eye-catching shots, but McKenna was a bit busier.

Eddie Hearn in the Lima scenes

“My goal now is to sign with me to a promotion. I need a good promotion and Ed (Hearn) will like me,” Lima said of his hopes of impressing Eddie Hearn so he can sign for Matchroom this Saturday. “He’s a good guy. “I want to make a deal with him.”