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Crystal Ball: Stanionis ignores the team’s advice: Looks like killing false American boogeyman buts ennis
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11 months agoon
By Frank Bay: Eimantas Stanionis is fearless and does not buy the noise of Jaron “Boots” Ennis. Why would he? If he was Eimantas Sandavol from Jalisco in Mexico, instead of Stanionis from Lithuania, this fight could compete on the legendary night by Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Meldrick Taylor in terms of noise and commercial noise. But Stanionis is little known, inactive Eastern Europe, without significant victories in its CV, which was given an e-mail belt.
Ennis also received his belt and is currently produced by the former Hype Showtime/PBC without significant names in his CV in over 30 fights. At some point, the claim of Ennis to Sława is the pretender Errola Spence and Crawford, who traversing the comma, when Crawford allowed himself to deprive his title, not to face him.
It is possible to argue whether Crawford has diluted Ennis or not. The truth is that none of Ennis’s noise is based on the ring. His most significant win is perhaps Willa Roiman. Villa is known for defeating the former pretender to Hype Fringe, Rashidi Ellis. The whole noise of Ennis is based on the narrative that other fighters pierce it. None of them is based and is not only speculated by its minimum fans base. One thing that Ennis has for him is that he is a philly warrior. Being a warrior Philly has some charm among boxing fans. Actual or imagined, this is a story that can be sold.
Although it should be the main boxing event, unfortunately it is not. Stanionis is a virtual unknown Eastern Europe, and Jaron Ennis has a mop’s personality and charisma. Without slightly ennis; All he wants to do is focus on boxing. This is good, but the possibility of selling, especially in boxing, is a necessary ingredient. Do not look further than Ryan Garcia, if you want to know why it matters.
I hear the overthrow now, but what about Crawford? Somehow, the bud is less nice than Ennis, and he is a boxing star, speaking relatively. My answer to this is he really? Crawford has the personality and charisma of the cake. And that’s why it took him 15 years to become even a name in boxing.
Before defeating Spence Crawford, he could also play football. What about Canelo Alvarez? Mr. Charisma is not exactly and he barely speaks English. And I say that Alvarez has the whole country behind it in the same way as Pacquiao and Hatton. The reality is that America is trying to find and build another golden boy or “Money” Mayweather, because they no longer support boxing, as in previous eras.
Boxing is behind darts on television. Therefore, boxers must understand this and go beyond independent marketing. Hire an acting trainer or hearing a dancing with the stars, just like former fighters did. Or even better, make friends with Jake Paul, as David Benavidez was wise enough. But you have to start trends.
Winners and losers
As for talent, based solely on the eye test, Ennis and Stanionis are the peak of their class. This may not say much, because once Glamor Leonardo, de la Hoya, Mayweather and Trinidad, currently a welterweight, has Mario Barrios as the biggest name. Barrios is known only for the breakthrough of Davis’s featherlight tank, and then move to get the E -Mail 147 strap. Currently 147 is a sterile landscape. To unite this again, we get the union of E -Mail masters.
Ennis reportedly rejected a huge control from Turk Ali to face Vergil Ortiz, because he said he had signed a contract with Eddie Hearn that his goal was to become the undisputed champion of 147. This could be the wise game of Ennis, or a huge error defining a career.
If Ennis defeats Stanionis, he becomes a 147-line ring champion. This is a historical achievement. I am not sure how much recognition will receive from critics and fans, because Stanionis is largely unverified. Ennis naively believes that defeating Stanionis will automatically make him a P4P warrior.
I think this is a bit of delusion on the part of Ennis. It seems that we, fans, do not really know boxing and you can not see that they are both Masters of E -Mail. On the other hand, Devin Haney is still in the P4P rankings of critics, so it may not be so much.
Now for the huge ones, but, but if Ennis makes a loss, this may be the worst decision he made since the entire career of the misfortune of Demetrius Andrade. I would doubt that Ennis could affect the loss to Stanionis. The loss would only strengthen the knocking of people.
This would confirm that he was noise. Crawford would be released and he could indicate and say “it was the guy that you said I was open.” By making social media will be next. He could end up like a hamed after he was revealed. You can never see again. Although this is drastic, this happens when the warrior and his fans buy noise and mean Boogeyman.
Claiming that they are the most avoided boxing warrior. In this way, Ennis built his name. Therefore, a loss of death would be a loss. Ennis does not seem to be ready to return to the drawing board and rebuild the fight for peanuts. In addition, he would still be too good for other names to give him an opportunity if they don’t have to.
This is a problem with making an unsuccessful attempt to fight Norman Jr so publicly deafening. Now the loss of one man and the other can indicate and say that it was not like that. Mayweather was able to employ this tactic throughout his entire career.
Whenever the warrior was mentioned as a threat to him, he lost. He pointed out and said: “Oh, he is a guy you said, he can overcome me that he just lost and so, allowing him to avoid such fighters through his entire career
No, Ennis must win and win in an impressive way to raise his profile and silence critics. Something less than a spectacular victory will be for nothing. Doubts will have their own cake. Stanionis is very good, but he should not win this fight. He is the only best warrior who took the opportunity to face the self -proclaimed Boogeyman.
In an interview, Stanionis stated that he had been fighting the advice of his guardians. His team did not feel that he was getting an sincere offer. They told him that the money was not suitable for such a grave struggle of unification. Stanionis told his team to make it happen anyway.
He will have all the chances that were set against him on the night of the fight. It will be a road team fighting on the ennis pitch. He will not have his wife at his side and miss the birth of his first child. Stanionis is weaker.
Run or not run
In terms of style, it’s a classic duel. Ennis transfer between boxer and boxer-puncher. He has power in both hands, and his chin is decent, but not great. We see talent, but we didn’t see him test. In Ennis, I don’t like the excuse that he is profuse for his impoverished fights. His excuse for the average towards Karen was a very doubtful statement that he was not properly motivated.
For my life, someone should have warned him that saying something like aterans. Receiving a payment of millions of dollars, fighting in front of the hometown for the title, and your answer is a lack of motivation. The correct answer would be that I have a lot to do. But the real answer should have been a bit overrated. There can be no such excuse against Stanionis. Stanionis will be there to bring it. He is your classic boxer.
Stanionis tries to literally break his opponents. He doesn’t look at the box or madness around the ring with a protruding tongue and looking charming. He is not a frill. He has decent to good power. His chin seems to be above the average, but to tell the truth, we cannot say for sure, because his opposition was very mediocre. Stanionis is there to be hit, but it’s because he doesn’t mind. He wants to put pressure on his opponent every minute of each round. He works on the head and the body, swearing to kill Ennis’s torso all night.
Ennis will have advantages of size, speed and athleticism. The power should be annulled because both can hurt. This should do it with an early affair. The direct path of Ennis to victory is that he is an applicant. He will want to constantly move Stanionis, making him raise his feet when he tries to load the bodies.
Ennis will have to be careful that he was an applicant, not a runner. This will negatively affect judges and viewers. Ennis knows that he has to sit and fight at least in the grooves to get the crowd.
This should not be if things are fair, but they are not and Stanionis will probably need a knockout to get a victory. I am not saying that he cannot win a decision, but if it is close, he should not expect that they will give him a fight. If it is a very close fight, Ennis will receive a decision in his hometown.
HEALTHY FIGHT
It should be honestly a greater fight than today, but it’s boxing. Both men say little and had long sections of inactivity. What we can expect is a good fight. This fight will answer many questions for both fans and critics. Is Ennis as good as advertised?
If Stanionis were to upset, could he become a star? If Ennis is nervous, do we question the validity of shiny records and still believe in Boogemen fairy tales in boxing? Will Eastern Europeans realize in the United States?
If Ennis receives a spectacular win, does it make him a superstar, and does he get huge names? The only answer I can come up with now is that I have the impression that we will see something unexpected. This has a classic production. I follow the weaker because I tend to root for the weaker and I don’t believe in Boogememen. However, I must say that American boxing needs this win in the worst way.
Last updated 04/11/2025
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IBF rules that force Jai Opetaia to lose his cruiserweight title again
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The IBF rules, which will cost Jai Opetaia the cruiserweight title, are one of the clearest rules in boxing and have now impacted the Australian for the second time without him being defeated in the ring.
World Boxing News has already reported that the IBF has withdrawn sanctions for Opetaia’s defense against Brandon Glanton after it became clear that Zuffa’s World Cruiserweight title would still be a fight on March 8.
WBN also examined how Opetai’s quest for undisputed status left him without a belt.
After the sanctions were lifted, the fight became an unsanctioned fight under IBF rules. This is where Rule 5.H comes in.
“If a champion enters an unsanctioned fight within the designated weight limit, the title will be declared vacant regardless of whether the champion wins or loses the fight.”
Explanation of IBF Rule 5.H
The IBF defines an unsanctioned fight as a fight for which it has not been formally approved or which has later been withdrawn.
This distinction matters here because the Opetai fight was initially sanctioned before the IBF changed its stance.
After this consent was withdrawn, the fight automatically entered the unsanctioned category.
There were already signs of a turnaround earlier in fight week when no IBF belt appeared during the Opetaia-Glanton press events, with the Zuffa Championship taking center stage instead.
From this point on, the recipe leaves little room for interpretation. If the champion continues to fight at the division limit, the title will be considered vacant regardless of the outcome.
It doesn’t matter whether the champion wins, loses or draws. The belt may not remain attached to a fighter after participating in an unsanctioned championship fight.
This rule is intended to prevent champions from competing for rival world titles outside of the federation’s own sanctioning system.
Why sanctioning authorities enforce it
Rules like 5.H exist to protect the title structure. If a champion was free to challenge for external championships while also holding the IBF belt, the organization’s rankings, credentials and paths to title success would quickly become irrelevant.
The IBF made this philosophy clear in its statement, emphasizing that the rules are intended to provide structure and clarity not only to the champion, but also to challengers waiting for their chance.
Therefore, the federation returned to the customary four-lane route to undisputed status. According to the IBF, the recognized path remains to unify the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO titles, rather than allowing separate championships to exist alongside them.
Opetaia and parallel 2023
This isn’t the first time IBF rules have stripped Opetaia of his belt.
This is the second time an undefeated cruiserweight has lost his title as a result of rule enforcement and politics rather than defeat.
The Australian gave up the same belt in 2023, opting for a lucrative fight in Saudi Arabia against Ellis Zorro rather than face mandatory challenger Mairis Briedis first.
At this stage, the IBF has already granted one exemption and refused to allow another. Opetaia moved forward anyway, taking advantage of Saudi Arabia’s opportunity, and the title was lost before he even stepped into the ring.
The current situation is based on a different clause but leads to the same result. Back then it was a mandatory defense rule. Now this is the rule of unsanctioned competitions.
Either way, Opetaia twice saw his IBF championship stripped away by strict application of the rules rather than by another cruiserweight defeating him.
The result is the same. Opetaia may still be viewed by many as the best cruiserweight in the world, but rules have twice prevented him from carrying the IBF belt forward.
If a fight with Glanton takes place under current conditions, the title will automatically be vacant.
For a fighter striving for full unification, it’s another reminder that in the cruiserweight division, Opetai’s biggest obstacles weren’t always on the opposite side.
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Dana White: ‘No problems’ with Hearn after business deal with Aspinall
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Dana White “has no problems with it.” Tom Aspinall signing a business deal with Eddie Hearn and denying he ever questioned his champion’s eye injury.
UFC heavyweight champion Aspinall (15-3) has signed with Matchroom Talent Agency, a modern initiative run by boxing promoter Hearn.
Aspinall remains under contract to fight in the UFC, but can now count on professional advice from Hearn, who has emerged as a rival to White’s Zuffa Boxing.
Zuffa signed Conor Benn, who had spent his entire professional boxing career at Matchroom, leaving Hearn disappointed.
White reacted to Aspinall welcoming Hearn into his inner circle, saying at the UFC 326 press conference: “We have no issues with Eddie.
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Aspinall spent 14 months away from fighting in the hope of meeting Jon Jones, which never materialized.
His interim heavyweight title was elevated to full status outside the Octagon when Jones retired, but his return to fight Ciril Gane ended in disaster.
The fight was declared a no-contest when Aspinall was unable to continue due to accidental pokes to the eyes.
White has not spoken to Aspinall since he underwent surgery on both eyes last month, but he denied ever questioning the severity of his injuries.
“The company has talked to him. I haven’t talked to him. Tom and I clearly need to talk,” White told Piers Morgan Uncensored. “Tom recently came out, his dad did too. They felt like I was their s–t when I talked about his eye injury, which absolutely wasn’t the case.
“Tom Aspinall is a guy I respect. He’s great to work with. I never once questioned his injury or talked negatively about him. I said, ‘I think he’s OK, I think he’ll be fine.’ And they came out and said, “No, it’s not like that.” He said, “I haven’t talked to Dan, I don’t know why he said that.” But of course my medical team is talking to him. That’s what I thought.
“They thought I kicked him in some way, which I absolutely didn’t and wouldn’t do. I like him a lot and I respect him a lot. I’ve never had a problem with Tom Aspinall. I have. He’s still struggling with what’s going on with his eyes. In the last 30 years in this business, I’ve seen injuries where I doubted guys could come back. And I always have. Including the eye pokes.”
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Keyshawn Davis says his next fight at 147 pounds could be a title shot
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“My next fight will definitely be under a credible name, bigger than Jamaine Ortiz,” Keyshawn told Fight Hub TV.
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Keyshawn did not name his opponent, but hinted that the fight would be a step up from his last fight. He also said that discussions about this fight have already taken place and that his return could come sooner than many expect.
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