After a successful run at welterweight, Jaron “Boots” Ennis is on the rise and is scheduled to make his 154-pound debut against Uisma Lima (14-1, 10 KO) on Saturday night, October 11, at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, broadcast live on DAZN.

Ennis is one step away from a gigantic fight, but before he can turn his attention to that fight, he plans to make a statement ahead of the Lima fight. While Ennis plans to entertain and showcase his skills, Lima is focused on formally introducing himself to the mainstream by scoring a huge goal.

Uisma Lima, from Luanda, Angola, made his professional boxing debut in February 2019, defeating Youssoufa Kone via third-round TKO. Lima picked up an additional nine straight wins.

In June 2023, Aaron McKenna was scheduled to face Shakiel Thompson for the WBC International middleweight title. Due to injury, Thompson withdrew from the fight.

Uisma Lima completed the squad on tiny notice, but unfortunately for Lima he lost by unanimous decision. He returned to form, continuing his streak of four straight wins. Now Lima faces the biggest challenge of his professional career.

A few years ago, in their first meeting, Jaron Ennis defeated Karen Chukhadzhian by unanimous decision to win the vacant interim IBF welterweight belt. Ten months later, Ennis was named full champion following the stripping of Terence “Bud” Crawford of the title.

Ennis began successfully defending his IBF belt against David Avanesyan and Karen Chukhadzhian. Six months ago, Ennis became the unified world champion when he defeated Eimantas Stanionis in the sixth round to win the vacant WBA world title.

Now 28-year-old Philadelphia native Jaron “Boots” Ennis (34-0, 30 KO) is ready to step up and join the talent-rich junior middleweight division. Ennis is an exceptional fighter who has all the tools. He is a striker who has power in both hands.

In addition to punching power, Ennis has hand speed, masterful footwork and consistently lands edged combinations. On Saturday night, Ennis wants to make a statement, and the statement he wants to make is tantamount to a brilliant knockout.

His opponent, Uisma Lima, is an aggressive southerner, used to pushing forward and dictating the pace of the fight. Lima has the ability to consistently maintain a high work rate and land massive punches.

Boots Ennis’ plan is to entertain his hometown fans on Saturday night and then move on to his highly anticipated bout with the fierce Vergil Ortiz Jr. Uisma Lima heads to Philadelphia to play the role of spoiler.

Uisma Lima is an unknown by name, but he has beaten three undefeated fighters in his own backyard. Lima’s goal is to score and add Jaron Ennis’ name to that exclusive list.

On Saturday evening, 32-year-old Uisma Lima wants to officially introduce himself to the public. During a recent press conference, Lima issued a stern warning.

“I want to fight all the gigantic names because I think I’m a gigantic name,” Lima said. “But people don’t know me because I don’t have a gigantic promotion with me. But when I’m done with this fight, when I’m done with Boots, people will know me!”