Jaron Ennis stops Xander Zayas to unify super-welterweight titles

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Jaron “Boots” Ennis left Barclays Center on Saturday night with the WBA and WBO super-welterweight titles, the signature win of his career and answers to questions that had dogged him for years. Less than an hour after stopping previously unbeaten Xander Zayas in the seventh round, Ennis sounded convinced none of them required much discussion. The defining sequence of the fight came in the third round when Zayas landed a flush right hand through Ennis’s guard that wobbled the challenger, forcing the Philadelphia fighter to retreat and clinch during the most difficult spell of his professional career.

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Ennis shrugs off scare and eyes undisputed at 154lb New champion embraces hostile crowd after Zayas win Fighter says toughest test only sharpened ambition Jaron “Boots” Ennis left Barclays Center on Saturday night with the WBA and WBO super-welterweight titles, the signature win of his career and answers to questions that had dogged him for years. What would happen when he finally faced an elite opponent? What would happen when he was finally hurt? And could he do it in front of a hostile crowd? Continue reading...