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Jaron Ennis vs. Eimantas Stanionis: Fight date, ring walk time, how to watch, undercard

bet365 News Team Published: Apr 01 2025 16:08

Jaron Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis will put their reputations on the line when they compete in a welterweight unification fight in Atlantic City.

Jaron Ennis vs. Eimantas Stanionis date

Jaron Ennis vs. Eimantas Stanionis will meet for the IBF and WBA world titles on Saturday, April 12, 2025.

Jaron Ennis vs. Eimantas Stanionis ring walk time

The fighters are expected to ringwalk at around 11 PM ET / 8 PM PT.

The exact timing will depend on the duration of the bouts on the undercard.

Jaron Ennis vs. Eimantas Stanionis venue

Jaron Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis will do battle at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The famous and historic venue was opened in 1929 and can accommodate 14,770 spectators.

The arena has played host to some of the biggest acts in music and Mike Tyson, George Forman, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar de la Hoya, Roberto Duran, Lennox Lewis, Roy Jones Jr, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Bernard Hopkins and Evander Holyfield have all boxed as the historic venue.

How to watch Jaron Ennis vs. Eimantas Stanionis

Jaron Ennis vs. Eimantas Stanionis will be broadcast on DAZN.

Jaron Ennis vs. Eimantas Stanionis titles at stake

It's a unification bout in Atlantic City, and therefore, two world welterweight titles will be up for grabs.

Ennis brings the IBF 147-pound belt to the ring while Stanionis holds the WBA strap, and the pair will do battle for the titles.

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Jaron Ennis record

The unbeaten Jaron Ennis has been hailed as one of the biggest talents in boxing, and "Boots" will go some way to showing he is a pound-for-pound contender if he can unify the welterweight division against Eimantas Stanionis.

The American brings a 33-0 record to the ring in Atlantic City and 29 of those victories have come by stoppage.

The 27-year-old made serene progress in the early stages of his career before stepping up to face Chris van Heerden for the vacant IBF world welterweight title in 2020.

That bout was ruled a no-contest, but Boots got a crack at the IBF interim title against Karen Chukhadzhian in 2023.

Ennis secured the victory and then went on to beat Roiman Villa later the same year, prior to a crack at David Avanesyan.

Boots retired Ava and the Philly fighter then successfully defended his strap when beating Chukhadzhian for the second time last year.

Ennis' interim title was then upgraded to a full world championship after Terence Crawford vacated his four welterweight belts last year.

However, it's hard to argue for Villa, Avanesyan and Chukhadzhian being genuine world-level fighters and Ennis wasn't exactly dazzling when defeating that trio of opponents.

It's a concern that the 27-year-old has looked less impressive as Ennis has moved gradually up in grade, but Boots does have the opportunity to show what he can do on Saturday night.

Eimantas Stanionis record

Eimantas Stanionis was another fighter who benefited from an interim title upgrade following Terence Crawford's vacation.

The Lithuanian became the WBA's regular titleholder by virtue of his April 2022 split-decision win over Radzhab Butaev.

The 30-year-old was then out of the ring for two years before successfully defending that title against Gabriel Maestre last May.

The Kaunas fighter returns after another 11-month layoff to face Ennis, which has clearly been a frustrating time for the welterweight.

Stanionis was penciled in for a bout against Vergil Ortiz Jr., but that never came to fruition and the 2016 Olympian will be out to prove a point in Atlantic City.

The Lithuanian certainly impressed when dominating Maestre last time out and the 30-year-old will be aiming to pull off a shock victory on Saturday night.