Jaron Ennis Vs. Eimantas Stanionis Opening Betting Odds
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 6: Jaron Ennis poses for photos during Media Day ahead of the ... More IBF welterweight title bout against Karen Chukhadzhian on November 6, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mark Robinson/)
Jaron 'Boots' Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis meet in a welterweight title unification fight on April 12 at Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall in New Jersey. Ennis will put his IBF title on the line, while Stanionis's WBA championship will be up for grabs. We look at the fight and the opening betting odds for the Ennis vs. Stanionis matchup.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 6: Jaron Ennis poses for photos during Media Day ahead of the ... More IBF welterweight title bout against Karen Chukhadzhian on November 6, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mark Robinson/)
The 27-year-old Ennis (33-0-0-1 with 29 knockouts) won the vacant IBF interim welterweight crown in January 2023 with a unanimous decision victory over Karen Chukhadzhian. He retained that title in July 2023 with a 10th-round knockout win over Roiman Villa. Ennis was elevated to full champion status in November 2023 when the sanctioning body stripped Terence Crawford of the belt not long after Crawford unified the welterweight titles with a win over Errol Spence Jr.
In his first defense of the IBF crown, Ennis defeated David Avanesyan when the fight was halted before the start of the sixth round. In his most recent outing, Ennis defeated Chukhadzhian by decision in a rematch in November 2024.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 04: Eimantas Stanionis reacts after defeating Gabriel Maestre by unanimous ... More decision in their WBA welterweight championship title fight at T-Mobile Arena on May 04, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by)
The 30-year-old Stanionis (15-0-0-1 with nine knockouts) won the WBA crown in April 2022 with a split-decision victory over Radzhab Butaev. Stanionis did not fight again until May 2024, after three fights against Vergil Ortiz Jr. were canceled.
Stanionis was forced out of the first scheduled fight with Ortiz in early 2023 because of an emergency appendectomy. Ortiz withdrew from the rescheduled contest in March of that year because of rhabdomyolysis, a serious muscle condition. Then, in July, the fight was again scratched at the last minute because of dehydration.
Stanionis defended his title in May 2024 with a unanimous decision win over Gabriel Maestre.
When odds opened for the upcoming title unification contest, Ennis was a -430 betting favorite over the +310 Stanionis. Those odds have moved considerably. Today, Ennis is a -700 favorite over the +400 Stanionis.
Saturday, April 12
Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ
DAZN
Jaron Ennis vs. Eimantas Stanionis, 12 rounds, welterweight – Ennis' IBF title, Stanionis WBA title
Raymond Ford vs. Thomas Mattice, 10 rounds, super featherweight – WBA Continental North America title
Arturo Popoca vs. Christian Carto, 10 rounds, super bantamweight – Popoca's WBC Continental Americas title
Shakhram Giyasov vs. Franco Maximiliano Ocampo, 10 rounds, welterweight
Tahmir Smalls vs. Earl Bascome, 8 rounds, welterweight
Omari Jones vs. William Jackson, 6 rounds, super welterweight
Francisco Rodriguez vs. Naheem Parker, 6 rounds, lightweight
Zaquin Moses vs. Alex Pallette, 4 rounds, super featherweight
The winner of the Ennis vs. Stanionis bout could go on to face Brian Norman Jr. Norman defeated Derrieck Cuevas via TKO at 2:59 of Round 3 in defense of his WBO welterweight title on Saturday, March 29 in Las Vegas.
We will have more on the Ennis vs. Stanionis fight card as fight night approaches including picks and predictions, as well as results on fight night.
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