Philly Fighter Jaron Ennis Ready For Battle In Atlantic City In Unification Battle vs Eimantas Stanionis

Atlantic City, NJ: The eyes of the Boxing world will make their way to historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City for a big-time Title Unification fight featuring Philadelphia fighter Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis battling Eimantas Stanionis. Ennis comes into the fight with a record of 33-0 29 KOs & coming off a UD win over Karen Chukhadzhian in November 2024 at Wells Fargo Center. His opponent Eimantas Stanionis makes his way to Atlantic City with a record of 15-0 with 9 KOs and coming off a win over Gabriel Maestre in Las Vegas in May 2024.

Ennis will be putting his IBF Title on the line while his opponent puts the WBA Title on the line – the vacant Ring Magazine belt is also on the line.

Some wondered if we would ever see Eddie Hearn bring a big fight feel back to Atlantic City & back in November, Eddie was asked about it:

For the overnight

I asked @EddieHearn about possibly of a future @MatchroomBoxing card in Atlantic City #Boxing #AtlanticCity #EnnisChukhadzhian pic.twitter.com/xy2Hxg3zeN

— David Malandra Jr (@DaveMReports) November 10, 2024

The last time that Ennis fought in Atlantic City was July 2023 with a KO win over Roiman Villa:

THE BOOGEYMAN DOES IT AGAIN 😈@JaronEnnis KOs Villa in round 10 to move to 31-0 ⭐#EnnisVilla pic.twitter.com/cIiuRPbUL5

— All the Smoke Boxing (@atsboxing) July 9, 2023

This is the first time in 11 years that a major Title fight will be held in Atlantic City. The last one was November 2014 when Sergey Kovalev defeated Bernard Hopkins to unifty the light heavyweight titles.

Atlantic City has hosted major Boxing events in the past, some of the notable ones that took place at Boardwalk Hall:

Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks for the Heavyweight Title
Mike Tyson vs Larry Holmes for the Heavyweight Title
Evander Holyfield vs George Foreman for the Heavyweight Title
Arturo Gatti. vs Mickey Ward Fights 2 and 3
Bernard Hopkins vs Antonio Tarver for the Light Heavyweight title
Floyd Mayweather vs Arturo Gatti
Kelly Pavlik vs Jermain Taylor for Middleweight Titles

Final Weight in:

Time to 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐅𝐘 🔜🏆

🇺🇸 @JaronEnnis vs. Eimantas Stanionis 🇱🇹

IBF, WBA and Ring Magazine World Welterweight Unification 🏆#EnnisStanionis | April 12 | Live on DAZN pic.twitter.com/ZdvKFKxEEY

— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) April 11, 2025

Broadcast information:
The Main Card begins at 8 PM LIVE on DAZN

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