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Oct 19, 2025
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Erickson Lubin respects Jaron Ennis' skills, but he wants to see how the former Ring/IBF/WBA welterweight champ fares against much better junior middleweights than Uisma LIma.
Erickson Lubin is a fan of Jaron “Boots” Ennis.
So much so that he tuned in to watch his junior middleweight debut against Uisma Lima on Oct. 11. Lubin, a highly ranked 154-pound contender, didn’t have time to get comfortable on his couch as it took Ennis less than two minutes to end it.
Since making quick work of Uisma, fans and media members have praised Ennis. According to Lubin (27-2, 19 KOs), the applause is a bit too loud considering the opponent.
“Boots is a great fighter, I enjoyed watching the fight,” Lubin told The Ring. “He got rid of that dude in just one round, which is impressive, but that dude wasn’t [expletive].”
Lima (14-2, 10 KOs) was ranked in the top 10 in three of the four major sanctioning bodies and held the IBO title, but Ennis was as high as a 30-1 favorite according to various sportsbooks.
Lima, 32, hadn’t fought in the United States before he lost to Ennis. He had also lost a one-sided unanimous decision to Ireland’s Aaron McKenna (20-0, 10 KOs), ranked No. 7 in The Ring’s middleweight top 10.
Still, that didn’t stop Ennis from grabbing the microphone during his post-fight interview and start naming names. From Lubin to Vergil Ortiz to every beltholder, the Philadelphia star wants them all.
However, Lubin pointed out if Ennis (35-0, 31 KOs, 1 NC) truly wanted to fight a big-name opponent, he could have marched right into a fight of significance from the start of his junior middleweight journey.
“Boots after the fight, he had a lot to say about the whole division,” Lubin said. “He wanna fight this person, he wanna fight that person, he wanna fight Bakhram [Murtazaliev], he wanna fight [Sebastian] Fundora, he wanna fight Vergil, he wanna fight me, he wanna fight [Jermell] Charlo. But why the [expletive] did you just fight Lima then? Come out the gate fighting one of these dudes. That would’ve been more respectable.”
Lubin will face Ortiz (23-0, 21 KOs) on November 8 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
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