Ekow Essuman believes that IBF welterweight champion, Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, 33-0 (29 KOs), will have too much attacking creativity for WBA title holder, Eimantas Stanionis, 15-0 (9 KOs), when the rival champions meet in their title unification fight on Saturday night. The Ring Magazine title will also be on the line in Atlantic City. DAZN will stream the event worldwide.

Essuman, 21-1 (8 KOs), is preparing for a DAZN main event of his own.

On May 24th, the 36 year-old former British and Commonwealth welterweight champion will welcome former undisputed and Ring Magazine super lightweight champion, Josh Taylor, to the 147lb division. The two will meet at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow.

Essuman respects both fighters and although he spotted a couple of flaws in Ennis’ game during his routine decision win over the negative Karen Chukhadzhian in their rematch last November, he still believes that the Philadelphian will find a way past the tough Stanionis.

“That's a good fight. They've both got amazing jabs,” Essuman told The Ring.

“‘Boots’ is a naturally heavy guy, but Stanionis is too. Off his last outing he boxed really well. I think ‘Boots’ has a little bit more flair in him, though. I think that might be the difference in the match.

“‘Boots’ did show a bit of vulnerability in his last match and that was against that Ukrainian lad [Chukhadzhian] who's more of a defensive fighter more than a come forward fighter.

“So, I think there might have been some holes in his arsenal that were shown.”

Ennis is widely regarded as the best welterweight on the planet but although a move to 154lbs is inevitable, he was determined to remain at welterweight until he had definitively proven himself to be the man to beat at 147lbs. Beating Stanionis and collecting the Ring Magazine and WBA titles could be the catalyst for a move upto super welterweight.

Aware that he faces a tough night’s work against Taylor, Essuman is confident of beating the Scotsman and gatecrashing the world stage and he revealed that he has had his eye on the man who currently sits atop the welterweight mountain for some time.

“I think he'll move up but he's the person I've been aiming for regardless,” Essuman said. “If he doesn’t move up, OK, it's all good. But if he does, then someone's going to have to fill the space and there's going to be all kinds of creatures from the Black Lagoon, like myself, who come out the woodwork.

“There's a load of people in the top ten who haven’t fought in a while who are just waiting for their opportunity, thinking they're waiting for the right time.”