Jaron Ennis stepped on the scale Friday a little heavier than
Uisma Lima for the former welterweight champion’s junior middleweight debut.
Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs, 1 NC) officially weighed 153.4 pounds for their
12-round main event Saturday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Ennis’ hometown. Portugal’s Lima (14-1, 10 KOs) came in at 153 pounds. The division limit is 154.
They’ll fight for the WBA interim super welterweight title in the headliner of an eight-fight card. DAZN will stream Ennis-Lima and three undercard bouts (see below).
DraftKings lists Ennis as a 30-1 favorite to beat Lima.
Ennis, 28, will make his debut as a full-fledged junior middleweight. He vacated his Ring, IBF and WBA welterweight titles following his last fight, a
six-round destruction of former WBA champ Eimantas Stanionis (16-1, 9 KOs, 1 NC) on April 12 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Lima, 32, has won four straight bouts, all in the countries where his opponents reside. That winning streak began following a 10-round, unanimous-decision defeat against Irish middleweight contender
Aaron McKenna (20-0, 10 KOs) in June 2023 at York Hall in London.
The official weights for the seven fights on the undercard are listed below.
DAZN
8 p.m. ET; 5 p.m. PT
- Alexis Barriere (12-0, 10 KOs), 237 pounds, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada vs. Guido Vianello (13-3-1, 11 KOs), 247.4 pounds, Rome, heavyweights, 10 rounds
- Tahmir Smalls (15-0, 11 KOs), 146.8 pounds, Philadelphia vs. Jose Roman (14-1, 6 KOs), 146.4 pounds, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, welterweights, 10 rounds
- Dennis Thompson (7-0, 5 KOs), 121.4 pounds, Philadelphia vs. Sean Diaz (9-0, 2 KOs), 122 pounds, Guadalajara, Mexico, junior featherweights, 6 rounds
Matchroom Boxing YouTube
5:15 p.m. ET; 2:15 p.m. PT
- Zaquin Moses (4-0, 3 KOs), 132.2 pounds, Newark, New Jersey vs. Antonio Dunton-El Jr. (6-4-2, 2 KOs), 133.4 pounds, Baltimore, lightweights, 6 rounds
- Giorgio Visioli (8-0, 6 KOs), 135 pounds, Aldershot, England vs. James Wilkins (13-3, 6 KOs), 134.6 pounds, Staten Island, New York, lightweights, 8 rounds
- Harley Maderos (8-0, 7 KOs), 141.6 pounds, Brooklyn vs. Hylon Williams Jr. (16-6-1, 3 KOs), 138.4 pounds, Houston, junior welterweights, 6 rounds
- Justin Palmieri (5-0, 3 KOs), 136.4 pounds, Maple Shade, New Jersey vs. Naheem Parker (5-3, 2 KOs), 141.6 pounds, Camden, New Jersey, junior welterweights, 6 rounds
Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing.