In a super-attractive doubleheader, Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez will defend their respective world titles at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on November 9.
The 12-round bouts, plus undercard action, will be broadcast by DAZN.
WATCH: Jaron Ennis vs. Karen Chukhadzhian 2, live on DAZN
In a homecoming appearance, Boots (32-0, 29 KOs) makes the second defense of his IBF welterweight crown against Ukrainian contender Karen Chukhadzhian. This bout is a rematch of their January 2023 encounter which Boots won comprehensively on points.
“I’m not going to lie, he’s getting knocked out on Saturday,” said Boots during the final press conference.
“We’re gonna have some fun, we’re gonna put on a show.
“It doesn’t matter what he does, we’re going to put on a show and make a big statement Saturday night. We’re gonna have a party.”
Bam (20-0, 13 KOs) defends WBC and Ring Magazine super flyweight titles against Pedro Guevara. Fresh off his stunning seventh-round knockout triumph over Mexican legend Juan Francisco Estrada in July, Bam is looking for a statement victory over the former WBC light flyweight champ.
“[Guevara is] looking at his fight as a great opportunity to change his life, to change his family’s life, but I feel like I’m on top of my game and no one can beat me,” Bam told The Sporting News.
“Come November 9, I’m going to show that I’m one of the best in boxing.”
The Sporting News will provide live coverage of the undercard and round-by-round scoring on both of these world title fights.
Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez live updates, highlights, and commentary
Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis vs. Karen Chukhadzhian 2: SN live scorecard
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total |
| Boots | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Chukhadzhian | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
Round 7: Two right-hand leads nail Chukhadzhian as Boots continues to have a field day. Low blow from the champion who receives a stern warning from the referee. Chukhadzhian scores a big right that stems the tide. Boots back to southpaw and the combinations continue to bounce off the challenger’s face. Left hand from Boots, who takes one back.
SN Unofficial Scorecard: 10-9 Boots (69-63 Boots)
Round 6: Boots is very aggressive and scoring big shots now. It appears that Chukhadzhian had had some of the ambition knocked out of him. Boots is going through the gears and scoring heavily. Body shots are hurting Chukhadzhian on the inside. Right hook by Boots scores and the challenger is marking up around the face.
SN Unofficial Scorecard: 10-9 Boots (59-54 Boots)
Round 5: Boots popped again by some nice shots. BIG RIGHT UPPERCUT from the champion but no effect. Left into the body by the Philly star and some excellent combination work. HUGE LEFT from the champ. ANOTHER ONE! UPPERCUT FORCES THE CHALLENGER TO TAKE A KNEE! That is a breakthrough!
SN Unofficial Scorecard: 10-8 Boots (49-45 Boots)
Round 4: MASSIVE right uppercut by Boots, who takes a right in return. The right jab scores for Boots and he absorbs a body shot. Jab scores for the challenger. Left jab pumps into the Ukrainian’s face again. The champion didn’t do a lot in this round and Chukhadzhian takes it on volume. That’s maybe the first round he’s won in the 16 both men have contested, but it’s nothing resembling a breakthrough.
SN Unofficial Scorecard: 10-9 Chukhadzhian (39-37 Boots)
Round 3: Left hand scores for Chukhadzhian again. Beautiful right uppercut scores for Boots, who is back lefty. Right jab scores for Boots and that shot is accurate. Chukhadzhian is hurt by a sharp right hook and Boots follows up with a two-fisted barrage. Big right-hand body shot by Boots. The champ is more available to blows himself because he’s being aggressive, but he’s winning the rounds.
SN Unofficial Scorecard: 10-9 Boots (30-27 Boots)
Round 2: Left hook lands for Chukhadzhian. Boots stays in the lefty stance. Counte right scores for Boots, who quickly closes the gap. Boots rocks the challenger with a right. Ennis goes back to orthodox and is constantly switching to confuse his man. Right-hand lead by the champion… and a terrific right-hand counter over the jab.
SN Unofficial Scorecard: 10-9 Boots (20-18 Boots)
Round 1: The jab is constant from Boots who is finding the mark with ominous regularity. A right hand lands for Chukhadzhian. Boots switches southpaw and gets the right jab going. Left uppercut clips the challenger. Chukhadzhian scores again with a hard shot. The challenger is a lot more aggressive than he was in the first fight but he didn’t win the round.
SN Unofficial Scorecard: 10-9 Boots
*We switch to round-by-round scoring for the final bout of the night… Jaron “Boots” Ennis defends his IBF welterweight title against Karen Chukhadzhian in a rematch.
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez vs. Pedro Guevara: SN live scorecard
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total |
| Bam | 10 | 10 | – | ||||||||||
| Guevara | 9 | 9 | – |
AND STILL THE WBC AND RING MAGAZINE SUPER FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD… JESSE “BAM” RODRIGUEZ!!! THE OFFICIAL TIME IS 2:47. BAM IMPROVES TO 21-0 (14 KOs).
Round 3: Another left uppercut from Bam scores. The jab and a sharp right hook to the body land, too. BIG LEFT HAND BY BAM!!! Guevara is retreating so much that he can’t amount a serious offense. BIG LEFT-HAND KNOCKDOWN BY BAM! Guevara is up but down again from A RIGHT UPPERCUT! AND IT’S OVER!!!! WHAT A FIGHTER BAM RODRIGUEZ IS!!!!!
SN Unofficial Scorecard: –
Round 2: Beautiful jabbing by Bam and a sharp counter right hook scores. The jab backs up the challenger again. STUNNING LEFT UPPERCUT BY BAM! Body attack by Guevara again. The right jab is like Christmas for Bam and sets up a nice left cross. A HARD body shot by Bam has an effect. Excellent foot movement from the champion who is cutting the ring down constantly.
SN Unofficial Scorecard: 10-9 Bam (20-18 Bam)
Round 1: Guevara on his bike early, using the perimeter of the ring as southpaw Bam stays in hot pursuit. A right hook to the body by the champion and a jab. And two sharp left hands to the body. Plenty of pressure is being applied by Bam and nice punch selection. Guevara lands a nice right to the body, but that was an easy opening round by the Texas native.
SN Unofficial Scorecard: 10-9 Bam
*We now switch to round-by-round scoring for the co-main event.
9:43 p.m. ET | 6:43 p.m. PT: Up next is pound-for-pound standout Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, who goes against Mexico’s Pedro Guevara. Bam will be defending WBC and Ring Magazine super flyweight titles against the former light flyweight champion.
THE WINNER BY UNANIMOUS DECISION IS “SAVAGE” RAY FORD. THE FORMER WBA FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMP PREVAILS BY SCORES OF 100-88, 100-88 AND 99-89.
9:35 p.m. ET | 6:35 p.m. PT: The bell ends this super featherweight 10-rounder and we go to the corecards. Despite the fact he had to go the long route, this was a terrific performance by the American in his 130-pound debut.
9:27 p.m. ET | 6:27 p.m. PT: ANOTHER SPECTACULAR RIGHT HOOK DECKS GONZALEZ AGAIN AT THE END OF ROUND 8. He’s hanging tough but will be lucky to see the end of this 10-rounder.
9:19 p.m. ET | 6:19 p.m. PT: We’re six rounds down and Gonzalez was momentarily shaken again in the last session. He’s displaying soldier-like bravery, but outside of taunting, he’s not getting much done with his fists. Ford is enjoying a cakewalk right now!
9:00 p.m. ET | 6:00 p.m. PT: WHAT A SHOT BY FORD AND DOWN GOES GONZALEZ IN ROUND 2. The American switched a right jab into a hook and the visitor didn’t even see the shot. He’s hurt but gets up gamely and fights back.
8:49 p.m. ET | 5:49 p.m. PT: Next up is a super featherweight contest between Raymond Ford and Puerto Rico’s Orlando Gonzalez. Ford lost his WBA featherweight crown to Nick Ball in June and is making his debut at 130 pounds.
THE WINNER IN A STUNNING UPSET IS MEXICAN WARRIOR MANUEL GALLEGOS, WHO IMPROVES TO 21-2-1 (17 KOs). GALLEGOS BOUNCES BACK BRILLIANTLY FOLLOWING A STOPPAGE LOSS TO DIEGO PACHECO IN JULY OF LAST YEAR!
8:28 p.m. ET | 5:28 p.m. PT: The referee and the corner team want to pull Coe out of the fight, but he refuses. WOW!!! GALLEGOS STOPS THE FIGHT HIMSELF WITH ANOTHER CRUSHING KNOCKDOWN EARLY IN ROUND 9. WHAT AN UPSET!!!
8:24 p.m. ET | 5:24 p.m. PT: ANOTHER BODY SHOT KNOCKDOWN FROM GALLEGO IN ROUND 8. Coe is up again and his bravery is commendable, but the writing is on the wall.
8:22 p.m. ET | 5:22 p.m. PT: COE IS DOWN AGAIN FROM A LEFT HOOK TO THE TEMPLE IN ROUND SEVEN!!! He’s up late in the count again and battling back, but he just cannot handle Gallegos’ power. That’s two 10-8 rounds gone against him in the scoring and the momentum is against him. He is in serious trouble!!
8:14 p.m. ET | 5:14 p.m. PT: WOW!!! COE GOES DOWN FROM A HUGE LEFT HOOK TO THE BODY IN THE FIFTH. He’s up at eight and fighting back….. GALLEGOS IS HURT BY A RIGHT HAND! Both men are trading, but Gallegos’ ability to take Coe’s power is astonishing! The bell ends the round and Coe has his work cut out for him!
8:11 p.m. ET | 5:11 p.m. PT: GREAT ROUND FROM GALLEGOS IN THE FOURTH. A right hand sets up two prolonged flurries and the American looks shaken. He appears to have recovered by the end of the session, but he needs to be careful. Despite being a huge underdog, Gallegos can crack and he’s looking to tear up the script.
8:08 p.m. ET | 5:08 p.m. PT: We’re three rounds down and while Coe has won all of them convincingly, he’s been made to work by his Mexican opponent who’s walking through some serious fire and throwing back hard shots of his own.
7.50 p.m. ET | 4:50 p.m. PT: Next up is a 10-round light heavyweight matchup between New Jersey’s Khalil Coe and Manuel Gallegos. There’s a lot of hype surrounding Coe, who was a standout amateur.
AMERICAN MIDDLEWEIGHT AUSTIN WILLIAMS IMPROVES TO 17-1 (12 KOs) WITH A CONVINCING FIFTH-ROUND TKO. AMMO IS BACK!!!
7.35 p.m. ET | 4:35 p.m. PT: A DEVASTATING, THUMPING ATTACK FROM WILLIAMS IN ROUND 5 FORCES A STOPPAGE. This was a solid performance by Ammo, who needed to make a statement to remain in the world title hunt.
7.15 p.m. ET | 4:15 p.m. PT: In an eight-round middleweight bout, Austin “Ammo” Williams looks to get back in the win column against Gian Garrido. Williams was once highly touted and needs a boost following a stoppage loss to fearsome British contender Hamzah Sheeraz in June.
4:30 p.m. ET | 1:30 p.m. PT: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News’ live coverage of the Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez world title fights. We’re in the countdown to the action getting underway at the Wells Fargo Center.
Jaron Ennis vs. Karen Chukhadzhian 2 start time
- Date: Saturday, November 9
- Time: 7 p.m. ET | 4 p.m. PT
- Location: Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia
Jaron Ennis vs. Karen Chukhadzhian 2 is on November 9, with the main card starting at 7 p.m. ET. The main event should start around 10:30 p.m. ET, depending on how long the undercard fights last.
Where to watch Jaron Ennis vs. Karen Chukhadzhian 2
Jaron Ennis vs. Karen Chukhadzhian 2 will be live on DAZN.
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Jaron Ennis vs. Karen Chukhadzhian 2 fight card
- Jaron Ennis (c) vs. Karen Chukhadzhian 2 for the IBF welterweight title
- Jesse Rodriguez (c) vs. Pedro Guevara for the WBC super flyweight title
- Raymond Ford def. Orlando Gonzalez via UD 10 (100-88, 100-88, 99-89); Super Featherweights
- Manuel Gallegos def. Khalil Coe via TKO 9 (0:07). ; Light Heavyweights
- Austin Williams def. Gian Garrido via TKO 5; Middleweights
- Dennis Thompson def. Edgar Ortiz Jr. via TKO 2; Super Bantamweights
- Zaquin Moses def. Michael Ruiz via UD 4; Super Featherweights
