Ennis

Boxing leaves no room for misunderstanding… Ennis packs a punch, is technically skilled, fast, in his prime, shrewd, and knows how to tough it out…

Xander is young, proud, and a great prospect, but his lack of knockout power was evident and proved to be a problem.

It was a good match for as long as it lasted—two rounds. In our opinion, the kid from Puerto Rico won them, and convincingly at that… His game plan needs a rethink; if he’d attacked and moved around to avoid a face-to-face battle, things would have gone differently, but that’s not how it played out…

I don’t know what Zayas’s coaches were thinking… but they made a mistake in having him take this fight… the result was clearly predictable… a decision win with a perfect game plan—because if you face him head-on like that, this is what happens if you don’t have the punch…

Great rounds two, three, and four… really great… that’s why we love boxing.

Great job, Ennis! Well done, Xander… he’s young; he’ll bounce back with a vengeance…

You see it all in these bouts… technique, punching power, precision, grit, craft, and grit… both came out and went back in with textbook combinations… thrilling…

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