Ennis drops Zayas 3 times in dazzling title victor...
Key takeaways
- Ennis scored three knockdowns en route to capturing Zayas' WBO and WBA junior middleweight titles.
- In the weeks leading up to the fight, Ennis (36-0, 32 KOs) promised he would have fun but eventually finish Zayas (23-1, 13 KOs) inside the distance.
- Zayas, 23, won the WBO title with a unanimous decision victory over Jorge Garcia Perez in July 2025 and added the WBA belt with a split decision win over Abass Baraou in January.
Why this matters: a sports story that could shift standings, legacies, or fan conversations.
NEW YORK -- What started off as a one-sided shellacking turned into an entertaining slugfest that ended definitively, with Jaron "Boots" Ennis earning a seventh-round stoppage victory over Xander Zayas on Saturday night in front of a rabid crowd at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Ennis scored three knockdowns en route to capturing Zayas' WBO and WBA junior middleweight titles.
In the weeks leading up to the fight, Ennis (36-0, 32 KOs) promised he would have fun but eventually finish Zayas (23-1, 13 KOs) inside the distance. The fighting pride of Philadelphia did just that with an emphatic performance that secures his spot as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world.