Ennis-Avanesyan – Second Highest Attendance Fight in Philadelphia History

According to insider Dan Rafael, the official attendance for the bout between Jaron Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) and David Avanesyan (30-5-1, 18 KOs) was 14,119 spectators. This is the best result in Philadelphia (USA) in the last 46 years, when Marvin Hagler and Bennie Briscoe drew 14,930 spectators to the Spectrum arena in 1978.

The Ennis-Avanesyan fight concluded after the 5th round when Avanesyan’s corner decided to stop the bout (RTD 5). The Armenian boxer was knocked down in the 5th round.