Ennis Dominates Avanesyan: Fight Stats and What's Next

On the night of July 14 in Philadelphia, USA, 27-year-old American Jaron Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) successfully defended his IBF welterweight title (up to 66.68 kg) for the first time in his career. His opponent was 35-year-old David Avanesyan (30-5-1, 18 KOs).

The bout ended after the 5th round when Avanesyan's corner decided to stop the fight (RTD 5). Avanesyan was knocked down in the 5th round, and the champion's precision in his attacks throughout the fight caused the challenger numerous problems.

Fight Statistics

In 5 rounds, Jaron Ennis threw 327 punches, of which 152 were accurate (46.5%). Avanesyan threw 225 punches, with 53 landing accurately (23.6%).

Ennis landed 28 out of 95 jabs (29.5%). In contrast, the challenger landed only 6 jabs out of 26 thrown (23.1%).

The focus was on power punches. Jaron threw 232 power punches, with 124 landing accurately (53.4%). David threw 199 power punches, with 47 reaching the champion (23.6%).

Jaron landed 71 body shots, while the challenger landed 13.

What's Next?

Ennis is eyeing Crawford. Immediately after the fight, when asked about facing the legendary compatriot, Jaron said, "Let's make it happen."

However, he has a mandatory challenger for his title. Karen Chukhadzhian, whom the American has already faced, holds the mandatory challenger status for the IBF title. The IBF is typically very strict about these matters. It was due to the refusal to defend the title that the IBF stripped Terence Crawford and appointed Ennis as the champion.

Karen and Jaron met at the beginning of 2023, where the American won by unanimous decision.