Both Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Xander Zayas have far more to lose in their world-title fight in New York on Saturday night than their perfect records. It is an extremely good fight, a throwback and necessary pairing that is increasingly becoming a rarity in the modern American business.
Ennis abandoned the physical confines of the welterweight limit last year, moved up to super-welterweight, beat a top boxer in his debut at the weight and now faces Zayas for two world titles; Zayas holds both the WBA and WBO versions. Ennis, the brightest star right now on the Philadelphia scene, starts as the slight favourite in his inevitable journey through the weight divisions.
