Fight results: ‘Boots’ Ennis stops Zayas; Whittake…

June 28, 2026 No Comments

Fight results: ‘Boots’ Ennis stops Zayas; Whittaker shinesJaron “Boots” Ennis, right, defeated Xander Zayas by seventh-round TKO to win the WBA and WBO junior middleweight titles. Cris Esqueda/Matchroom BoxingAndreas HaleJun 28, 2026, 12:06 AM ETClose

Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior writer at DAZN and Sporting News. He started his career as a music journalist for outlets including HipHopDX, The Grammys and Jay-Z’s Life+Times. He is also an NAACP Image Award-nominated filmmaker as a producer for the animated short film “Bridges” in 2024.

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Jaron “Boots” Ennis dropped Xander Zayas in the opening round and then dominated the fight to score a seventh-round TKO victory to win the WBA and WBO junior middleweight titles Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Zayas had a great third round, and parts of the fourth, rocking Ennis with right hands, but Ennis took over in the fifth, dropping Zayas again before he finished it in the seventh.

Ennis (36-0, 32 KOs), a former unified welterweight champion, moved up to 154 pounds in October and defeated Uisma Lima by first-round TKO to claim the WBA interim belt. Although he entered the fight as the challenger, Ennis was a -500 favorite, according to DraftKings Sportsbook.

Zayas (23-1, 13 KOs) won the WBO title with a unanimous decision victory over Jorge Garcia Perez in July 2025. Zayas added the WBA belt with a split decision win over Abass Baraou in January.

Andreas Hale was in Brooklyn with live coverage, including undercard results and round-by-round analysis of the main event.

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