This weekend from the famous Boardwalk Hall venue in Atlantic City. We have a great welterweight showdown between two of the most highly-rated fighters in the division. Undefeated Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis is set to defend his interim title against power-punching South American Roiman Villa on Saturday night.
Read more for this bout’s betting analysis and preview, along with the official Ennis vs Villa prediction ahead of making your picks on upcoming boxing matches.
Ennis vs. Villa Information
Jaron Ennis vs Roiman Villa
Location of the fight: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.
Date and Time: July 08, 2023. 11:00 PM ET est. ring walk
How to Watch: Paramount+ and Showtime
Last Fight Record
Ennis is coming off a frustrating night against Karen Chukhadzhian in January. He still won via unanimous decision, but his KO streak was ended.
Villa fought that same night in January and came away with a majority decision victory over Rashidi Ellis.
Jaron Ennis vs. Roiman Villa Betting Analysis
Jaron Ennis
‘Boots’ Ennis is one of the most talented prospects in all of boxing. He had a very successful amateur career with wins at the 2015 Golden Gloves tournament and the USA Youth National Championship. Since turning pro, Ennis has a record of 30-0 with 27 KOs.
Ennis is a 5’10” slick orthodox fighter out of Philadelphia. Some call Philly the fight capital of the world because of their long history of creating some of the best fighters in the world. Ennis has a chance to bring Philly back to the top of the game.
Roiman Villa
Villa is a Columbian fighter that has lived and trained all across South America and has helped built their growing boxing scene. He stands at 5’7” and has a 70” reach at 30 years old. Romain is going to be the noticeably smaller fighter on Saturday night.
He is 26-1 with 24 KOs in his professional boxing career up to this point. Villa is starting to become the “boogeyman” of the division. With big wins over multiple undefeated rising prospects in recent years. Villa has rattled off 7-in-a-row with 5 being via KO.
Updates
There are no injuries reported to the IBF, or Showtime Boxing.
Ennis vs. Villa Betting Preview
According to the available boxing odds, Ennis is coming in as the massive -1300 betting favorite over the +720 Roiman Villa. Even with how talented Ennis is, these odds are very surprising.
The most interesting prop bet is this fight going to a decision at a whopping +430. This means that the oddsmakers believe that there is a very good chance that someone finishes the other in this fight. With that being said, Ennis is -350 to win via KO, and Villa is +950.
You can even cash out big if the massive favorite wins a decision. Ennis winning a decision prop bet is at +500.
The Art of Footwork
From the technical side of this review, both fighters have very similar fundamental issues. If you look at the film from both of their recent fights, you see a lot of bad footwork leading to being hit hard.
They both cross-walk and gather their feet moving forward with their back foot first. Cross-walking leads to not being able to cut off the ring and walking into range in bad positions. Ennis found a lot of frustration in his last fight. Because he was getting hit every time he wanted to be aggressive.
Ennis also gathers with his back foot moving forward a lot of the time. Leading to him having no balance and trouble pulling the trigger because his feet aren’t down to throw when he needs to in the pocket.
The interesting thing about this matchup is that Villa has the exact same habits as Ennis, he just isn’t nearly as athletic to make up for it–which obviously plays a huge part in the Ennis vs Villa prediction.
Jaron Ennis vs. Roiman Villa Betting Prediction
After breaking down this welterweight main event bout, it’s clear to see that Villa is a tricky test for Ennis, but Ennis is a much more dynamic fighter and able to win in more ways.
- Boxing predictions are tough to make with odds like this fight, but either way, the official Ennis vs Villa prediction is that Ennis gets his hand raised on Saturday night.
He can push the pace because Villa can’t fight to move backward, or he can sit back and outbox Villa all night.
Ennis needs to pick a game plan and stick to it. The focus over 12 rounds is key because Villa might be hard to put away, and this is going to be a late stoppage or maybe a decision if Villa can do something new and find a way to land.
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