Boxing
Zayas and Ennis face off for final time as big fight weigh-in takes over New York City
Zayas vs. Ennis: Watch only on DAZN PPV - Saturday
It’s one of the biggest fights of the year and Xander Zayas and Jaron Ennis have come together for the final time before battle at the customary weigh-in.
This incredible super-welterweight battle has the entire boxing population excited, and with Puerto Rico going against Philadelphia, two of boxing’s most prized regions will collide for all the glory at 154lbs on Saturday, live on DAZN PPV and Ultimate Tier.
Friday's weigh-in went off without much in the way of controversy, with every fighter on the card making weight ahead of Saturday's event. However, there was a bit of drama ahead of the weigh-in as Zayas' camp requested that Ennis trim the sizeable beard he had grown, with "Boots" denying the request. The New York State Athletic Commission then got involved and ruled that Ennis will, indeed, have to shave down his facial hair before stepping into the ring.
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As DAZN's Sergio Mora explained on the weigh-in broadcast, a beard can act as an advantage for a fighter.
"In the amateurs there's a rule that you can't fight with a beard like that," Mora explained. "In the pro ranks, the commission gets involved as well, because [a beard] can serve as a cushion and it hides the target.
"And if you're not aiming at the target, if you can't even see it, it gets in the fighters' heads. Think of Samson: the hair makes him strong, sometimes the beard does as well."
Full weigh-in results
Xander Zayas vs. Jaron 'Boots' Ennis; For Zayas's WBO and WBA world junior middleweight titles
- Zayas: 153.8 lbs
- Ennis: 153 lbs
Emiliano Vargas vs. Bryce Mills; WBC USA Silver, WBO Latino & NABF Jr. super lightweight titles
- Vargas: 138.6 lbs
- Mills: 139 lbs
Ben Whittaker vs. Richard Rivera; WBC Silver light heavyweight title
- Whittaker: 174.4 lbs
- Rivera: 173.8 lbs
Jahi Tucker vs. Euri Cendeno; IBF North American, WBC USA and WBO NABO middleweight titles
- Tucker: 159.8 lbs
- Cendeno: 158.8 lbs
Zayas vs. Ennis - watch only on DAZN
Xander Zayas defends his WBO and WBA super welterweight titles against Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis on Saturday, June 27, exclusively live on DAZN. Buy as a one-off PPV or included, along with Joshua vs. Prenga (July 25) and Canelo vs. M'billi (Sept 12) PPVs, with a DAZN Ultimate Tier subscription.
