No sweat for Jamaica’s Ennis
Jamaican boxer Jerone ‘Beast’ Ennis says after taking his first look at his Argentinian opponent Marcelo Adrian Fernandez last weekend he knew it would be a first-round knockout.
Ennis destroyed Fernandez in his debut professional fight, a light-heavyweight contest, at the Pickering Casino Resort in Canada on the weekend.
It took the 26 year old just one minute 51 seconds to take out his opponent with a series of impressive blows.
Although Ennis knew nothing about Fernandez before he left Jamaica for the fight, he revealed that the first clipping he saw of the Argentinian he knew his opponent would not get past round one.
“I didn’t know my opponent until I reached Canada. The promoter had sent me various fighters (to choose from) and I told him (I would fight) anybody because I just wanted to fight because I have been in training and I wanted to take out all my aggression in the fight. So it didn’t matter (who I fought).”
“When I reached Canada and he (promoter) sent me the link to the boxer, then I watched him fight and said alright this looks like a first round (knockout). So I will not be wasting any time,” he said.
“Even the coach that I met in Canada was saying third round (knockout), and said no, third round is too much, and whether I go one round or four rounds, it’s the same money.
“So less work, the better for me. So I just went in the ring and got the job done and over with.”
Although his opponent was not up to his level, the fighter admitted that he would enjoy a better challenge when he fights again in June or July.
“I had no problem with the fight. I never really got to throw any punches. I never really got warm. As I started to get warm the fight was stopped.
“But I was really pleased with the punches, especially the ones that caught him. They weren’t wild punches, they were all technical punches. So I worked hard and at the end of the day it paid off,” Ennis said. “But as time goes by, you will not want to be knocking opponents out that easy. He is a good boxer but I am a more elite boxer. So going into the next fight, I will expect a better boxer.”