Jaron Ennis has given up his welterweight world titles and moved up to super-welterweight. The fighter made this decision less than four months after becoming a unified champion.
Ennis had just reached the top of the welterweight division. He got the IBF belt when he was upgraded from interim champion. Then he beat Eimantas Stanionis to add the WBA title to his collection.
Before that, Ennis had defended his IBF belt twice. He beat David Avanesyan and Karen Chukhadzhian. His fight against Stanionis was probably the best of his career. Ennis won when Stanionis couldn't continue after six rounds.
But now, Ennis has decided to move up in weight. This means he won't fight Mario Barrios, the WBC champion, or Brian Norman Jr, who holds the WBO belt.
With Ennis gone, there are new champions in the welterweight division. The IBF title is now vacant. Lewis Crocker and Paddy Donovan will fight for it in Belfast this September.
Rolly Romero is now the WBA welterweight champion. He was the WBA Regular champion before, after beating Ryan Garcia in New York in May. Romero dropped Garcia early in the fight and won by unanimous decision. Now, he's been upgraded to full world champion. This makes Romero a two-weight world champion, as he used to hold the WBA title at 140lbs.
Romero might fight Manny Pacquiao next. Pacquiao recently came back to boxing and drew with Barrios.
As for Ennis, he plans to fight at super-welterweight by the end of this year. There's talk that he might face Vergil Ortiz Jr in the future.
