Opening Odds Released: Will Ennis Dominate or Can Stanionis Pull the Upset?

Want to keep reading? Get Basic Access now for free!

Sign up now for FREE and get instant access to:

• This article
• Select recruiting news and features
• Breaking news alerts
• David Glenn Show interviews

Already a member? Login here.

Content for everyone The 27-year-old Ennis (33-0-0-1 with 29 knockouts) won the vacant IBF interim welterweight crown in January 2023 with a unanimous decision victory over Karen Chukhadzhian. He retained that title in July 2023 with a 10th-round knockout win over Roiman Villa. Ennis was elevated to full champion status in November 2023 when the sanctioning body stripped Terence Crawford of the belt not long after Crawford unified the welterweight titles with a win over Errol Spence Jr. In his first defense of the IBF crown, Ennis defeated David Avanesyan when the fight was halted before the start of the sixth round. In his most recent outing, Ennis defeated Chukhadzhian by decision in a rematch in November 2024. The 30-year-old Stanionis (15-0-0-1 with nine knockouts) won the WBA crown in April 2022 with a split-decision victory over Radzhab Butaev. Stanionis did not fight again until May 2024, after three fights against Vergil Ortiz Jr. were canceled. Stanionis was forced out of the first scheduled fight with Ortiz in early 2023 because of an emergency appendectomy. Ortiz withdrew from the rescheduled contest in March of that year because of rhabdomyolysis, a serious muscle condition. Then, in July, the fight was again scratched at the last minute because of dehydration.

Opening Betting Odds: Ennis Vs. Stanionis

When odds opened for the upcoming title unification contest, Ennis was a -430 betting favorite over the +310 Stanionis. Those odds have moved considerably. Today, Ennis is a -700 favorite over the +400 Stanionis.

Ennis Vs. Stanionis: Date

Saturday, April 12

Ennis Vs. Stanionis: Location

Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ

Ennis Vs. Stanionis: How To Watch

DAZN

Ennis Vs. Stanionis fight card

Ennis Vs. Stanionis Main card

Jaron Ennis vs. Eimantas Stanionis, 12 rounds, welterweight – Ennis’ IBF title, Stanionis WBA title Raymond Ford vs. Thomas Mattice, 10 rounds, super featherweight – WBA Continental North America title Arturo Popoca vs. Christian Carto, 10 rounds, super bantamweight – Popoca’s WBC Continental Americas title Shakhram Giyasov vs. Franco Maximiliano Ocampo, 10 rounds, welterweight

Ennis Vs. Stanionis Preliminary Card

Tahmir Smalls vs. Earl Bascome, 8 rounds, welterweight Omari Jones vs. William Jackson, 6 rounds, super welterweight Francisco Rodriguez vs. Naheem Parker, 6 rounds, lightweight Zaquin Moses vs. Alex Pallette, 4 rounds, super featherweight

Ennis Vs. Stanionis: What’s At Stake

The winner of the Ennis vs. Stanionis bout could go on to face Brian Norman Jr. Norman defeated Derrieck Cuevas via TKO at 2:59 of Round 3 in defense of his WBO welterweight title on Saturday, March 29 in Las Vegas. We will have more on the Ennis vs. Stanionis fight card as fight night approaches including picks and predictions, as well as results on fight night.