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Jaron "Boots" Ennis sat with his arms folded across the table, staring at his latest opponent, Uisma Lima, and telling him their boxing match would be short and sweet.

"In and out like a robbery," the 28-year-old Ennis said with a smirk.

Confidence is a necessity in boxing – a fighter must believe they will defeat their opponent no matter the odds. But Ennis, the Philadelphia native , seemed so sure of himself in that moment. Granted, he was a heavy favorite, but this was his first fight at the 154-pound, junior middleweight division.

Yet, he backed up every word, knocking down Lima twice before a first-round stoppage to be granted the interim WBA junior middleweight belt on Oct. 11 in his home city. When you are an und

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