It’s A Happy Halloween For Jaron Ennis, Who Dropped Thomas Dulorme In First Round For 18th KO In Row

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It’s A Happy Halloween For Jaron Ennis, Who Dropped Thomas Dulorme In First Round For 18th KO In Row

By Lem Satterfield Joe Louis once said of Billy Conn, 'He can run, but he can't hide,' before stopping his rival in the eighth round of their June 1946 return bout of 'The Brown Bomber's' 13th-round KO five years earlier. Jaron 'Boots' Ennis is saying pretty much the same thing to the entire welterweight division. […]

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