It might have happened earlier. Still, it took less than two minutes before Jaron Ennis showed the door to a hapless Uisma Lima. The headliner of the Matchroom card at the Wells Fargo Arena ended before you could say ‘knife.’ Soon after unifying the welterweight division, Ennis moved up and faced the Portuguese fighter in his 154-pound debut. His performance clearly bowled over diehard fans.

Nonetheless, it could barely prevent the swelling tide of criticisms. Jaron Ennis and promoter Eddie Hearn were already under scrutiny. Instead of picking a tougher challenge, they settled for a low-tier fighter like Lima. Now, fresh claims add further weight to the jibes. If what welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr.’s father says is true, one of Matchroom’s rising prospects, Jalil Hackett, aimed

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