On the night of January 8, Ukrainian welterweight boxer Karen Chukhadzhyan lost the fight for the interim IBF world title against the undefeated American Jaron Ennis.

The duel with the participation of our 26-year-old compatriot took place in Washington (USA) on the undercard of the battle between American Gervonta Davis and Dominican Hector Garcia.

From the very beginning of the fight, the American seized the initiative and completely dominated the ring.

The Ukrainian acted as the second number, but also made a lot of good counterattacks.

The boxers went the whole distance of 12 rounds, following which the judges gave the victory to Ennis by unanimous decision - 120:108, 120:108, 120:108.

For Chukhadzhyan, this is the second defeat in his career and the first since 2015, when he lost a split decision to compatriot Andrei Velikovsky at the start of his career as a pro.. Karen also has 21 wins (11 by knockout).

Ennis has 30 wins (27 by KO) and no losses..