Ennis v. Lipinets 4.10.21 no mixing no mastering

Jaron Ennis (26–0, 24 KO) is one of the most exciting young prospects in boxing. He competes in the highly stylized, money division, 147 pounds, welterweight. The division of Spence Crawford. Floyd. Duran. Oscar. Hearns. Sugar Ray.

Sergey Lipinets (16–1) 12 KO) is a good boxer, his only loss was to Mikey Garcia, but he’s beaten a couple of actual guys so he’s not being propped up by a blown-up record. He is not, however, as they say, a “natural 147.”

Round 1:

I rarely focus on just one thing for three minutes straight these days. I am constantly switching screens, checking notifications, addressing the physical plane, drifting in and out of the small reality blanket I’ve helped weave. But I don’t understand how fight fans can tweet during a round. Why would you want to split your attention? It’s too enthralling to me. Watching two men fight. I sneak these in between, I force thoughts to sustain themselves long enough, hoping the strongest survives, to be released while the fighters are in the corner.

Except for Round 1 when I can get away with writing beforehand. First round flew by, good getting to know you round. Sometimes I listen to the broadcast but tonight I’m listening to Sun Ra. I’ll probably miss important things. But I’m not here to be right about boxing.

Round 2:

I can’t be right about things anymore. There’s too many things. Everyone is so sure and sounds like they know what they are talking about. I never know what I am talking about. Ennis looks like he might be too good for Lipinets.

Round 3:

The beginning of round one was the answer to the question, “why don’t you just tweet during the fight,” that the reporter who lives in my head asked. With 1:07 left in the third, I thought ‘there’s no way Lipinets makes it out of this round’, he was stumbling backwards.

Round 4:

But he did. At around 1:30 in the 4th Lipinets suffers a flash(?) knockdown. It looked like a trip live but there wasn’t a replay shown. Finishes the round.

Round 5:

The real thrill of the exercise is how well can something be written, or a narrative arc found and run with, in such a limited time. Between rounds is a beautiful constraint. I started announcing beforehand because I thought it would give me another thing: the risk. This is not a thing that can just be called upon, everyone knows this. I like to beat myself up. Ennis got hit low. Lipinets warned.

Round 6:

A brutal knockdown with 0:49 to go in the round. It makes me feel bad about myself to watch but that’s part of the appeal. I like to watch people beat up. Prize fighting is complicity unwound. Jaron Ennis, of Philadelphia, PA, improves to 27–0 with a 6th round stoppage of Sergey Lipinets, the young fighter’s 25th knockout.