Two knockdowns preceded Ennis's pounding of Lima along the ropes to force the ending.
With this fight in the past, Ennis can now face a sterner challenge in fellow unbeaten Vergil Ortiz in a fight that has been talked about for years, should Ortiz win next month against Erickson Lubin.
Ennis vs Ortiz ranks with the best fights to be made in the sport and in a division thriving with young champions (WBA champion Abass Baraou doesn't count), in WBC champion Sebastian Fundora, WBO champion Xander Zayas, and IBF boss Bakhram Murtazaliev, the winner will have a claim as the best in the division and could make top unification fights with any of the thtee.
Hopefully, we will see this long-awaited clash early next year.
The co-feature was a fun slugfest as former Olympian Guido Vianello rebounded from his loss to Richard Torrez with a fifth-round KO of previously unbeaten Alexis Barriere.
Barriere did well over the first three rounds with both fighters landing woth power before Vinello knocking Barriere down later in the fourth round.
Vianello closed the fight quickly in the fifth after another knockdown.
In Sheffield, England, Arslanbek Makhmudov outslugged and survived two lost points for holding to outpoint Dave "The White Rhino" Allen over twelve rounds in another heavyweight battle.
Makhmudov was the more technically skilled fighter and held off a late Allen rally to win by scores of 117-109, 116-110, and 115-111.
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