Jaron "Boots" Ennis will fight Josh Kelly in a WBA, WBO and IBF super welterweight title unification on Feb. 27 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, sources close to the situation told Uncrowned.Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing will formally announce details of the bout this week at a press conference in Los Angeles.Ennis (36-0, 32 KOs), a two-division unified champion, captured the WBA and WBO belts with a seventh-round TKO win over Xander Zayas in June at Barclays Center. Uncrowned's No. 8 pound-for-pound boxer, "Boots" previously held the WBA and IBF titles at welterweight.Kelly (19-1-1, 9 KOs) defeated Bakhram Murtazaliev to win the IBF super welterweight championship in January. He has made one defense of his title, outpointing Caoimhin Agyarko in July in Saudi Arabia.Ennis and Kelly both recently penned new deals with Matchroom, with the former of the two locked into a seven-fight agreement.Matchroom hopes that the winner of the Feb. 27 bout will face WBC champion Sebastian Fundora in an undisputed title clash in the summer. Both Matchroom and Fundora's promoter, Premier Boxing Champions, are aligned with DAZN.
Jaron 'Boots' Ennis vs. Josh Kelly 3-belt unification set for February in Atlanta
Matchroom Boxing is expected to formally announce details of the bout this week at a press conference in Los Angeles.
Key Takeaways
- Jaron 'Boots' Ennis vs.
- Josh Kelly 3-belt unification set for February in Atlanta.
- Matchroom Boxing is expected to formally announce details of the bout this week at a press conference in Los Angeles.
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