Josh Kelly spends some time talking to Ring Magazine and explains why he’s more than willing to take on some opponents that supposedly are having hard times finding dance partners. Check out some of what he had to say below.
Kelly on whether he’d fight Murtazaliev
“The politics of boxing’s mad,” Kelly said. “I heard Turki Alalshikh saying he can’t get no one to fight Murtazaliev. Listen, get your guy to fight me, right? I’ll fight Murtazaliev, I’ll fight him no problem. And about Tom & Jerry fights and all this stuff, it’s like styles make
fights. If there weren’t no great Cassius Clay’s, if there were no great Sugar Ray Leonards or Willie Peps or Ray Robinson or any of them guys there wouldn’t be any styles, everyone would just be standing in the center of the ring.
“This Tim & Jerry fighter will go in there and he’ll beat Murtazaliev, stand him on his head. So let’s make that fight...we put our name in for that fight and we haven’t heard nothing back. So put your money where your mouth is, I’ll take Murtazaliev.”
On his interest in fighting Xander Zayas
“I should be fighting him next, really. I should be fighting him next. He was calling me out last year and at the time none of us really was anywhere, but now that he’s got the world title come and fight me next. Let me fight you next, I’m the next in the ranking.”
On an offer to fight Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis from Eddie Hearn
“The offer’s sh-t. He’s done it like ‘you got to reply within 24 hours or we’re moving to a different opponent,’ and it weren’t Eddie, it were Eddie’s Lawyer who sent it. It’s all smoke and mirrors, and then they put it out in the media. Listen, I’ll take the Jaron Ennis fight, 100%. Give me the right money and the right time, I’m there. I’ll fight Jaron Ennis.”
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