Unified junior middleweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (36-0 32 KOs) is officially on the docket for his next fight, with a formal announcement of a unification fight where Boots will put his WBO and WBA titles on the line against IBF champion Josh Kelly
(19-1-1 9 KOs). The fight now has a date and venue, scheduled to take place on February 27 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, streaming live on DAZN.Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn expressed his enthusiasm for the event, expecting a great show
for boxing fans around the world.
“What a fantastic unification fight this is,” said Hearn. “Boots and Josh are both brilliant World champions and this was not a difficult fight to make when you lay out what is there for the winner – three belts around your waist and just one more to collect to become undisputed at 154 and lay the foundations to a legacy in the sport.”
Boots, 29, is most recently coming off a dominating performance over Xander Zayas to unify two of the four major world titles at 154. A win here would secure him the IBF belt and put him just one WBC belt shy of going undisputed in the weight class.
Kelly, 32, won the IBF strap by beating Bakhram Murtazaliev in January, then had a successful defense against Caoimhin Agyarko this past July. This, of course, will be a considerable step up in talent level.
The undercard and ticket sales are expected to be announced in due course, but we’ve got a time and a place!
