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Jaron Ennis and Josh Kelly to unify three junior middleweight titles
Jaron Ennis and Josh Kelly will fight on Feb.
27 in Atlanta, Georgia, in a junior middleweight title unification bout.
Ennis, from Philadelphia, holds the WBA and WBO titles, while Kelly, from Sunderland, England, holds the IBF belt.
All three world titles will be on the line in the fight, which will be shown on DAZN and TNT Sports in the U.S. Ennis is unbeaten and has won 36 fights, while Kelly has 19 wins, one defeat and one draw.
Kelly became champion in January and defended his title in July; Ennis won his current belts by stopping Xander Zayas earlier this year.
The winner will be one belt away from becoming undisputed at junior middleweight and could pursue a fight with WBC champion Sebastian Fundora.
Jaron Ennis and Josh Kelly will fight in a junior middleweight title unification bout on Feb. 27.
Ennis’s WBA and WBO titles and Kelly’s IBF title will be at stake.
The fight is set for State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
The bout will be broadcast globally on DAZN and in the U.S. on TNT Sports.
The winner could move closer to an undisputed title fight at 154 pounds.
- Who
- Jaron Ennis and Josh Kelly.
- What
- They will fight to unify three junior middleweight world titles.
- When
- Feb. 27; the year is not stated in the announcement.
- Where
- State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Why
- The fight will put three titles at stake, and the winner could move closer to becoming undisputed at 154 pounds.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Kelly beat Bakhram Murtazaliev to become a world champion.
Ennis stopped Xander Zayas in the seventh round in Brooklyn to become a two-division unified champion.
Kelly defended his title against Caoimhin Agyarko.
Matchroom Boxing confirmed the unification bout.
Ennis and Kelly are scheduled to fight in Atlanta.
- Ennis’s record
- 36-0, with 32 knockouts
- Kelly’s record
- 19-1-1, with 9 knockouts
- Ennis’s titles
- WBA and WBO junior middleweight titles
- Kelly’s title
- IBF junior middleweight title
- Venue
- State Farm Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
- Broadcast
- DAZN globally and TNT Sports in the U.S.
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What people are saying
What a fantastic unification fight this is
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.
There's so much incredible action still to come in 2026, but I already cannot wait for February 27, when one of these fantastic champions will take a giant step to landing a shot at becoming an undisputed World ruler in our first ever event in Atlanta.