Jaron Boots Ennis Vs Josh Kelly Launch Press Conference

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Eddie Hearn (1:00)

As you know, and we talked about yesterday, the zone mainly in conjunction with Matchroom Boxing have been completely taking over the world of boxing, especially in America. And we're coming out red hot in 2027 We're going to absolutely destroy everybody. We want to see more champions, more unifications, more undisputed clashes as well. And that's the name of the game, the best v the best, champions against champions.

And we're already putting that roster together. We're putting those calendar fights together to announce to subscribers and fight fans all across America. And we are delighted today to have the first press conference for really the first mega fight of 2027

February the 27th, State Farm Arena in Atlanta is the big three belt unification fight between the reigning WBA and WBO World Champion Jaron Boots Ennis, 36 and 0, against England's IBF World Champion Josh Pretty Boy Kelly.

This is what we want to see. We want to see the best v the best, champion versus champion. Both these guys, I've had the pleasure of working with for a long time. Josh Kelly signed with us from his debut after coming out of the Olympics. A phenomenal talent and last year, he did what many felt was the impossible. He took on the fight against the reigning IBF World Champion Mertz Alayev. Everyone thought he was mad. I'll be honest, me included. He absolutely stood him on his head. For me, the standout performance at 154 pounds in 2026 But this guy might say otherwise because what he did was light up Barclays Center in Brooklyn with I think one of the performances of the year as well. Against Zander Zayas who's here today as well. Great fighter moving up to middleweight to become the unified champion. Many talking about Boots Ennis is the next pound for pound superstar of the sport. And since we signed him and since they told us he doesn't sell in Philadelphia, well, he racked up 17,000, then he racked up 15,000. Then we had a little poodle down to Atlantic City. He broke the record at the boardwalk hall, I think 14,000. Then 17,000 in the Barclays Center. And he said to me for a while, this tour that he's on at the moment, particularly on the East Coast, he said I want to go to Atlanta. I feel like this is a great fight city. And it's been years and years since a male unified world championship fight. I think going back to Evander Holyfield was the last time a unified men's world championship was fought for in Atlanta. It's a brilliant fight city and this is a brilliant fight. And before we talk to both teams as well, I just want to thank The Zone as well, because this fight, if you understand the commercial aspects of the sport, this relationship now with TNT is so important. To make these guys superstars, to be able to grow the sport of boxing and show everyone how great it is, we need the biggest viewership possible. So tomorrow night, live on TNT, we're racking up a huge viewership across America. It's great news for Diego Pacheco, it's great news for the whole card.

But on February the 27th, in a fight that would normally be pay-per-view on The Zone, which is great, but you do limit your audience. The Zone had bigger ideas. TNT had bigger ideas. So this fight, Feb 27th, will be live and exclusive on TNT and The Zone in front of a massive audience across America for what is a very important fight which we know will lead to Sebastian Fundora for the undisputed championship. So first to the IBF champion, Adam, we'll start with you.

You rarely get it wrong, but you always want the biggest challenges. And when I spoke to you about the Mertz Eliyev fight, you said to me, we'll beat him, we'll beat him. Make the fight, we'll beat him.