“Yeah, Kelly still wants it, and by the way, Xander Zayas likes that as well,” said Hearn. “But there is a huge amount of money in the Boots-Xander Zayas fight. By the way, Josh Kelly has the option to fight Boots as well and that might happen. But also, I have no problem with Josh Kelly having a voluntary defense. Don’t forget, he just beat Murtazaliev. What do you want to do? Murtazaliev, then Boots. I mean, that’s a hell of a run, so we’ll see. But he’s open to the big fights as well. There’s ongoing conversations and it’s an absolute priority.”
