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Kelly won the IBF title in January with a majority decision over Bakhram Murtazaliev in Newcastle. The verdict was controversial, with many observers believing Murtazaliev had done enough to retain his belt. Kelly now has to beat another unbeaten opponent before any Ennis fight can move beyond the discussion stage.<\/p>\n Ennis also has other options.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s also a good chance that Vergil Ortiz will fight Boots,\u201d Hearn said. \u201cBut the reality is Boots wants the belts. He wants to win all the belts as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n Ennis has been linked to several major fights at 154, and Hearn made clear that his priority is collecting titles rather than taking a specific opponent. That leaves Kelly needing the Agyarko win first, then the right deal afterward.<\/p>\n \u201cBut there could be a huge fight for Josh Kelly at the back end of the year,\u201d Hearn said. \u201cHe has to come through July 25.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Dan Ambrose is a boxing journalist at Boxing News 24, recognized for his direct analysis and extensive coverage of the global fight landscape. His reporting focuses on major bouts, divisional developments, and the sport\u2019s most discussed storylines.<\/p>\n Click here to subscribe to our FREE newsletter<\/a>Related Boxing News:<\/p>\n \t\t\tCategories Jaron Ennis<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Jaron Ennis<\/a> \u00bb Eddie Hearn Says Josh Kelly Could Land Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis Fight In November<\/p>\n Last Updated on 2026\/07\/09 at 3:56 PM \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn says Josh Kelly could fight Jaron \u201cBoots\u201d Ennis in November if he successfully defends his IBF…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-683445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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