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Super welterweight · Before the fight · First reported: 29 Oct, 21:24 · Boxing News

Jaron Ennis heading to unification with Josh Kelly in February, Ortiz chooses Thurman

Jaron Ennis, WBA-WBO super welterweight champion, will face IBF champion Josh Kelly in late February in Atlanta in a unification bout. Vergil Ortiz Jr canceled negotiations with Ennis to fight Keith Thurman instead on December 5 in Glendale, Arizona. Several boxers and former champions have made predictions about hypothetical Ennis fights against Crawford, Haney and Fundora.

Neutral summary generated from the sources below. No article is reproduced: headline, one line and link.
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sources
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countries
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Distance between angleslow
Coverageall neutral
countriesGB · IT · UA
FightersHaney · Stanionis · Ennis · Kelly · Thurman · Hitchins · Fundora · Crawford · Ortiz · Jr · Judah
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Vergil Ortiz's choice to cancel negotiations with Jaron Ennis to face Keith Thurman surprises
BoxeRingWeb · IT · polemical
original: Stupisce la scelta di Vergil Ortiz di cancellare le trattative con Jaron Ennis per affrontare Keith Thurman
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Who reported it first

29 Oct · 21:24
Boxing News: Zab Judah predicts Devin Haney vs Jaron Ennis fight at 147: "Definitely"
29 Oct · 22:40
Boxing News: Richardson Hitchins predicts Terence Crawford vs Jaron Ennis after sharing the ring with both
30 Oct · 07:06
BoxeRingWeb: Vergil Ortiz's choice to cancel negotiations with Jaron Ennis to face Keith Thurman surprises
30 Oct · 09:15
vRINGe: Hitchins chose Crawford in a hypothetical fight with Ennis
1 Nov · 17:28
Boxing News: Vergil Ortiz predicts Jaron Ennis vs Sebastian Fundora: "He's a hard fight for anybody"
2 Nov · 06:45
BoxeRingWeb: Jaron Ennis is already focused on the difficult challenge against Josh Kelly, The match at the end of February in Atlanta?
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