Ennis Signs Multi-Fight Extension with Matchroom Boxing

Unified junior-middleweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis has signed a multi-fight extension with promoter Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. The contract extension is expected to cover Ennis’s bid for undisputed supremacy and potentially a third-division belt at middleweight.

Ennis said: “I’m excited for my extended partnership with Matchroom.”

Ennis is 36-0 with 32 knockouts. He captured the WBA-WBO 154lbs titles via a seventh-round stoppage of Xander Zayas in June. He is described as a two-division champion who stands 5-foot-10 and is 29 years old.

Ennis has been with Matchroom Boxing since 2024, during which time he became a unified champion at 147lbs. Hearn said: “It’s an honor that this pound-for-pound star continues to trust us with his career, and the whole team intends to repay that faith by delivering what he wants; unification and undisputed fights and the biggest names and nights in the sport.”

Ennis is believed to be far along in talks with IBF 154lbs champion Josh Kelly for an unification fight in early 2027. Ennis and WBC champion Sebastian Fundora have expressed mutual interest in an undisputed bout following the potential fight with Kelly.

Ennis said: “The world is about to see why I’m different and why I’m the best fighter in the world. These guys aren’t on my level. They can’t do what I do. Road to undisputed, road to the number one pound-for-pound best fighter in the world.”

Ennis is projected to make a weight jump to middleweight after his junior-middleweight pursuits, given the presence of champions and unbeaten rival Vergil Ortiz Jnr at that weight.

What are your thoughts on Ennis’s Matchroom extension and his potential unification path through Kelly, Fundora, and a projected move to middleweight?