Josh Kelly will have his chance to disrupt those plans against Ennis.

Kelly (19-1-1, 9 KOs) will face Ennis (36-0, 32 KOs, 1 NC) in an IBF, WBA and WBO 154-pound title unification bout February 27 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Their 12-rounder will be streamed by DAZN internationally and broadcast by TNT and truTV in the United States.

“He’s good for business in the U.S.,” Kelly said of Ennis in the latest episode of “Inside The Ring,” which premiered Thursday on DAZN and The Ring’s YouTube channel. “He’s big here in the U.S. He’s good for business for DAZN. For me, all I want to say is this: I want to be bad for business that night for the U.S.”

England’s Kelly and Philadelphia’s Ennis will go face-to-face Friday in Los Angeles for the first time at a press conference to formally announce their fight.

Kelly, The Ring’s No. 6 junior middleweight contender for a vacant championship, claimed the IBF title when he upset Bakhram Murtazaliev by majority decision January 31 in Newcastle, England. In his lone title defense, the 32-year-old Englishman scored a unanimous-decision victory over Caoimhin Agyarko on July 25 at Jeddah Superdome in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

His win over Agyarko was Kelly’s ninth in a row. The 2016 Olympian feels that he is reaching his peak as he heads into the toughest fight of his career.

“We’ve got lots of tricks up my sleeve,” Kelly said. “You develop and mature as a fighter, and I’m in my prime. I’m 32. I was always a late maturer as time went on. I feel like I’m just coming into my own now. I’ve been through so many life experiences outside the ring, and now I’m taking it inside the ring.”

Ennis, The Ring’s No. 1-ranked junior middleweight, is No. 9 on our pound-for-pound list and a two-division unified champion. The 29-year-old former Ring, IBF and WBA welterweight champ accomplished the feat when he stopped Xander Zayas in the seventh round June 27 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Kelly acknowledged the challenge of facing a fighter who boasts the skill set Ennis has with his punching power and ability to fight out of both stances. In the same breath, he also believes he represents something Ennis has yet to face in his career.

“Both of our skill sets match up perfectly, Kelly said. “I don’t believe he’s boxed anyone with my skill set. I don’t believe I've boxed anyone with his skill set. We’re gonna put it on the line and test ourselves.”