On February 20, 2021, a 26-year-old Josh Kelly (10-0-1, 6 KOs) and a 32-year-old Russian boxer David Avanesyan (26-3-1, 14 KOs) met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Kelly came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 2 months. Avanesyan was on a 3-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 2 months, and 8 days.
David Avanesyan stopped Josh Kelly via TKO in the 6th round. Avanesyan improves his record to 27-3-1 (15 KOs), while Kelly adds a loss to his record at 10-1-1.