“They asked me would I fight at 152,” said Ennis to Ring Champs. “I said, ‘Yeah.’”
Boots says that at that time, the communication stopped, and he heard nothing from Haney’s team.
“I never heard back after that,” Ennis said.
Ennis also sounded frustrated with how negotiations involving his name have been discussed publicly over the previous few years.
“I believe people be using my name because they think I’m not going to say nothing,” said Ennis. “People be painting these false narratives.”
Haney discussed the identical negotiations last yr during an interview with Ring Magazine while explaining why the fight never happened.
“Ryan Garcia was out. Teo was out. Who was the subsequent best guy that I could fight?” said Haney. “They got here with ‘Boots’ Ennis, and we said, ‘Yeah, let’s do it, but we would like to do it at 147.’”
Haney then explained his side’s issue with the proposed catchweight.
“They got here back with, ‘152,’” Haney said. “I’m like, ‘Why would I fight at 152? I never even fought at 147. No. We are able to do it at 147 or not.’”
The fight never moved forward, and each fighters eventually headed in numerous directions. Ennis later moved to 154 kilos, while Haney is preparing to challenge Brian Norman Jr. for a welterweight title later this yr.
The newest comments from Ennis add one other version of events to a negotiation story that has remained a subject amongst fans since talks first collapsed.
