“They asked me if I would fight at 152,” Ennis said Ring Champs. “I said, ‘Yes.'”
Boots says at that point the communication stopped, and he heard nothing from Haney’s team.
“I never heard back after that,” Ennis said.
Ennis also sounded frustrated at how negotiations over his name have been discussed publicly in recent years.
“I think people use my name because they think I’m not going to say anything,” Ennis said. “People paint these false narratives.”
Haney discussed the same negotiations last year during an interview with Ring Magazine while explaining why the fight never happened.
“Ryan Garcia was out. Teo was out. Who was the next best guy I could fight?” Haney said. “They came with ‘Boots’ Ennis, and we said, ‘Yeah, let’s do it, but we want to do it at 147.’
Haney then explained his side’s issue with the proposed catch weight.
“They came back with ‘152,’” Haney said. “I’m like, ‘Why would I fight at 152? I never even fought at 147. No. We can do it at 147 or not.’
The fight never moved forward, and both fighters ended up going in different directions. Ennis later moved to 154 pounds, while Haney prepares to face Brian Norman Jr. to challenge for a welterweight title later this year.
The latest comments from Ennis add another version of events to a negotiation story that has remained a topic among fans since talks first collapsed.
