“They asked me would I fight at 152,” said Ennis to Ring Champs. “I said, ‘Yeah.’”
Boots says that 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 with how negotiations involving his name have been discussed publicly over the last few years.
“I think 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 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 that I could fight?” said Haney. “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 catchweight.
“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 eventually headed in different directions. Ennis later moved to 154 pounds, while Haney is preparing to challenge Brian Norman Jr. 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.
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