Bud, 38, defeated Canelo, 35, by unanimous decision in their in Las Vegas bout earlier this month, and after Ennis, 28, failed to praise Crawford - simply saying “that’s boxing” - Norman Sr., 46, has hit out at Boots.

During an interview with MillCity Boxing, Norman Sr. said: “They asked the man a simple question, they asked him about the performance, and what are you thinking? What do you think? The man [Ennis] said, ‘It’s boxing.’ Why can’t you just give him his props? You got a problem with anybody else? You’re a hater, bro. Clearly, he hates him.

“You said Canelo was going to whoop his a**. You’re a hater.”

Last month, Ennis announced he would be moving up to the junior middleweight division, and would be getting in the ring with Uisma Lima on October 11.

Ennis said in a statement from Matchroom Boxing: “They can say what they want it don't make me a difference.

“These dudes can't tie my shoes. I'm the best in the world and they know it. I want all the big names and belts - the tour continues.”

Ennis will be moving up to the junior middleweight division having previously held the welterweight title from 2023.

After Crawford left the division that year, Ennis was elevated to IBF champion and successfully defended the title twice in 2024 before defeating WBA titleholder Eimantas Stanionis in a unification bout that April in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Lima said he was looking forward to “taking on the biggest challenge of [his] life” by fighting Ennis.

He said: “I am very excited to be taking on the biggest challenge of my life against a legit, world-level fighter in Ennis.

“I believe in myself ... we will be coming to war. Please don't take me lightly, Boots, as I am coming to win.”