Re: David Haye & Dereck Chisora to fight at Upton Park
- From: "Mr.Will Music" <will@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 12:57:59 +0100
thought as much.
WWE proved that people still never question when two pro fighters "have a
fight" in public yet neither gets hurt in the least...........
Mr.Will
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/17987600
David Haye and Dereck Chisora are to face each other in a fight sanctioned
by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation.
Chisora's manager Frank Warren told the BBC the fight would take place on
14 July at Upton Park. He later officially announced it at a news
conference.
The British heavyweights were involved in a brawl following Chisora's
defeat by Vitali Klitschko in Munich.
The British Boxing Board of Control will not sanction the fight because
neither holds a British licence.
Chisora had his licence withdrawn after a number of controversial
incidents before and after the Klitschko fight - but he has appealed
against the decision.
Among the controversies, the 28-year-old slapped Klitschko at the weigh-in
and spat water at the Ukrainian's brother Wladimir before the contest.
Haye relinquished his licence when he retired in October last year, three
months after losing his WBA title to Wladimir in Hamburg.
Warren had previously said he would not go ahead with a fight between the
two boxers.
However, he said he had changed his mind because Chisora's appeal against
his licence withdrawal had been "pushed back to July".
Warren said: "What [Chisora] did was stupid and there should be some sort
of punishment.
"But he will be out of action for six months and will lose money. Why
should he not make a living?"
Chisora was granted a licence to fight by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation
but Warren added that "a number of commissions" had been willing to do so.
Warren said he would not be taking a commission from Chisora for the
fight, but would make money as a "shareholder" in the Box Nation
subscription channel that will air the fight.
When asked whether holding the event might threaten his own licence as a
promoter with the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC), Warren said he
hoped the organisation would not hold it against him.
"What I'm doing is legal and lawful," he said.
"I have a managerial contract with Chisora, I have legal obligations to
him and I won't have these compromised by the British Boxing Board of
Control.
"When they made their decision, they said he was able to apply for a
licence in another jurisdiction. That was said at the hearing, and that is
what he's done."
Rival boxing promoter Frank Maloney told the BBC the fight "undermines the
authority" of the BBBoC.
He said: "It's like the [English] FA. Would we see the Luxembourg FA
coming over to the UK and starting their own league?
"If these two had not had the punch-up, no-one would talk about them."
He also said the BBBoC had "handled it wrong" and should have banned
Chisora completely, instead of refusing to grant him a licence.
"If he was banned, the boards in Europe would have to follow and not give
him a licence," he said.
British heavyweight Lee Swaby, who fought Chisora in 2008, agreed adding:
"The British Boxing Board of Control have come unstuck here. They should
have given a ban rather than suspending his licence."
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