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The Hayemaker had been hoping to cut corners by trash-talking Vitali Klitschko into the ring but the WBC belt-holder has lost interest in the Englishman who was embarrassingly trounced by his younger brother almost two years ago.
Now, by embarking on the traditional route back up through the ratings, Haye gives himself a proper, professional chance of redemption, not only for his toe-curling performance against Wladimir Klitschko but also his shameful brawl with Zimbabwean Dereck Chisora in Germany after his fellow Londoner’s loss to Vitali last March.
Haye has also shown contrition to the British Boxing Board of Control for his participation — under bizarre licence by the Luxembourg federation — in last summer’s freak show of against Chisora at West Ham’s football ground.
The British Board have agreed to re-licence Haye on condition that he passes routine medical tests, with general secretary Robert Smith saying: “David met with our stewards and showed he understands that some of the things that happened were not good for boxing and not good for him.”
By the time he gets back into the ring, the knockout of Chisora will have been Haye’s one and only fight in two years.
At coming up to 33 he will hope to mount a title bid sooner rather than later, even though he keeps training and is in good physical condition most of the time.
However, the path to his second heavyweight crown is complicated. Wladimir Klitschko holds all but one of the titles and sees no point in another meeting with an opponent he has already out-classed.
Haye’s own ranking is highest with the WBA but they have a regular champion, Alexander Povetkin, blocking the route to Klitschko the super-champion.
As for the WBC, even if Vitali Klitschko decides to retire into politics — he is already a member of the Ukrainian parliament and also considering running for mayor of Kiev — Tyson Fury is one of a number of rivals ahead of Haye in that queue
The realisation that Vitali would not play Haye’s game came when he revealed that the Hayemaker was first choice as challenger last September. Klitschko said: ‘We offered to fight Haye, rather than Manuel Charr, in Moscow.
All the necessary paper-work was sent to him in London. All he needed to do was sign.’
Haye’s willingness now to come out of partial retirement comes as there is no public sign yet of a hoped-for career in Hollywood and music taking off. So it may be a case of the hard slog or nothing.
Vitali added: “When David refused the contract, his train left the station.”
That would have been an express to a mega-fight. Now he is about to board a slow stopper, which is unlikely to arrive at a world title fight for another year at least. — Mailonline.
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