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Whyte, however, is willing to step in and face either man should negotiations prove unsuccessful, having raised his own profile by recording a points win over Joseph Parker on Saturday.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte has lashed out at two-division world champion David Haye. This coming Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, Whyte will collide with former WBO world champion Joseph Parker. Parker is coming off a twelve round unanimous decision loss at the hands of WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO unified king Anthony Joshua in Cardiff, Wales.
Peter Fury knows a thing or two about heavyweights and heavyweight boxing; the trainer took his nephew, Tyson, to the pinnacle of the division with a win over Wlad Klitschko in 2015 and believes that his son, Hughie, was hard done by on the cards when unsuccessfully challenging then-holder Joseph Parker for the WBO title last September.
Former WBO heavyweight world champion Joseph Parker will get a big assist from his friend David Haye, as the New Zealand superstar will prepare for his upcoming showdown with Dillian Whyte. The contest takes place at The O2 on July 28, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
WBA Super Middleweight champion George Groves (28-3, 20 KOs) says he has two or three big fights left in his career beyond the World Boxing Super Series. The 30-year-old Londoner will face 28-year-old Callum Smith (24-0, 17 KOs) in the final of the 168lbs tournament which began on September 16, 2017 when Smith, the number two seed, won his quarter final against Sweden’s Erik Skoglund with a wide points decision victory.
In December of last year, Tony Bellew promised to end the career of David Haye - and then he also promised to end the career of Tyson Fury. Back on May 5, in their highly anticipated rematch, Bellew blew Haye out in a one-sided contest. Bellew put him down three times for a fifth round stoppage. And last week Haye announced his retirement from the sport.
Three-time super middleweight champion Carl Froch says David Haye is one of the best boxers that Britain has ever produced. Haye, 37, announced his retirement via a video message on social media yesterday (June 13) as well as a lengthy statement on his hayemaker.com website. After 27 years in boxing the former unified cruiserweight and WBA heavyweight champion called time on his career.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, David Haye has announced his retirement from boxing at the age of 37. The former WBA heavyweight champion insisted he would stop fighting if he again lost to Tony Bellew in their rematch last month, and having shown significant signs of decline before being stopped in five rounds he has confirmed he no longer plans to fight on.
The 37-year-old is a former WBA, WBO and WBC cruiserweight and WBA heavyweight champion. David Haye has announced his retirement from boxing, having made his professional debut in 2002.
Today (Tuesday, June 12, 2018) I announce my retirement from professional boxing. They say you can’t play boxing. Yet, as I write this retirement statement, and reflect on my time in the sport, I can’t find a better way to describe the ride. Thanks to boxing, I have been able to live my unencumbered childhood dream; a dream my dad, Deron, facilitated the moment he took me to Fitzroy Lodge amateur boxing club as a nervous 10-year-old.