British Board Not Happy With Haye-Chisora Going Forward

David Haye yesterday announced that he will come out of retirement to fight fellow Londoner Dereck Chisora in a controversial showdown at West Ham's ground on July 14. The 31-year-old last fought in July 2011 when he lost to WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko - a defeat he blamed partly on a broken little toe.

Haye and Chisora caused outrage when they brawled after the latter's heavyweight title shot against Vitali Klitschko in Munich on February 18.

The scrap, and Chisora's decision to slap Vitali and spit water at his brother in the run-up to the fight, left many claiming boxing had hit a new low, and the Zimbabwe-born fighter had his license removed by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC).

That means organizers have had to ask the Luxembourg boxing federation, rather than the British one, to sanction the Haye-Chisora fight.

The BBBC are unhappy with the fight going ahead.

General secretary Robert Smith said: "We're having a meeting (on Wednesday) and we'll put word out then. We're obviously not happy about it as it's not what we feel should happen. Another country has come into our jurisdiction and overruled us."

Chisora's manager Frank Warren insists he is not undermining the British board, however.

Warren said: "It is the biggest fight of the year and the fact of the matter is that the fight is legal, lawful and will go ahead."