By Mark Vester
According to a report in The Sun, and several other outlets, the marriage of WBA heavyweight champion David Haye is on the ropes after the boxer is alleged to have had an affair with 23-year-old Amie Buck, an ex-stripper who starred in the X-Factor television program. The paper reports that his 32-year-old wife, Natasha, fled their £1.25million London home after stories of the affair began to surface. The couple have a two-year-old son.
The paper reported last month that Amie, now a personal trainer, had spent a weekend with Haye at London's posh May Fair hotel. But the fling is alleged to have taken place during a getaway in Las Vegas.
Haye is currently training for the biggest fight of his career, a unification with WBO/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko, which takes place on either June 25 or July 2 in Germany. If the reports are accurate, a problem like this is certain to affect the mental state of the boxer and there is no telling on how it affects his performance in the most dangerous fight of his career.