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Last weekend, former WBA heavyweight champ David Haye was all excited at the thought that he would get to face WBC heavyweight king Vitali Klitschko in “Dr. Iron Fist’s” very next fight. Haye wrote on his Twitter account that the 40-year-old legend had “agreed to fight me on an RTL interview.”
Later, there was even a web article courtesy of The Mirror that had a date in the works for the would-be fight: June 2nd in Germany. Of course, neither Vitali nor anyone from his team said officially that the fight was on - all we really had was Vitali smiling into SKY Sports cameras shortly after his younger brother had despatched Jean Marc Mormeck and saying he would “be happy to knock him out.”
Well, as much as the elder Klitschko would love to KO Haye, it doesn’t look like the fight will happen: not for the WBC belt Vitali holds anyway. Don Jose Sulaiman has stated unequivocally that his organisation wants nothing at all to do with “bad example” Haye. Quoted on Frank Maloney’s official web site, the WBC President had the following things to say:
“The WBC will not accept David Haye,” Sulaiman stated. “He is not rated by the WBC. And, the British Board of Control can’t issue anything against someone who is not affiliated to them any more. If he was licensed, he’d for sure have his licence taken away from him. It would be setting a bad example for boxing if we accepted David Haye.”
Of course, in the opinion of many, Don Jose is no angel; his list of critics a mile long. Yet in light of Haye’s part in the infamous Munich brawl with fellow Brit Dereck Chisora, most fans will be firmly in agreement with the WBC head on this one.
Vitali, however, has a burning desire to fight Haye so he can “send him to the dust” and punish him for all the bad things he said about he and his younger brother. Does Sulaiman have no sympathy with Klitschko’s urge?
“This is a long feud, but I believe Vitali must think of the world,” Sulaiman went on. “I think he should now look for something more important and worldwide. I would not like to mention David Haye again, because for me he’s not a good example for boxing. Let’s talk about someone else that could be a reality.”
But who is there out there for Vitali to fight? Don Jose doesn’t want Vitali to face just British fighters, but the only other man Vitali has recently expressed a desire to fight is Chisora, in a return meeting. It goes without saying that if Sulaiman feels Haye is a bad example, he will think the same about Chisora.
The world title belts they hold mean a whole lot to Wladimir and Vitali, but is it possible “Dr. Iron Fist,” so aching to smash Haye as he says he is, will opt to face the Londoner in a non-title affair? Stranger things have happened!
I don't know how long the WBC's been like this but pretty much every time I see or hear Jose Sulaiman's name I mentally prepare for the sport to be embarrassed again. The man is a ****ing disgrace and he seems to have no regard for the reputation of the WBC.
Mathew Hatton vs Saul Alvarez and JCC jnr.. The WBC are a joke.. Regardless of whether Haye is deserving of a shot or not its the best fight to be made at Heavyweight..
I used to consider the green belt above all others.. Now i think its a joke and realise the belt doesnt make the champion... The champion makes the belt.
HOW MUCH money did Vitali pay ?
Everyone knows VItali is ducking Haye now.
Haye with his youth and massive speed abilities will run circles around a faded old Vitali.
Wlad got lucky because Haye was too busy counting the millions he con off Wlad and the Germans.
A motivated determined and raging Haye will Ko both K BROS. It's just a matter of weather he wants it or not.
Go look at Haye's body during weight ins i never seen a athlete look that good.
You should be writing for a stand-up comedian. Purely astonishing imagination. I o believe that even in England, very few would like to see Haye fight again. ALL his "efforts" in the heavyweight division left a long lasting bad taste.
A mouthy con artist. Haye & Booth, the names sound like a vaudeville/music hall act.
You can "look" at Haye's body as much as you like. Enjoy it. In the meantime, allow me to say that I think you are more than a little demented about Haye. I do believe that you think even more of him than he does himself. Impossible as that may seem.
Since when does the WBC follow any kind of rules, Vitali should just fight Haye anyway and keep the extra money. I want to see Vitali KO Haye and shut him up, once and for all.
I don't care about the fight but would love to see Vitali KO Haye in an impressive fashion
politics :sleeping:
why doesnt this suleiman cuntface shut his mouth. his organisation...what the ****. a boxing organization shouldnt belong to ONE guy. its not wal mart you ****in idiot.
HOW MUCH money did Vitali pay ?
Everyone knows VItali is ducking Haye now.
Haye with his youth and massive speed abilities will run circles around a faded old Vitali.
Wlad got lucky because Haye was too busy counting the millions he con off Wlad and the Germans.
A motivated determined and raging Haye will Ko both K BROS. It's just a matter of weather he wants it or not.
Go look at Haye's body during weight ins i never seen a athlete look that good.
ha ha. ha ha ha....
and the bit about his body is just weird. plus it's not an athlete's body he has it's more a body builder's. body builders generally are no good at boxing, and guess what- haye isn't. wlad has a much better boxer's body, if for nothing else because it functions perfectly as such.
Since when does the WBC follow any kind of rules, Vitali should just fight Haye anyway and keep the extra money. I want to see Vitali KO Haye and shut him up, once and for all.
we all know slimeyman is chatting breeze, The WBC is all about sanctioning fee's and this fight would give them a huge one, no way the WBC doesn't apporve this fight.
he's just trying to look responsibleto the world's media, once the interest in the Chisora-Haye incident dies down the fight will go ahead.
Vitali is famous enough that he don't need the WBC belt to fight Haye and make a lot of money.
Since Suliman is on a role why not make Jr and Canelo fight a worthy mandatory and don't give no more shots at a title to Margo unless he earns it the right way
What a load of rubbish. We want the most interesting fights, don't get in the way.
We just had to sit through Vitali-Chisora and Wlad-Mormeck, give us the fight with a little intrigue and back-story.
Why does Haye need a license from Britain if he's fighting in Germany? I now hope Vitali goes for the fight, but without putting the title on the line so that the WBC doesn't get their sanctioning fee.
At least he's being kind of consistent about banning both Chisora and Haye. I was originally thinking he was only banning Chisora because it's not like he was ever going to get a shot again. And I thought he was going to leave Haye alone because he was the front runner for Vitali. But banning them is a stupid decision nonetheless.