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Booth explains Haye injury
Adam Booth said David Haye's back problems deteriorated over the course of three weeks forcing him to pull out of his title fight.
Speaking to Steve Bunce's Boxing Hour, Booth gave a detailed breakdown on the history of the injury and what he will have to do get back in shape.
Booth is certain Haye will be ready to fight on July 11 but admitted it is up to Wladimir Klitschko whether he chooses to fight WBA champion Ruslan Chagaev on June 20 or the Londoner three weeks' later.
"David will be fit and ready to fight, to step in the ring, on July 11," Booth said on Setanta Sports News.
"Last night when I spoke to Bernd I didn’t know we were looking at three weeks. At the time I thought it was about five weeks. But it was three or four weeks this morning and we’ve had it confirmed this afternoon what the process is going to be.
"I’ve looked at his training schedule; I know when I can have him ready to fight. Bernd now knows we’re looking at a three week delay.
"The word that’s come back is that they’re still looking to tie up Ruslan Chagaev for June 20th. If that’s the case then effectively they’ve got two choices. They can just hold up their training and fight David three weeks later, three weeks is nothing in the scheme of things. Or he can go and fight Chagaev and that’s Wladimir’s choice.”
Booth revealed that Haye’s injury built up over a period of time.
He said: “There are some injuries that happen in an instant, like a broken leg. And there are other things that are conditioned, that are underlying and don’t really show too many problematic symptoms.
“It hadn’t stopped him doing his training, it’s just he was complaining of having a back ache sometimes. A couple of days ago the symptoms were more of a concern. He couldn’t do certain sessions that were important and so we sent him off to have it scanned and the scan showed a condition that basically needs some aggressive physiotherapy."
Booth admitted that Haye was “gutted” at having to pull out of the fight, but the boxer’s health and well being had to come first.
“My concern is doing the job that’s right," Booth added. "I’ve got to get David back, get him treated, get him back in the gym and get him into shape. We’re waiting to hear from them as to what they want to do.
"I’m working on David, getting him back, getting him in the gym and ready to fight. I don’t want anything being dropped on me as a surprise last minute saying “okay we’ll go ahead with the fight” when we’ve just been ticking along. We’re going to go ahead and work to schedule."
If the fight with Wladimir doesn’t go ahead Booth insists an alternative route to the top will be found but at present he is only concerned with trying to make this fight happen.
“For David, whether it’s at British level, European level, we’ve always had an A, B, C and D plan," Booth went on. "But at the moment the only one we’re focusing on is plan A. Plan A’s on hold because he’s injured, we’ll get him ready and work towards plan A. If they choose a different option then we’ll look at plans B, C and D."
Speaking to Steve Bunce's Boxing Hour, Booth gave a detailed breakdown on the history of the injury and what he will have to do get back in shape.
Booth is certain Haye will be ready to fight on July 11 but admitted it is up to Wladimir Klitschko whether he chooses to fight WBA champion Ruslan Chagaev on June 20 or the Londoner three weeks' later.
"David will be fit and ready to fight, to step in the ring, on July 11," Booth said on Setanta Sports News.
"Last night when I spoke to Bernd I didn’t know we were looking at three weeks. At the time I thought it was about five weeks. But it was three or four weeks this morning and we’ve had it confirmed this afternoon what the process is going to be.
"I’ve looked at his training schedule; I know when I can have him ready to fight. Bernd now knows we’re looking at a three week delay.
"The word that’s come back is that they’re still looking to tie up Ruslan Chagaev for June 20th. If that’s the case then effectively they’ve got two choices. They can just hold up their training and fight David three weeks later, three weeks is nothing in the scheme of things. Or he can go and fight Chagaev and that’s Wladimir’s choice.”
Booth revealed that Haye’s injury built up over a period of time.
He said: “There are some injuries that happen in an instant, like a broken leg. And there are other things that are conditioned, that are underlying and don’t really show too many problematic symptoms.
“It hadn’t stopped him doing his training, it’s just he was complaining of having a back ache sometimes. A couple of days ago the symptoms were more of a concern. He couldn’t do certain sessions that were important and so we sent him off to have it scanned and the scan showed a condition that basically needs some aggressive physiotherapy."
Booth admitted that Haye was “gutted” at having to pull out of the fight, but the boxer’s health and well being had to come first.
“My concern is doing the job that’s right," Booth added. "I’ve got to get David back, get him treated, get him back in the gym and get him into shape. We’re waiting to hear from them as to what they want to do.
"I’m working on David, getting him back, getting him in the gym and ready to fight. I don’t want anything being dropped on me as a surprise last minute saying “okay we’ll go ahead with the fight” when we’ve just been ticking along. We’re going to go ahead and work to schedule."
If the fight with Wladimir doesn’t go ahead Booth insists an alternative route to the top will be found but at present he is only concerned with trying to make this fight happen.
“For David, whether it’s at British level, European level, we’ve always had an A, B, C and D plan," Booth went on. "But at the moment the only one we’re focusing on is plan A. Plan A’s on hold because he’s injured, we’ll get him ready and work towards plan A. If they choose a different option then we’ll look at plans B, C and D."
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