Latest rumor on why Haye backed out of fight.

[deevel79]

After seeing Ruslan Chagaev fail to make the bell for his showdown with Valuev, it appears the heavyweight trend is once again in full effect as David Haye backed out of his showdown with Wladimir Klitschko, citing injury. The troubling thing about this whole scenario was the fact that the stories from Haye's camp were initially conflicted. Some sources reported a hand injury, others reported that it was his back - which is now confirmed - but of all the reports, the ones which came from actual sparring partners in the camp (David Price in particluar) are perhaps the ones that most will find as a link to the truth. According to Price, Haye was "fine" when he last saw him, and hours later the camp was shut down and the sparring help was informed that they could return home. Playing devils advocate isn't always a great thing, particularly when it comes to questioning someones integrity, but sources close to the fighter have gone public with sentiments that say Haye's decision actually had more to do with the fact that U.K. sports satellite station Setanta's money trouble has finally caught up with them and they're literally on the brink of going bust. This theory is supported by Setanta's request that Haye take a reduction on their original contractual agreement for the pay he would receive in the fight. Whatever the case may be, perhaps we'll never know, but what we do know is that once again politics have won and defeated the desire of fans to see the best fights happen. Bummer.

[THE REED]

Wow........ who the hell really knows.

Maybe he hurt his back AND they screwed his pay.

[TheManchine]

There's another rumour going around that Kali Meehan knocked him out in sparring.......again.

[deevel79]

Wow........ who the hell really knows.

Maybe he hurt his back AND they screwed his pay.

I dont know what to believe, but one thing is for sure. There's something really fishy about this pull-out.

[larry x]

maybe he threw a fit after finding out he wasnt gonna get paid then hurt his hand punching the wall then when he bent over in pain he threw out his back....see simple explination

[TheManchine]

He talked so much sh-t about Klitschko to get the fight and trashed my guy along the way.
He talked his way into a heavyweight title fight that he sure didn’t earn it in the ring.
And then he pulls out for whatever reason. I guess he got a yeast infection!

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[Chunk..]

I heard a rumour that Wlad pulled a ******* on his family and blew them all to hell!

[Cadillac Man]

Yep, I don't think Haye was truly injured. He pulled out for other reasons we might never know.

[BetterCallSaul]

Well to be honest, not getting paid is an even better reason to pull out of a fight than injury. If Setanta doesn't pay him Haye gets nothing.

[deevel79]

Well to be honest, not getting paid is an even better reason to pull out of a fight than injury. If Setanta doesn't pay him Haye gets nothing.

If they went back on thier contractual agreement as far as money goes, then its hard to blame him. He should've at least been honest, and told the fans the real reason.