Mark De Mori: record, next fight and profile →
Heavyweight contender Mark de Mori says former two-division world champion David Haye is coming back to the sport because his countrymen, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, are now getting all of the press in the UK and overseas.
Further to reporting the news that David Haye's comeback next weekend will be aired live and exclusive on Dave, Boxing Scene can reveal that the promotion's chief supporting contest now carries much more weight.
London - UKTV has landed the exclusive UK rights for former boxing world champion David Haye’s long-awaited comeback fight. The match will be shown on UKTV’s flagship free-to-air entertainment channel, Dave, live from the O2 on Saturday 16 January at 9pm.
David Haye’s comeback fight may land on British television after all. After much debate and speculation as to where the former world cruiserweight and heavyweight champion’s January 16 bout against Mark De Mori would be shown, Boxing Scene understands that the UK channel Dave may have picked up the rights. ITV, Spike, BT Sport, Apple TV and even Haye’s own YouTube channel have all been linked to broadcasting the 'Haye Day' promotion which takes place at London’s O2 Arena.
Former two division world champion David Haye (26-2, 24KOs) was looking for the right comeback opponent when he announced his return late last year. In his first fight since July of 2012, when he knocked out Dereck Chisora, the Hayemaker will come back to the ring on January 16th against Mark De Mori (30-1-2, 26KOs) of Australia.
Super middleweight contender George Groves finds himself back in the same stable as former two division world champion David Haye. Groves was at one time promoted by Haye's Haymaker Promotions. He left Haye in 2011 to sign with promoter Frank Warren and then later left Warren to sign with Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport. In 2014, Groves left Hearn and signed with German powerhouse Sauerland Event.
The preparations for the comeback of former two-weight world champion David Haye are running far from smoothly –– and that has been further proved by the latest setback suffered to the ‘Haye Day’ promotion. Haye (26-2, 24 KOs), 35, is set to return to the ring after a three-and-a-half-year hiatus in two weeks’ time, on January 16, at London’s O2 Arena against Australia’s Mark De Mori (30-1-2, 26 KOs) over 12 rounds in a non-title showdown.
Eddie Hearn has dismissed the suggestion that David Haye’s first fight in three-and-a-half-years will be aired on Sky Sports. The Matchroom Boxing chief was asked the question on social media and quickly batted away the idea that ‘Haye Day’, as it’s being billed, will end up on the multi-sport subscription platform.
Retired former world champion Carl Froch believes David Haye (26-2, 24KOs) is coming back to the sport at the right moment.
Former two-weight world champion David Haye has promised to punish world-ranked Mark De Mori on Saturday January 16, 2016, at The O2 in London. Haye, now under the tutelage of new trainer Shane McGuigan, takes part in his first bout since knocking out Dereck Chisora at Upton Park three and a half years ago