World Boxing Association David Haye heavyweight champion but the Londoner’s career has hit a cul-de-sac in current months.
Yesterday, it thumped into a brick wall when the Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir, both heavyweight champions, lined up alternative opponents for the autumn.
The prospect of Haye versus Audley Harrison, waiting in the wings yet with an air of pantomime about it, grows ever more probably. The fight itself is not to much, which Haye ought to win resoundingly, but the groans that will accompany its announcement. Harrison has flattered to deceive for a decade since he won the Olympic super heavyweight gold medal in Sydney.
It is not so much that Harrison is on borrowed time. That ran out long ago. With former world champion Shannon Briggs, of Brownsville, New York, claiming on Thursday that he has signed to take on the World Boxing Council belt holder, Vitali, in October, the Klitschkos revealed that the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organisation champion, Wladimir, will meet Samuel Peter in a rematch on September 11.
It leaves Haye frozen out, having not fought since his second WBA title defence in April against the American John Ruiz, who promoter Bob Arum told me currently has become “a pay-not-to-view” fighter.
It leaves Haye with the prospect of fighting Harrison, the European champion, former cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek would represent a credible alternative.
If Juan Manuel Marquez retains the World Boxing Organisation lightweight title by beating Juan Diaz in their rematch of the 2009 fight of the year tonight in Las Vegas, he is probably to will step up to light welterweight to meet Amir Khan, the World Boxing Association champion on December 11. Khan will be ringside at the fight.
However, Marquez said yesterday that he is also pursuing a third fight with Manny Pacquiao. So far, it is one draw, and one win to Pacquiao.
The prospect of Haye versus Audley Harrison, waiting in the wings yet with an air of pantomime about it, grows ever more probably. The fight itself is not to much, which Haye ought to win resoundingly, but the groans that will accompany its announcement. Harrison has flattered to deceive for a decade since he won the Olympic super heavyweight gold medal in Sydney.
It is not so much that Harrison is on borrowed time. That ran out long ago. With former world champion Shannon Briggs, of Brownsville, New York, claiming on Thursday that he has signed to take on the World Boxing Council belt holder, Vitali, in October, the Klitschkos revealed that the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organisation champion, Wladimir, will meet Samuel Peter in a rematch on September 11.
It leaves Haye frozen out, having not fought since his second WBA title defence in April against the American John Ruiz, who promoter Bob Arum told me currently has become “a pay-not-to-view” fighter.
It leaves Haye with the prospect of fighting Harrison, the European champion, former cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek would represent a credible alternative.
If Juan Manuel Marquez retains the World Boxing Organisation lightweight title by beating Juan Diaz in their rematch of the 2009 fight of the year tonight in Las Vegas, he is probably to will step up to light welterweight to meet Amir Khan, the World Boxing Association champion on December 11. Khan will be ringside at the fight.
However, Marquez said yesterday that he is also pursuing a third fight with Manny Pacquiao. So far, it is one draw, and one win to Pacquiao.
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