David Haye will escape punishment from the British Boxing Board after secretary Robert Smith accepted the world heavyweight champion’s public volte-face on Monday that he had not placed a bet on himself in his demolition of Audley Harrison.
It has been predicted on the ring by British Boxing Board that the manner of Haye’s third-round victory at the MEN Arena in Manchester and Haye’s suggestion in his post-fight interview had prompted the Boxing Board to investigate claims that the World Boxing Association heavyweight champion had placed a bet on himself to knock Harrison out in the third round.
It is forbidden for boxers to place bets on themselves and Haye is likely receive a letter of reprimand from the Board.
After hearing Haye’s clarification on Monday, Smith said the board had accepted the boxer’s explanation. “I didn’t physically go into a betting shop and say, ’here’s x amount of money’. What I did say was I would knock Audley out in three rounds. If he came out earlier I would have knocked him out earlier . My prediction was the third round and I told a lot of people that,” Haye explained.
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