David Haye: Jay-Z is a fan of boxer David Haye

Jay-Z thinks boxer David Haye is a knockout. The champ was introduced to the rapper after his show with Coldplay.
Says our mole: "David's a huge Jay-Z fan and was pretty starstruck when they met.
And Jay-Z was equally bowled over and tried to get David a drink but he's teetotal in the build up to a bout. Jay-Z's now preparation on flying over for the fight in November."

Rplicate Holyfield David Haye to ready

David Haye believes he has what it takes to beat the giant Nikolay Valuev before becoming the unchallenged heavyweight champion.The British boxer meets the seven foot two 'Beast From The East' on November 7 with Valuev's WBA belt on the line as Haye prepares to compete for his first title at heavyweight. The 28-year-old was the undisputed cruiserweight champion before making the step up in weight and despite having not had a competitive fight since November last year, Haye believes he is destine to beat Valuev before moving on to greatness."My job is to knock out Nikolai Valuev and become the heavyweight champion of the world. I will be the first British champion since Lennox Lewis and that has always been my aim, to be a two weight world champion," Haye told Sky Sports News."I was undisputed cruiserweight champion and my plan is to go up in weight and do what only one other fighter in history has done that's Evander Holyfield and then become the undisputed world heavyweight champion. The Valuev fight is the next step."

new professional David Price A path to London 2012 opens

David Price has been offered the chance to become the first professional to box at an Olympic Games.
The Liverpudlian turned professional after winning a bronze medal at super heavyweight in Beijing last summer and boxing is the only Olympic sport that excludes professionals.
But the International Boxing Association (AIBA), the amateur world governing body, has agreed a deal that would allow Price to compete in the newly formed World Series of Boxing (WSB) and go to London 2012.
British boxers failed to win a medal at the World Amateur Championships that finished in Milan on Saturday and the cupboard looked particularly bare in the biggest weight division, in which Andy Jones, the British ABA champion, who was sent by Wales after not being selected by Great Britain, was stopped after 99 seconds of his opening bout by Erislandy Savón, a adolescent from Cuba.
The WSB, which is 25 per cent owned by IMG, the sports marketing giant, is the AIBA’s answer to the loss of its talent to the professional code, allowing boxers to be paid, while retaining their power to compete at the Olympics. Rather than competing individually, boxers will be part of teams, over five weight divisions, each competing in five round bouts, with no headguards or vests and with professional style scoring. There will be 12 franchises based over three continents. A deal has been agreed for London to host a franchise, which will not be qualified to British boxers.
At the end of a regular season, there would be play offs to decide a winning team and individual rankings. Boxers would be offered the security of three year contracts worth between $40,000 (about £24,000) and $300,000 with prize money on top.
Only “professionals” competing in the WSB will be allowed to box at the Olympics, boxers who have already turned professional or who leave the system will be excluded. An exemption has been offered to Price, although he is far from certain to take it.
Price, 26, made a winning professional debut in March, after signing with Hayemaker, the promotional company of David Haye. However, after working as Haye’s sparring partner in Cyprus before the cancelled bout with Wladimir Klitschko when Setanta, the television company that had a deal with Hayemaker, went to the wall Price was not offered any more bouts.
His deal with Hayemaker has expired, but Price is believed to have received offers from at least three professional promoters as well as the WSB.
The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) has come under pressure to appoint three judges in all title bouts after Tyson Fury’s controversial English heavyweight title win over John McDermott on Friday. The points verdict, which was widely criticised, was made by Terry O’Connor, the referee, who made Fury a 98-92 points winner, while most observers saw McDermott as the winner. BBBC rules state that every bout beneath British title level is decided only by the reader, unlike most countries where all bouts are decided by three judges.

'David Haye is a faker', Vitali Klitschko suggests

Vitali Klitschko has questioned whether David Haye was actually injured when he pulled out of boxing his brother, Wladimir.
Haye, 28, claimed a back problem led to him disconcerting his fight against IBF-WBO world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.
He also pulled out of talks to fight Vitali, rather striking a deal to challenge Russian Nikolai Valuev for his WBA version of the world title, in Germany on November 7.
WBC champion Vitali, 38, said: "Haye is not a dangerous fighter. I doubt he had an hurt when he gave up the fight against Wladimir.
"We gave Haye the same contract he got with Wladimir to fight me. Against me, Haye had little opportunity to take the title and that's why he didn't take the fight. I don't think about him any more."

Nikolai Valuev's fight still on with David Haye

Chris Meyer, general manager of team Sauerland, promoters of Nikolai Valuev, has allayed fears that David Haye's world title tilt at the WBA heavyweight champion, scheduled for Nov 7, could be called off due to a legal argument.

Meyer said on Wednesday: "There is certainly no problem with the Valuev Haye bout. Everything has been sorted out. We have struck a deal with Team Ruiz for him to step aside.
"Our attorneys are just putting it in writing. Once this deal has been signed, we will submit the necessary papers to the WBA by the end of this week."

"German TV ARD and UK´s Sky Box Office have booked the Nov 7 date in their schedules. We are just discussing the dates for the press conference.
"Valuev is scheduled to start his final preparations at the beginning of September."
According to Boris Dimitrov, the 7ft Russian fighter's manager, a claim by American John Ruiz that he is the authoritative challenger to the World Boxing Association title held by Valuev could have scuppered the Haye Valuev bout.
Dimitrov had affirmed early this week that the Haye Valuev competition could be facing a challenge by Ruiz's legal team, with his camp also disputing the outcome of their competition in Berlin in August last year, which Valuev won on a split points decision.

David Haye's World Boxing fight against Nikolai Valuev in jeopardy

David Haye's world heavyweight title challenge against Nikolai Valuev on Nov 7 could be cancelled, according to Boris Dimitrov, the fighter's agent.

American John Ruiz has clained that he is the mandatory challenger to the World Boxing Association title and not the the 7ft 2in Russian.
The news could be destroying for Haye, who withdrew from a altercation with Wladimir Klitschko, holder of three of the world title bands in the summer, citing a back injury. He then began negotiations to fight Vitali Klitschko, the World Boxing Council champion, before currently announcing a shock deal with Valuev's German promoters, Sauerland, for a November challenge.

Dimitrov, speaking to Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper on Tuesday, asserted the Haye-Valuev contest could be facing a challenge by Ruiz's legal team, with his camp also disputing the outcome of their contest in Berlin in August last year, which Valuev won on a split points decision.
I was ringside at that contest, and had Valuev as a convincing winner.
"The fight could be off because of Ruiz," said Dimitrov. "Ruiz is writing accusation to the WBA. He has good lawyers. Ruiz is the official challenger for the WBA title. Initially we had planned the bout with him.
"But as Nikolai had at present fought this fighter and won [twice against him], his promoters [Sauerland] adjudge to look for another opponent.
"Now they must ask Ruiz to wait for his title bout challenge against Valuev. But if he doesn't. the November bout with Haye could be cancelled."
The World Boxing Association are expected to rule on the matter in the coming week.

Klitschko brothers don't see future with champ David Haye

LOS ANGELES — Vitali Klitschko says David Haye might have burned the bridge leading to three of the four major heavyweight title bash.
Klitschko and his manager think it's highly clouded that the Klitschko brothers, who appreciation three claims between them, will give a title fight to Haye, the English cruiserweight champion who backed out of deals to fight both brothers this fall, they say.
Haye alternately is slated to fight Nikolai Valuev, the seven-foot Russian WBA heavyweight champ, on Nov. 7 in Germany.
Bernd Boente, Vitali Klitschko's German manager, felt betrayed by Haye's bluff move to fight Valuev, who isn't considered to be on the lapplander level as WBC champion Vitali or his younger brother, Wladimir, who holds the IBF and WBO belts.