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by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 month ago
David Haye has pulled out of his 29 June fight in Manchester against the former world heavyweight title challenger Manuel Charr with an injured left hand.
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by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 11 months ago
David Haye has stated his ambition to challenge Vitali Klitschko for the world heavyweight title after his blistering fifth-round knockout of Dereck Chisora.
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by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 11 months ago
It's all over.
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by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 year ago
Frank Warren has warned the British Boxing Board of Control he will take legal action if they do not withdraw a threat to revoke his licence for promoting the fight between Dereck Chisora and David Haye at Upton Park on 14 July. The board objects to two unlicensed fighters taking part in a bout they have not sanctioned and which will be supervised by a foreign organisation within the board's jurisdiction.
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by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 year ago
British boxing stands on the brink of a damaging civil war after the Board of Control's decision to ban any licence-holder involved in the unsanctioned heavyweight grudge match between David Haye and Dereck Chisora scheduled for Upton Park on 14 July.
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by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 year ago
This was not a press conference, it was a cross between a pantomime and a health warning. Even from a distance, the farce and menace shimmered on a sad day among too many down the years for the old business of boxing.
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by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 year ago
David Haye and Dereck Chisora will, after all, fight at Upton Park on 14 July – with gloves but without the sanction of the British Boxing Board of Control.
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by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 year ago
Despite the frenzy of rumours that David Haye and Dereck Chisora will finish their unscheduled midnight brawl of three months ago in a ring at Upton Park on 14 July, the available evidence suggests otherwise.
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by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 year ago
The British Boxing Board of Control got it absolutely right by taking away Dereck Chisora's licence for an indefinite period for brawling with David Haye in Munich last month. But the saga is not over for the most volatile heavyweight in the fight game. Nor can Haye rest easy just yet.
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by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 year ago
Dereck Chisora has been banned from boxing – at least for "a few years", according to the British Boxing Board of Control general secretary, Robert Smith – for brawling with David Haye in Munich last month.