Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
WBN Editor
BBBC confirm
former champion’s license not renewed
British Board
of Boxing Control secretary Robert Smith has told BBC Radio Five Live that
David Haye will not renew his boxing license and therefore will be unable to
box until a new application is made.
Smith made
the announcement this morning and with just two days to go until Haye’s 31st
birthday and scheduled retirement date, it seems the ‘Hayemaker’ is ready to
bow out of the sport after nine years.
Haye, 30, had
made public the fact that he would be willing to extend his career to fight
Vitali Klitschko after initially announcing his retirement date of October 13th
and after his loss to Vitali’s younger brother Wladimir, was hoping for
redemption before walking away.
It seems that
the Briton has had a change of heart or an offer from the Ukrainian’s
management team wasn’t forthcoming, either way, Haye is expected to make a
formal announcement of his future soon.
"According
to the email I received, he is no longer wishing to renew his licence,” Smith
explained to the BBC show.
The Londoner
claimed the undisputed cruiserweight world title against ironically, Wladimir’s
next opponent Jean-Marc Mormeck in 2007 and realised his life-long dream in
November 2009 when travelling to Germany to dethrone WBA heavyweight champion
Nikolai Valuev.
Everything turned
sour for the ‘Hayemaker’ in July this year though when he was out-classed by
the younger Klitschko, which was closely followed by the toe injury incident
and hopefully won’t be the lasting memory of a worthy world champion.