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Hearn: Chisora fight won’t happen, Haye is a PR disaster!

Phil D. Jay 
WBN Editor
Matchroom promoter says no interest in all-British clash

Eddie Hearn says Daivd Haye should have never stepped foot in Munich as the former two-weight world champion caused controversy by firstly, calling out Vitali Kklitschko and then publicly scuffled with former British title holder Dereck Chisora.

The Matchroom Sport supremo, who looks after the interests of the likes Kell Brook, Darren Barker and Carl Froch, is of the belief that a heavyweight super-fight between the two Brits would not be sufficient enough to bring the ‘Hayemaker’ out of retirement.

“I’m not sure Haye will want a media run-up and fight with Dereck Chisora,” Hearn told The Daily Star on Sunday.

“The only way he would come out of retirement is for millions of pounds and there’s no demand for a fight with Chisora that is going to generate that sort of money.

“Perhaps Vitali might fight David but I’m not sure that will generate the sort of money he is used to now.
“David should not have even been at the press conference and it’s a bit cringeworthy that he was there begging for a fight with Vitali.

“David Haye is a continuous PR disaster. He should have laid low.”

Haye, 31, has been out of the ring since losing with a whimper against Vital’s brother Wladimir last July and has continuously stated that the only fight he will come out of retirement for is a multi-million pound battle with either Klitschko.

28 year-old Chisora spent the weekend in Stuttgart taking in the Alexander Povetkin v Marco Huck heavyweight title bout and jokingly Tweeted that he was heading to Las Vegas where Haye is currently on vacation.

The saga between the pair is set to run and run until one of the fighters publicly rules out the fight but for now, both boxers are keeping tight-lipped on whether there is a possibility the two could face-off.

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