Haye eyes British license
Former world heavyweight champion sets sights on Klitschko
David Haye is to apply for a British boxing licence as he bids to line up a bout with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko.
Haye,
who lost his WBA heavyweight title to Vitali's younger brother Wladimir
in Hamburg last year, fought fellow Briton Dereck Chisora in July under
a licence provided by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation.
Chisora's British licence was withdrawn after the pair's infamous brawl in February.
Haye, now 31, was officially retired when he and Chisora fought in the press conference following the latter's defeat by Vitali Klitschko.
And the British Boxing Board of Control warned that anyone involved
when Haye and Chisora fought at Upton Park in London with licences from
Luxembourg would "wholly undermine the authority" of the board.
But Bermondsey boxer Haye now wants to fight under the BBBoC again.
"I'd like to thank the Luxembourg Boxing Federation for licensing me
ahead of my July bout with Dereck Chisora in London, but I no longer
require that licence," Haye told the South London Press.
British licence
"It's been well-publicised already, but the
reason I applied for a licence from the Luxembourg Boxing Federation was
because my opponent, Dereck Chisora, had seen his British licence
withdrawn.
"The only way we were able to deliver the fight the public wanted,
when they wanted it, was to both apply for foreign licences, as arranged
by Chisora's promoter.
"In an ideal world, though, I'd now like to box on with a British
licence. I'm a British boxer, I have never had any issues with the board
and, should a fight with Vitali Klitschko
happen, I'd be keen to have the British Boxing Board of Control in my
corner, simply because they are so experienced and are the best at what
they do."
Haye also laid down a challenge to Vitali Klitschko, seemingly hoping
to ignite the 41-year-old's desire for a bout, despite the champion's
move to stand for election to the Ukrainian parliament in October
following his defeat of Manuel Charr earlier this month.
Haye said: "My aim is to get Vitali in a ring next year, after his
election campaign has failed, and bring his WBC world title back to
Britain.
"This is the only fight that interests me at heavyweight, and the WBC
world heavyweight title is the one belt I'm desperate to win before I
retire for good."
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