Kelvin Young reckons David Haye shouldn’t have fought Wladimir Klitschko with an injured toe – Boxing news
The 24-year-old pugilist from Swindon, Kelvin Young, has paid tribute to the former World Boxing Association world heavyweight champion, David Haye, who not too long ago announced his retirement from the
sport upon turning 31 years old.
Young believes if Haye was not 100 percent injury free, he should have pulled himself out instead of fighting the 6 ft 6 in Ukrainian giant.
“If I had any injuries or I just didn’t feel right about fighting, I would pull out, even if I’d sold a lot of tickets,” he said.
Haye, who was more commonly known as David Haye, took on the current WBA (Super), IBF, WBO Super, IBO and Ring Magazine Champion, Wladimir Klitschko, in a much-anticipated unification bout for the heavyweight
titles on July 2 at Hamburg’s Football Stadium in Germany.
Haye declared a lot ahead of his bout but on the fight night he failed to deliver and as a result to which Klitschko secured a unanimous point’s victory over him. Haye afterwards claimed he had an injured
toe due to which he was not able to launch his Hayemaker.
Haye-Wladimir bout was one of the biggest bouts in British history and it had a lot of people glued to their television sets. Therefore, Kelvin Young, who is a winner of 9 of his 10 professional fights,
thinks Haye should have not taken any chances.
Young, who recently won the vacant International Masters middleweight title at the end of last month, stated had he been in Haye’s place he would have never fought.
“I’ve said this to Keith (Mayo, promoter), there’s no point risking it. If David Haye had a broken toe then he should have just called the fight off.
“If it was the other way round and I was fighting for a world title and I had something to gain and nothing to lose then I’d give it a go, but he had something to lose.”
Haye, who carried a record of winning 25 of his 27 professional fights, with 23 of his wins coming by the way of a knockout, still has an army of fans who want to see him fighting once again. So let’s
hope Haye considers making a comeback.
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