After Defeat At Unification Bout, Haye Ponders On Future

David Haye has admitted he was â€gutted†to lose his unification bout and WBA title to Wladimir Klitschko, the new undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, and will now consider his future.

A report monitored on Times LIVE says Klitschko holds the IBF, WBO and WBA belts after being awarded yesterdayâ€s fight 117-109, 118-108, 116-110 by the three judges to claim victory over Britainâ€s Haye, the former WBA champion.

   Having vowed to retire on 13 October, his 31st birthday, Haye has said he will consider his options and would â€love†a re-match with Klitschko.

   “I am not making any decisions yet, he said heâ€d knock me out, he didnâ€t and I would love a re-match,” said Haye.

   “I am gutted I wasnâ€t able to do what I wanted to do, this fight  has put heavyweight boxing back on the map, the whole town was buzzing over the fight and I played my part in that.

   “Losing wasnâ€t an option for me before the fight, so I need to have a good think about what I will do now.

   “I said I would retire in October and I would be disappointed to  go out on a loss.”   

Having said he would only shake Klitschkoâ€s hand in hospital after knocking him out, Haye finally shook the undisputed championâ€s hand in the post-fight press conference and partly blamed his defeat on a broken toe.

   “Wladimir boxed the perfect fight,” said Haye, who was forced out of the original bout against Klitschko in 2009 with a back injury.

   “He used his size and reach, I wasnâ€t able to land my shots partly because he has good defence.

   “But the majority reason, and I hate it when boxers make excuses, is that I had broken a toe on my right foot in training three weeks ago and that I feel didnâ€t allow me to open up and throw big, powerful punches.
   “Postponing was not an option for me, I had pulled out of one fight against Wladimir before, so that was not going to happen again.

   “On fight night, I had a local anaesthetic and I wanted to numb it, but as it turned out, I wasnâ€t able to explode off my leg.
  
“But that is boxing, you canâ€t have things all your way all the time.”   

Haye has said he wants a re-match, but has to wait for Klitschko  to offer him one.

   “What I want and what I get are two different things, Iâ€d love to fight him when I am 100% fit, I proved I am a genuine heavyweight champion, I took a few shots and I proved a lot of people wrong.

   “I am just very disappointed I wasnâ€t able to do what I needed to do to knock him out.”