Haye/Chisora Fight To Go Ahead

The controversial bout between David Haye and Dereck Chisora will definitely go ahead, according to organisers, after the Luxembourg Boxing Federation reiterated its support for the fight despite a threat of expulsion from the European Boxing Union.

Haye’s heavyweight grudge match against Chisora at Upton Park next month has had to be sanctioned by the LBF as both fighters do not hold a British licence.

Last weekend, the EBU general assembly passed a motion that decreed the LBF would be thrown out of the European organisation if they continued to back the fight.

But despite this threat, the LBF voted in favour of backing the bout by eight votes to four at a special general meeting late Tuesday.

The decision was the latest instalment in what has been a controversial build-up to the fight between the two Londoners, who caused outrage in February when they brawled at a press conference that followed Chisora’s defeat to Vitali Klitschko.

The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) threatened to expel all those involved in the 14 July fight without a hearing, although they softened their stance last weekend by claiming anyone charged would be able to answer their case.