Universum threatens WBA with lawsuit
March 29th, 2011
By Eric Thomas: Fightnews.com is reporting that the German promotional company Universum is threatening the World Boxing Association [WBA] with a potential lawsuit. Universum promotes former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (27-1-1, 17 KO’s), who defeated Kali Meehan by a 12 round unanimous decision last year in May 2010 to become the mandatory challenger for WBA heavyweight champion David Haye.
However, with Haye now fighting Klitschko instead of Chagaev, you could see why Kohl and Chagaev might not be happy right now. In addition, there have been rumors floating around that the WBA will be elevating Haye into a position called WBA Super World champion. The regular WBA heavyweight title would then be fought over by the likes of Alexander Povetkin and Jean Marc Mormeck. That’s not exactly an appealing situation for Chagaev if it does come down to this, because those fighters aren’t big names and won’t likely bring in anywhere near the same kind of money as a fight against Haye or one of the Klitschkos. Chagaev would stand a good chance of beating Haye, because of Chagaev’s southpaw stance, good chin and experience.
Chagaev already lost to Wladimir in 2009. However, if Chagaev were able to fight Haye and beat him, he would have been able to make a lot of money in a unification bout against one of the Klitschkos.
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it was also chagaevs 1st fight since his mauling from wlad
chagaev deserves his chance theres no question about it.after the way hes been treated over the years by the wba and them takin his belt off him because he chose to fight wlad.its a disgrace…the wba is corrupt it took the belt off lewis for not fight john ruiz lol.and ur saying there is no corruption here??its a complete joke
andrew ur are a tit.haye said no to wlad then all of a sudden the wba told him he has a mandatory against a top heavy he ran as fast as he cud to wlad…shag.im not sayin it wud be hayes fault if this fight falls thru i am saying tho he cud have fought him by now no questions asked.he is a carrier indeed he is not infected.british standard procedure for its boxers is to be inoculated for this type of thing.haye has already got the jab so he has no reason not to fight on that grounds.
@Rich C, yes he would, buddy. Ruslan did better against Valuev than Davey
Yes, its the fight weve all been dreaming about since haye moved up to heavyweight,
David Haye vs Ruslan Chagaev
Not.
Please ruin the super fight for all the fans Chagaev, please, you fat F*ck
Simple if haye was any good he would want to fight the best ,he ducks every good fighter ,then has one last pay day against wlad or witali ,gets beaten then retires.a discrace .
They used to fight their way to the top, now they try to litigate their way to it……
david h has been minipualting the rules as it benefits him since he became a heavy weight, why are people suprised. If he is willin to take on the best and the powers to be allow it, lets let it happen.
WBA IS A FKN CIRCUS
BIG G – sorry dude but u cannot blame haye for this 1
it was the BBBC that was dragging their heels because of Chagaev and his Hep B
blame Chag .. he shouldnt be fighting with a disease that is not 100% curable (he is not infected but a carrier … eg he infects not gets sick)
BIG G
- Seriously? You think Haye avoided Chagaev? They were in negotiations about a fight when wlad suddenly changed his mind and wanted to fight Haye anyway. We all know a unification is on top of all the associations lists and will always be higher priority than a lousy mandatory that Haye would win in 5 rounds anyway. It’s not corruption at all. When Haye wins against Wlad either the whole division will be unified (by Vitali or Haye) or he will have to fight Chagaev. If by then Chagaev doesn’t get his shot, we can talk about corruption.
Strip Haye of his WBA, just please let DH-WK happen. Haye and Wlad can fight for WK’s belts. Let Chagaev fight Povetkin/Mormeck for the WBA title. Ruslan definitely deserves his shot, no question.
No one should be critical of fighters looking to fight the best fighters out there. But the WBA should not be having eliminators that are not eliminators. Looks like they are in everyones pocket. Chagaev’s Klitchko’s Haye’s and Meehan’s all for one shot. Not bad that is like selling the same car two times. Sue the crooks and make them compensate with what matters most to them. Money
let chagaev have his meaningless paper title it wont mean a thing anywayz he has already been beaten by the lineal champ all tht haye needs is to fight and beat the klitsckos let those second rate fighters slug it out over the paper championship
David Haye Wants To Fight The Real Legitimate Heayweight Champion Of The World And That Man Is Wladimir Klitschko Cause He’s The”Cash Cow”Money Maker In The Lousy Boring Heavyweight Division And If Haye Is Force To Fight Chagaev Cause He’s The Mandatory Challenger By The WBA He Might As Well Vacate The Title And Fight For The Real Title That Klitschko’s Holding Right Now!
Either way haye gets critisized by mugs on here! If he fought chagaev he would be accused of duckin klitschkos.. Yet he chooses to fight wladimir (no1 heavyweight) and gets acuseded of dodging Chagaev, a much weaker opponent than klitschko…. Excuses excuses excuses all the time. If, and I say IF! Haye beats wladimir, you can garauntee all the klit fans will have a ready made excuse, most probly that he isn’t 100% recovered from injury, or Haye was lucky. I can just see it now. But acording to all the klit fans on her wladimir is INVINCIBLE so I’m wasting my breath
last i heard there was delay in fight due to BBBc havin issues with chag’s health, haye was ready 2 fight him, but the fight we all want 2 c is klitvhaye, dats where da money is
I would not blame one for suing a supposed major ranking body of boxing.a little rediculous of the political maneuvering they are doing here.
haha ok we want Haye Vs Klitschko so chagaev sues the WBA … Damn u David Haye (gettin that in there b4 all the klit suckers get here)
Haye will become Super world Champ and fight Vitali
Chagaev will get his chance against Povetkin for the WBA title and probably lose
Nobody wants Chagaev as a champ because he has already fought a Klitschko and was awful … atleast Povetkin gives the world a chance for another big fight
I take the full arguments of the author and the previous poster:
Universum has all the legal and moral rights on there side !
In addition the WBA is anyhow known to be the most corrupted of the 4 associations, so it comes as no surprise to me.
Chagaev deserves a title shot, his promoter is well in his rights to file a lawsuit. David Haye should be forced to fight Chagaev or have is title stripped, instead he has talked his way to a unification bout and payday of his life.
CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION !!!!!.