By William Mackay: The German Boxing Board (BDB) has reportedly sided with the British Boxing Board of Control in condemning the planned July 14th non-title heavyweight fight between former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye and Dereck Chisora, according to the BBC.

The BDB joins with the World Boxing Council as well in opposing the Chisora-Haye fight. However, despite the negative reactions from the BBBofC, BDB and WBC, the Chisora vs. Haye fight is still steaming ahead and it looks very well like it will indeed take place on July 14th unless the BBBofC can get a court order to halt the fight from taking place. It’s unclear whether the BBBofC will be able to do this, because Chisora’s promoter has found the Luxembourg Boxing Federation to sanction the fight, and it appears that they have the ability to do this unless proven otherwise.

Chisora had his boxing license taken away for his part in a fist fight/wrestling match with Haye after the Chisora vs. Vitali Klitschko bout in Munich, Germany last February. The BBBofC responded by taking away Chisora’s boxing license for an indefinite time. They didn’t have to take Haye’s away, because he had already turned his license in when he retired not long ago. However, if he were to try and get his boxing license back with the BBBofC right now the chances would likely be poor that they would be returning it to him due to his fight with Chisora in Munich.

Chisora and Haye will have to deal with some pretty hard penalties by going ahead with this fight. The WBC will be expelling both fighters if they take the fight in July, and the BBBofC said this to the BBC “Anyone who participates will be deemed to have terminated their membership.”

The problem is in this day and age there are often multiple places you can go when been turned away by an organization. It’s a market, and the WBA and the WBO have no problem with the Chisora vs. Haye fight from taking place, meaning that the WBC’s expelling them will matter little. And if the Luxembourg Boxing Federation continue to sanction them for future bouts, then they pretty don’t even need the BBBofC to continue fighting while living in Britain.