By Scott Gilfoid: If former two division world champion David Haye wants to get a big payday fight against unbeaten #2 WBC heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua (14-0, 14 KOs), then Haye needs to get back inside the ring and start fighting, says Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn.
Hearn wants to make a fight between Joshua and Haye in 2016, and he believes it would be a huge fight if it could take place. But Hearn doesn’t know if Haye is serious about wanting to make a comeback or not because he’s been talking about wanting to make a comeback for the last three years since his last fight in 2012.
Haye hasn’t fought since stopping Dereck Chisora in the 5th round in 2012. Since then, Haye has suffered injuries that have derailed fights against Manuel Charr and Tyson Fury.
“I don’t know. There’s been talk of it [Haye coming back] for a few years, so I hope he does. Does he still have the body, desire and conditioning to compete at the world level? We’ll find out,” Hearn said to Fighthype. It’s very difficult to come back after such a long time out. Maybe he [Haye] won’t [come back], but it’s always being talked about. It would be David Haye [vs. Anthony Joshua] next year, but David has got to get back in the ring if that’s what he wants to do. It’s a fight that could be made in 2016. It’s a tough fight for Anthony Joshua. Haye’s a brilliant fighter,” Hearn said.
Haye recently surfaced and said that he would be coming back and wanted a fight against Joshua and the other big names in the heavyweight division. But since then we’ve not heard anything about Haye scheduling a fight against an opponent. Supposedly, Haye’s surgically repaired right should is healed and 100 percent again after he rehabbed it, so that shouldn’t be what’s holding him back.
If Haye could just fight three or four scrubs in succession within weeks of each other, he’d be in position to get a big money fight against Joshua next year. I don’t know what Haye is waiting for. He should have already been fighting so that he could get title shots against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, Ruslan Chagaev and Wladimir Klitschko. There’s so much money that Haye could make if he came back and picked up a few wins to get a top 15 ranking.
At this point I don’t think it would be wise for Haye to do any sparring at all in preparation for a fight. He’s had bad luck in his sparring sessions in terms of suffering injuries, and I wouldn’t want to risk if it I were him.
He’s better off taking the Sergio Martinez approach by not sparring for fights, and instead focus on working the bags and getting his footwork in order. The last thing Haye needs is to break down in yet another training camp. At 35, Haye knows how to fight and he doesn’t need sparring to get him ready for a fight.
Haye is wealthy and he probably doesn’t need to fight like other fighters. If he didn’t have any money, it’s logical to assume that he would have been back in the ring not long after he rehabbed his shoulder. He doesn’t have the need to fight like other fighters that don’t have money.
“Duhaupas isn’t horrible, but like you say he’s a no name guy,” Hearn said. “He’s better than some names out there, and obviously the Molina fight. That was a strange choice. Since he won the title, maybe Deontay is waiting for a big fight and just waiting for [Alexander] Povetkin because that looks like it’s going to be next for him after this one. It’s a tough fight,” Hearn said about the Povetkin vs. Wilder clash.
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