By Scott Gilfoid: Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) has volunteered to step in and face Tony Bellew (29-2-1, 19 KOs) to replace the injured David Haye, who pulled out of his scheduled December 17 rematch with “The Bomber” earlier on Monday.
By Juan Flores: David Haye has pulled out of his rematch with Tony Bellew due to a bicep injury he suffered during training. Haye, 37, says the rematch with Bellew will be postponed until either March 24 or May 5 in 2018.
By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight prospect Joe Joyce (1-0, 1 KOs) has been added to the undercard of the David Haye vs. Tony Bellew rematch on December 17 at the Indigo at The O2 in London, UK. Joyce doesn’t have an opponent yet, but there’s a possibility that British heavyweight champion Sam Sexton (24-3, 9 KOs) could be the guy that he faces on the card.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn plans on matching Tony Bellew (29-2-1, 19 KOs) up against WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (24-0, 19 KOs) if he gets past David Haye (28-3, 26 KOs) in their fight on December 17 at the O2 Arena in London, England.
By Scott Gilfoid: David Haye (28-2, 26 KOs) questions Tony Bellew’s motivation for wanting to fight him a second time, because as far as he’s concerned, it was a robbery the last time they fought on March 4 of this year.
By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is picking David Haye to come out on top and defeat Tony Bellew in their rematch on December 17 at the O2 Arena in London, England. Deontay gives Haye (28-3, 26 KOs) an excellent chance of defeating Bellew (29-2-1, 19 KOs,) as long as he doesn’t get injured again.
By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew says he and former 2 division world champion David Haye are “miles apart” in their negotiations, according to Sky Sports News. Bellew (29-2-1, 19 KOs) feels that Haye (28-3, 26 KOs) is acting like their previous March 4 fight never took place.
By Scott Gilfoid: A rematch between David Haye and Tony Bellew is in the works for December, but the fight is still very much up in the air. Whether Bellew and Haye face each other again will come down to the split of the green stuff.
By Adam Godfrey: David Haye has been fined £25000 following his behavior and statements made by him during an intense build up to his March 4th Heavyweight fight with Tony Bellew, which he lost against his Liverpudlian rival to an eleventh round stoppage. Haye sustained an Achilles injury in the sixth after what was a mostly even fight up until that point.
By Adam Godfrey: Tony Bellew has several viable options in front of him at Cruiserweight (many of them dangerous), but a Heavyweight rematch with David Haye stands out as the most lucrative on the table. His status as WBC Cruiserweight Champion was amended to that of Emeritus Champion after his jump up a division, meaning he’ll automatically be granted a title shot against the winner of Mairis Briedis v Marco Huck’s battle for the title of full WBC Cruiserweight champion if/when he decides to return to the division.