SIX MONTHS LATER - AND THE MESSAGE IS ?
Posted: 24 Dec 2012, 06:11
When the Chisora v Haye fight was announced the Board wrote to every licence holder warning them of disciplinary action if they got involved . That was later revealed to have been legally wrong, but nevertheless the promotion took place in this country with one of the boxers being suspended and the other without a licence, and he had been involved in the same incident which led to Chisora's suspension.
Six months later and the whole sorry saga has been swept under the carpet.
One possible message from the Board could be - our rules are no more than guidelines and if you are powerful enough then you don't need to obey them. Meanwhile all you other ordinary guys MUST obey the rules or we'll come down on you like a ton of bricks.
The Board is simply without leadership. The man who should have been leading the charge against this fiasco, the Chairman, has done nothing. I can't remember him making any statement about the whole thing, then or since.
To my mind there has simply been a backstreet deal between the Board and you know who to let things fade away and hope everybody forgets about it .
What this event tells me is that we don't need any governing body at all. As long as promoters ensure that medically they are covered in case of a disaster then we can all just go on our merry way.
Personally I want the Chairman sacked ( he would have resigned in any other organisation) and somebody with the utmost integrity installed in his place.
Six months later and the whole sorry saga has been swept under the carpet.
One possible message from the Board could be - our rules are no more than guidelines and if you are powerful enough then you don't need to obey them. Meanwhile all you other ordinary guys MUST obey the rules or we'll come down on you like a ton of bricks.
The Board is simply without leadership. The man who should have been leading the charge against this fiasco, the Chairman, has done nothing. I can't remember him making any statement about the whole thing, then or since.
To my mind there has simply been a backstreet deal between the Board and you know who to let things fade away and hope everybody forgets about it .
What this event tells me is that we don't need any governing body at all. As long as promoters ensure that medically they are covered in case of a disaster then we can all just go on our merry way.
Personally I want the Chairman sacked ( he would have resigned in any other organisation) and somebody with the utmost integrity installed in his place.