David Haye set for a 'very big fight' after Joe Fournier comeback against a mystery heavyweight!
Posted: 08 Sep 2021, 04:53
"David Haye set for a 'very big fight' after Joe Fournier comeback against a mystery heavyweight – but who is it?"
David Haye insists his return to the ring on Saturday "is not a comeback" but now promoter Ryan Kavanaugh has told Sky Sports that talks have started for The Hayemaker's next fight against someone whose resume is "the highest of the high".
David Haye has a fight against a secret heavyweight legend teed up after his comeback against Joe Fournier, says promoter Ryan Kavanaugh.
Haye, aged 40, ends his retirement to take on Fournier on Saturday night, alongside Evander Holyfield's return against Vitor Belfort.
"It's not a comeback," Haye previously said to Sky Sports, who have now been told of secretive talks to pair him with an exciting rival in a future fight.
"If he wins? All I can say without giving too much away is that you should expect a very big fight," Triller promoter Kavanaugh told Sky Sports.
Haye has already vowed "not to make any decisions when the adrenaline is flowing after you've just beaten someone I'm a 100-1 favourite to beat".
He said about another fight: "I don't see that happening at all."
And he promised not to accept a second fight in the heat of the moment: "Definitely don't make any decisions right there."
But the crucial decisions may have already been made.
Who is this mystery heavyweight that Haye is in talks to face?
"I couldn't tell you who it is," Kavanaugh teased.
Is it a British or American fighter?
"Both are on deck."
Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield or Lennox Lewis?
"It may be."
Is it an old rival from Ukraine?
"No."
Is it a boxing great or someone from the world of entertainment?
"The highest of the high."
So that means a former world heavyweight champion?
"If that is what you consider the highest of the high? You wouldn't be wrong."
Sky Sports asked Haye about facing Tyson who, then 54, made a comeback last year in an exhibition bout with Roy Jones Jr.
"I don't want to start thinking about stuff like that," Haye said.
"Let me just get Joe [Fournier] out of the way. I need to go back on holiday!"
But Kavanaugh has insisted "it will be The Hayemaker that you know" inside the ring on Saturday.
Haye's opponent Fournier is undefeated in nine fights as a light-heavyweight.
Thoughts?
David Haye insists his return to the ring on Saturday "is not a comeback" but now promoter Ryan Kavanaugh has told Sky Sports that talks have started for The Hayemaker's next fight against someone whose resume is "the highest of the high".
David Haye has a fight against a secret heavyweight legend teed up after his comeback against Joe Fournier, says promoter Ryan Kavanaugh.
Haye, aged 40, ends his retirement to take on Fournier on Saturday night, alongside Evander Holyfield's return against Vitor Belfort.
"It's not a comeback," Haye previously said to Sky Sports, who have now been told of secretive talks to pair him with an exciting rival in a future fight.
"If he wins? All I can say without giving too much away is that you should expect a very big fight," Triller promoter Kavanaugh told Sky Sports.
Haye has already vowed "not to make any decisions when the adrenaline is flowing after you've just beaten someone I'm a 100-1 favourite to beat".
He said about another fight: "I don't see that happening at all."
And he promised not to accept a second fight in the heat of the moment: "Definitely don't make any decisions right there."
But the crucial decisions may have already been made.
Who is this mystery heavyweight that Haye is in talks to face?
"I couldn't tell you who it is," Kavanaugh teased.
Is it a British or American fighter?
"Both are on deck."
Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield or Lennox Lewis?
"It may be."
Is it an old rival from Ukraine?
"No."
Is it a boxing great or someone from the world of entertainment?
"The highest of the high."
So that means a former world heavyweight champion?
"If that is what you consider the highest of the high? You wouldn't be wrong."
Sky Sports asked Haye about facing Tyson who, then 54, made a comeback last year in an exhibition bout with Roy Jones Jr.
"I don't want to start thinking about stuff like that," Haye said.
"Let me just get Joe [Fournier] out of the way. I need to go back on holiday!"
But Kavanaugh has insisted "it will be The Hayemaker that you know" inside the ring on Saturday.
Haye's opponent Fournier is undefeated in nine fights as a light-heavyweight.
Thoughts?
Fres! 