Haye ready to rumble as Chisora fight confirmed

Former world heavyweight champion David Haye vowed to knock out Dereck Chisora on Tuesday as a controversial July grudge match between the British fighters was confirmed.

Chisora was stripped of his licence in March after an ugly press conference brawl with Haye following his unsuccessful heavyweight title challenge against reigning world champion Vitali Klitschko the previous month.

Haye does not hold a valid licence to box in Britain after announcing his retirement last year following his defeat to Wladimir Klitschko.

But Chisora's promoter Frank Warren has confirmed that a fight against Haye would now go ahead at West Ham football club's Upton Park stadium in east London on July 14.

Haye and Chisora's camps were separated by a seven-foot steel fence at a press conference to announce the bout on Tuesday.

But the wire barrier did not prevent the two men from trading insults as the pre-fight hype machine cranked into gear.

"He is the ideal opponent for me," Haye said. "I am so glad he has got a good chin because if he didn't have a good chin he would be blasted out in first round. This means I will give him a nice, slow, concussive beating.

"I tried to knock him out in Munich and this is the opportunity to shut him up."

Meanhile Chisora responded: "I don't like him. David, you need to get style. Your corn rows are out of fashion.

"Your talk is cheap. You always talk but you don't deliver in the ring."

Meanwhile Warren denied he was undermining the British Boxing Board of Control by seeking to get the fight licensed by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation.

"This is not the end of British boxing," Warren said.

"I believe it will be a sell out, a huge event. There are far far worse things happening in sport than what's happening here.

"No charges have been made against Haye or Dereck for what happened in Munich.

"The fight has been licenced by the governing body in Luxembourg, which has the same standards as the British Boxing Board of Control.

"It is the biggest fight of the year and the fact of the matter is that the fight is legal, lawful and will go ahead."

The fight is likely to be the biggest British heavyweight bout since Lennox Lewis fought Frank Bruno in 1993.
 

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