Boxing News: Haye Claims Fury Wants The Money; Klitschko 'Suffered Day And Night' Over Fury Defeat
Two-division world champion David Haye openly criticized world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, mainly for the latter's business and career decisions.
Fury, who holds the WBO, WBA, and Ring Magazine heavyweight titles, opted to exercise the rematch clause that he and Wladimir Klitschko's camp have agreed upon during the pre-fight negotiations. This then led the International Boxing Federation (IBF) to strip Fury of their title, after the fighter turned down the opportunity to fight their mandatory challenger, Vyacheslav Glazkov.
Recently, Haye also questioned Fury's decision to have the rematch against Klitschko. In a report by Edward Chaykovsky of Boxingscene, "The Hayemaker" feels the 27-year-old champion is merely after the money than the actual titles.
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"Why sign a rematch clause? I've never known anyone to do that, unless you're after cash," Haye said, according to the Boxingscene report. "I think that's what he's in it for. He's not in it for the titles."
Fury is set to defend his belts against Klitschko in a still undetermined date in 2016.
Meanwhile, Wladimir Klitschko revealed that he had an extremely difficult time dealing with his loss against Fury late last month in Dusseldorf, Germany. The loss marked "Dr. Steelhammer's" first one in eleven years and the end of his nine-year reign as the dominant heavyweight champion.
In another report by Boxingscene, Klitschko went into detail about how it was for him leaving the boxing ring on the losing end, for the first time in more than a decade.
"That was very disappointing for me," said the Ukrainian fighter, according to the report. "I suffered day and night after the fight, and I am still suffering."
Despite the heavy emotions that he is currently feeling, Klitschko says he is keeping a positive attitude, noting that defeat is something to learn from. He also gave his reason why he decided to exercise his rematch clause with Fury, despite admitting that he was outboxed througout the entire fight.
"I want to show that I have much more to offer, and I want to overcome this challenge," Klitschko said.
