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The Horror Of It All: David Haye-Dereck Chisora Preview

Ignominy is as much a part of boxing as the right cross is. Two boors bashing each other about in public—something you could see on a regular basis at the St. Helier Tavern 20 years ago—is nothing to get alarmed about. But the capsizing of regulatory protocol is. By shunting aside the BBBoC, Frank Warren has set a dangerous precedent. According to the BBC, the Luxembourg Boxing Federation was paid to oversee this fight. Whether remuneration is strictly a sanctioning fee based on a percentage of revenues is irrelevant—buying and selling licenses in a blood sport is vile, regardless of EBU membership. From The Cruelest Sport

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