Haye vs Harrison...

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The Gaye boy should be stripped of his phony ill-gotten title and suspended from boxing for betting on his own fight, if nothing else.

<div id="hn-line">Warren unhappy with Haye betting claim</font></div>

(AFP)
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LONDON â€" Boxing promoter Frank Warren has criticised David Haye for claiming he bet on himself to beat Audley Harrison.</font>

Haye admitted after defending his WBA heavyweight crown on Saturday that he had backed himself to win in round three.</font>

The 30-year-old, who also promoted the fight, stopped Harrison in that round in Manchester.</font>

The
British Board of Boxing Control has no specific rules prohibiting
boxers from betting on their own fights, but Warren believes any such
bets undermine the sport.</font>

"For a fighter promoting it (the bout) who is in the ring I think it is unacceptable," Warren told BBC 5 Live's Sportsweek.</font>

"It shouldn't be allowed to happen. It is not as though they're not getting a fortune to fight in the first place."</font>

"If I was a member of the public and that happened, I don't think I would be too happy about it.</font>

"I'm
sure the board of control will make its own decision on that but I
don't think it looks good for the game or David Haye if it is true that
he had that bet."</font>

 

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Tomasz Adamek on this so-called fight:






When we were talking about another possibility for 2011, David Haye bout with HBO’s Max Kellerman, you suggested that maybe you should be at least twice on the floor versus Maddalone for Hayemaker to fight you…

Two could be not enough. Maybe three.

Did you see the Haye-Harrison fight?

What fight? Just the first round. After three minutes I knew what was going on and didn't want to waste my time. It had nothing to do with boxing, even less with championship boxing. It’s a shame because we will kill boxing this way; people will start to think that this is normal. It’s not.

As a boxer, are you for withholding purses when something like this happens?

Very delicate subject because there is a very thin line between not being able to fight and not wanting to fight. If you do something very blatant, very obvious, just show up to pick up a check, why not? Our fans are paying hard earn money to see us giving everything we have. We owe them our best even when we lose. We need to show our best effort.



http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/qa-tomasz-adamek-5-67011