Haye comeback fight on free to air tv

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An older, heavier, apparently wiser and less impetuous David Haye has been outlining his plans for when he defeats the Australian journeyman heavyweight Mark de Mori in his comeback at the O2 Arena on Saturday. Beaten in only one of his 37 fights, De Mori has acknowledged his perceived role as glorified sparring partner but insisted he is in London to knock out the former cruiserweight champion of the world. By contrast, while Haye expects his ring-rustiness after three and a half years away from the bright lights to force their contest beyond the halfway point, he seems certain of victory.

“Mark de Mori is a solid operator,” he said of an opponent with whom few in the boxing game seem even remotely familiar. “He has explosive power but I believe that levels of genuine world class over the unknown will tell.”

Despite weighing in at a career-high 16st 3lb Haye has looked relaxed and reasonably fit in the buildup to a fight billed as Haye-Day. He is certainly unrecognisable from the volatile, oafish loose cannon who caught Dereck Chisora with a ferocious right hand at a press conference in Munich back in February 2012. In the subsequent brawl Haye was seen to swing a cameraman’s tripod at the Zimbabwe-born boxer and he got the better of Chisora again five months later, this time inside the ring, in what has since turned out to be his most recent fight.

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“At 35 I’m a bit maturer,” said Haye, who was forced to pull out of two scheduled bouts with the recently crowned world champion Tyson Fury in the interim. “Certainly less heated than the Chisora situation, that’s for sure. That was in the past. I learned my lesson from that. This guy [De Mori] got in my face but this time I didn’t try to hit him over the head with a tripod. You learn your lessons. It wasn’t the best thing to do. It was an instinctive thing – that was messy. This time I pushed him away and thought, ‘I’ll wait till fight night’ – and it’s just experience, saving it for the ring. No flipping tables over any more for me.”

Having recovered from a serious shoulder injury that precluded him from throwing a punch or even soaping himself properly in the shower, Haye acknowledged he will need to beat De Mori in some style to set off down the path towards another big payday. Whether or not he will get another shot at Fury after two aborted missions remains to be seen.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...hua-tyson-fury

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