John_D wrote:
BBBC threatening to ban anyone involved - fighters, officials, refs, cornermen, promoters, managers etc - in the Haye-Chisora fight from operating under their auspices.
What does everyone think about this? Obviously their behaviour was deplorable and if it was Warren's suggestion (not beyond the realms of fantasy) that's was worse than ill-thought out. Warren shouldn't be undermining the BBBC, however the discriminatory ban on Chisora was equally as poor on their behalf. The appeal is in a couple of weeks time but the actions by all have been just ridiculous.
I have sympathy with Warren trying to create some buzz about it and his TV station because I'd rather boxing be successful than the dreary MMA scene. Haye-Chisora seems like a relatively evenly-matched contest which is what the public wants. After putting up with a decade of Bruno fighting chumps people are more wiser now to bum-of-the-month contests and this could be a huge fight if handled correctly.