What’s Next Now For Bellew Haye?

This week the big news in boxing is that the rematch between David Haye and Tony Bellew has been postponed due to Haye suffering a torn bicep in training. So in this post I will be looking at what’s next for both men.

As I’m sure we can all remember the pair gave us a great fight with a memorable build up. The fight was fairly even until Haye Suffered a leg injury in the 6th round which turned out to be a torn Achilles tendon before Bellew scored the stoppage in the 11th round. The rematch was made as soon as Haye had recovered from his injuries. Despite the fact that Bellew was up on all the cards at the time of the stoppage.

The rematch was officially confirmed on the 29th of September and this is what the pair had to say on Twitter:

However throughout the build up for this fight rumours have been running riot about the state of David Hayes health and fitness and on Monday the almost inevitable happened and the fight was postponed with David Haye releasing this statement on Twitter:

So with this big fight postponed were does this leave both men let’s start with David to be honest I can’t see the fight been rescheduled so I can only see one option open to him and that is to retire the rematch was the only option on the table for him and if it doesn’t get rescheduled I can’t see any big name heavyweight wanting or needing to fight him. As well this is not the first time he’s had to pull out of a fight because of injury, I know this time he’s claiming that it was a freak accident but maybe his body just can’t do it anymore. Maybe it’s time he concentrated on his career on the other side of the ropes as a trainer and promoter.

As for Tony I believe he’s got a number of options open to him:

• Wait For The Rematch With David: I know all British boxing fans were looking forward to the rematch, and the new date could be between March and May. So he could wait for the new date, but he’s already been in training for a long time for this fight so I think he will be looking to be in the ring before then. Let’s face it David needs Tony, Tony doesn’t need David.
• Stay at Heavyweight: He’s still got the option to stay at heavyweight and I think a fight between him and Carlos Takam would be a good fight. No offence to Tony but I don’t think he’s big enough at heavyweight to fight for a world title.
• Go Back Down to Cruiserweight: In my opinion Tony was at his best when he was fighting at cruiserweight, so he could always go back down and maybe take on the WBC champion Mairis Briedis

I’m sure this is a subject that is going to rumble on for a while and as soon as there is any news I will bring it to you. Please comment below and let me know what you think.