Floyd Mayweather Jr. is not alone in his random drug testing stance for boxing bouts. World heavyweight champion David Haye, through his trainer and manager Adam Booth, has expressed his intention to make mandatory Olympic-style drug testing a staple in boxing bouts. And according to a feature on the Telegraph, he has the backing of the World Boxing Association.
Booth said that Haye would like to use his being the world heavyweight champion to clean up boxing, much in the same way that Floyd Mayweather Jr. did. Booth said further: “Mayweather pulled a masterstroke. We’d like every fighter to embrace random drug-testing. There is no conceivable reason why any fighter would not agree to random drug testing. The only way to clean up the sport is to do this, and start from the top down. While David Haye has a voice in the sport and a position as world heavyweight champion, he wants to do his bit. He is going to be quite vociferous about it.”
Negotiations are reportedly under way for Haye’s next fight; the announcement as to who his opponent will be may be made next month. There are a number of options shared: there is Vitali or Wladimir Klitschko, as well as Nikolai Valuev. Haye beat Valuev in November and took the WBA belt, but Valuev has a rematch clause in his contract. Home Box Office is said to be pushing for a fight between Hayes and Tomasz Adamek, while Audley Harrison, former Olympic champion, is also looking to fight Haye in the ring.
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