If Hayes back is badly injured?

I dont buy into the "conspiracy theory" but i must admit that its slightly odd that Booth can give a date for complete recovery ? Untill his camp give more details of the injury,we can only speculate as to what sort of back injury it is.

 

I see the OP's point. For something like this, it is either the scheduled date or 3+ months from then with nothing in between.

 

I agree completely with your points rightcross,having been unfortunate enough to suffer with back problems i can speak at first hand on how debillitating and painful these kind of injuries can be.I'm guessing Hayes problem is muscular,and that his medical team believe drugs/massage/physio will sort the problem.If the injury were spinal he would be out for months,and may even finish his career.:good

 

There's a little (very little) info from his trainer here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...ance-may-have-come-and-gone-says-trainer.html

Vagueness such as "a condition that requires aggressive physiotherapy".

It's Haye's call whether to fight at less than 100%. He just has to weigh increasing the chance of losing vs. the chance Wlad books a replacement and has to wait/earn a return shot.

I think "playing through it" is more of a business decision in boxing than in other sports. As well, in other sports, someone else has you under contract and is paying you; in boxing, if you don't fight, you don't get paid. The decision is more yours. I respect Haye's right to fight at his best, but he just has to accept it if a replacement is booked.

 

I thought the same as well. If it's a serious back injury, there's no way he could be fine in 21 days. Then again it might not even be a major back injury. It might just be something bothering him and since it's the biggest fight of his career, he's decided to play it safe than sorry.

I think it's a legit back problem combined with some showmanship. He mentioned before this whole injury business that he had one more tactic left for Wlad and that after he put it in play he'd relax and prepare for the fight. Maybe he had something else planned and the back issue just happened to fall into his lap.

 

If the injury isn't that bad Haye could tough it out and go on, this is a big payday and the biggest fight of his career.

 

I find it interesting that Haye recently said he must fight like Tyson.
To fight like Tyson requires a lot of bobbing and bending at the waist. I wonder if he hurt himself trying to implement a completely new style?

 

To be fair we really don't necessarily know what type of injury it is. It's hard to make a solid statement on it yet.

Sides Haye vs Wlad was THE marquee event. Haye could easily say that Wlad wouldn't find anybody close to him in terms of a big fight (and Wlad could easily say the same).

If Haye thinks 21 days is enough time to recover and the event CAN be pushed back a bit to July 11th or so, I'd give it a shot. If I was HBO and Wlad, I'd have a fighter on stand by just in case something goes wrong...and if Haye backs out again, banish him back to the CW division.

 

Or maybe a couple of weeks could make a big differnce. Strains can heal quickly but they can cause problems if they don't heal.

I'm no doc. maybe he could maybe he couldn't but I'm not going to second guess it.