Haye kept away from the press...only his lawyer is talking now

There is something very strange happening in the Haye camp right now. It's been nearly 12 hours since Haye pulled out of the fight, but there is still no definitive announcement about the exact nature of the injury.

Haye himself is being kept in isolation for some reason. The media is not being allowed near him. This is very odd considering that Haye is usually very verbal.

Strangest of all, doctors and medical people are not making statements about Haye's status. The only announcements made so far have come from Haye's lawyer.

"We received an email this morning from Haye's attorney. He said Haye was injured but he didn't tell us the injury," Klitschko's manager Shelly Finkel said.

 

This is incredibly strange. It's been about 12 hours since Haye's lawyer first made the announcement, and Haye has not made a public appearance.

That a lawyer would be the front man for an alleged injury -- an injury still undefined after 12 hours -- tells us something.

Most likely Haye has suffered some kind of stress related collapse, and his handlers are keeping the media away until a suitable physical injury can be figured out. Don't be surprised to hear soon that Haye has suffered a back injury -- something like whiplash -- as that's an injury that doctors can't disprove.

 

It's obvious that Haye's handlers don't want anyone to hear him talk. They are trying to hide something. There is no explanation for this except mental stress, or emotional exhaustion.

 

Haye's managers would have made the announcement for him if that were the case. I have been following boxing for many, many years and this is the first time I have seen an injury related cancellation handled this way.

The weirdest thing I've seen before is that a fighter cancels a fight while publicly announcing a specific injury, and then spends days resisting demands that a doctor be allowing to examine him. But even then, at least the fighter and his manager are publicly talking. This is not the case with Haye, though.