Eddie Hearn says David Haye ‘couldn’t step in a British ring again’ if he pulled out of Tony Bellew fight with injury
EDDIE HEARN claims David Haye will never be able to set foot in a British boxing ring again if he withdraws from Saturday's fight with Tony Bellew.
The Hayemaker sparked fears he could be forced to pull out through an Achilles injury after travelling to Munich to see a specialist.
But promoter Hearn insists the 36-year-old WILL be fit to box.
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He said: "If he didn't fight he couldn't step in a British ring again.
"The public workouts are [on Wednesday evening]. If he wasn't fighting I'd know. He will be at the workouts and he will be in the ring on Saturday.
"I'd heard about an Achilles [problem] a few weeks back but he was playing football on Soccer AM at the weekend. If you're that worried about an Achilles injury you're not playing football, are you?
"It's known he sometimes goes to Munich for treatment. That's where he had surgery on his shoulder."
Bellew, 34, warned Haye he would be seen as a "coward" if he backed out.
"If he was fighting anybody else but me, I think he would postpone. If he was fighting Anthony Joshua, Shannon Briggs or Klitschko, I’m sure he would pull out.
“Because he is facing little old fat Tony Bellew I think he thinks he will walk through me and have an easy night.
“But believe me he is for a nasty shock.”