Haye wants Fury and Joshua as part of his last 5 fights

By Chris Williams: David Haye (28-2, 26 KOs) sees himself in the twilight of his boxing career with only five remains with one of them being against Tony Bellew, and possibly two others being against Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. Haye, 36, wants to maximize his income before he calls it a day to become a fulltime promoter with Haymaker Ringstar with Richard Schaefer, the former Golden Boy Promotions CEO.

Haye has the Bellew (28-2-1, 18 KOs) fight scheduled for March 4 on Sky Box Office pay-per-view at the O2 Arena in London, England. Haye is hoping to make quick work of the 33-year-old Bellew, and then move onto bigger and better things against Joshua and Fury. The fight against Joshua is one that will almost surely happen, as his promoter Eddie Hearn is interested in the fight.

Fury is a different story. He might not be willing to take a fight against Haye due to him pulling out of two fights against him due to injury problems. In the past, Fury has repeatedly said that he will never schedule another fight against Haye because he doesn’t have faith he’ll make into the ring.

“Anthony Joshua is the first target because he’s got the most momentum behind him,” Haye said. “There’s rumblings of Tyson Fury making a comeback and if he does, I’m sure he’ll want a big payday because he’s not had one yet. I’m not sure what his situation is but if he does come back, if it’s not myself it will be Joshua. Between the three of us, there are some big fights out there. I want five more fights. That’s all I’ll need to prove what I need to prove before I retire.”

Haye can fight five times, but he may need to be contest with Joshua and Bellew being his only big money fights of the five. As I pointed out already, Fury is not likely going fight Haye. If Haye loses to Joshua, then he can probably forget about getting a fight against WBC champion Deontay Wilder.

Instead of Haye fighting Fury and Wilder, he may need to be content in fighting the likes of Joseph Parker, Luis Ortiz, Hughie Fury, or Shannon Briggs. Even those guys might not opt to take on Haye. It’s more than likely that Haye is going to need to settle for the likes of Briggs and Ortiz to round out his final five fights. I don’t think Haye is going to get the big names that he wants after he faces Bellew and Joshua.