Boxing: Injury hands David Haye blow David Haye's hopes of catapulting himself back into world title contention later this year have been dented by a hand injury that has forced the former WBA heavyweight champion to withdraw from next month's bout with Manuel Charr. Haye was set to fight for the first time in nearly a year at the Manchester Arena on 29 June but hurt his left hand on Sunday evening. "I'm absolutely gutted to have to pull out of this fight," Haye said. I pick up injuries now and again in training and sometimes carry them into fights, but this was one I simply couldn't recover from in time.