I KNOW how annoyed you are your monopoly in controlling boxing in the UK ended as David Haye and Dereck Chisora fought in England after being licensed by the LBF following your withdrawal of Chisora’s licence.
Your attempts to stop him fighting Haye were futile.
It was an exciting event with both boxers settling their differences in the ring.
Even your scaremongering of crowd trouble was a fallacy.
But I wish to put my annoyance — after 32 years as a licence holder — on record at the way boxing is run here.
The current leadership is killing boxing and I, and other upset licence holders, want drastic changes so we can drag the Board of Control out of the dark ages.
I am calling for Charlie Giles, the President and Chairman to be replaced.
The outstanding candidate for the role is Lord Coe, a previous Steward, who has done such a marvellous job organising the Olympics.
I would also like more transparency in how and where licence-holders’ money is being spent.
I’m not against the BBB of C, I have supported it in the past and will do so again but I am against some of the very small group of out-of-touch Stewards who guide it.
I do not condone what happened between Haye and Chisora in Munich.
But by withdrawing Chisora’s licence after asking a small section of the media what punishment should be handed out, I feel you were slaves to a demand for instant justice to appease critics.
The Board cannot be prosecutor, judge and jury when they do not even regulate themselves properly.
It’s time for the Board to change for the better.
leifpm 