...The British Boxing Board of Control will not sanction the fight after removing Chisora’s licence on March 14 and with Haye’s licence having lapsed.
This will be the first time that a bout will be held in Britain licensed by a foreign federation, something Robert Smith, secretary of the BBBC, said presented “a huge challenge to the board and everything we stand for”.
Federations are able to license bouts abroad because of free trade laws and the BBBC itself has put on shows in countries without a proper boxing commission like Malta. Former European middleweight champion Matthew Macklin, from Birmingham, relinquished his BBBC licence in February this year to fight with a New York licence.....