{"id":240052,"date":"2017-06-01T12:09:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T19:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=240052"},"modified":"2017-06-01T12:09:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T19:09:39","slug":"jimi-manuwa-gives-update-possible-david-haye-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/jimi-manuwa-gives-update-possible-david-haye-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimi Manuwa gives update on possible David Haye fight: &#8220;It\u2019s definitely going to happen&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top UFC light heavyweight Jimi Manuwa has a big fight on the horizon, as it was recently announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/jimi-manuwa-promises-knockout-volkan-oezdemir-risky-ufc-214-fight\/\">he&#8217;ll be taking on the surging Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 214 this July 29 in Anaheim<\/a>. While this challenge is at the forefront of his mind, however, he is still dialled in on a potential boxing match with fellow Londoner David Haye \u2013 and apparently, it&#8217;s probably going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>On a previous episode of BJ Penn Radio, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/jimi-manuwa-david-haye-dana-white-spoken-manuwa-haye-fight-possible-late-2017\/\">Manuwa announced that he, Haye and UFC President Dana White had spoken about making the fight happen<\/a>, and that the wheels were decidedly\u00a0in motion. On the latest episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/bjpenn-com-radio-ep-35-jimi-manuwa\/\">BJ Penn Radio<\/a>, Manuwa gave an update on this potential boxing match, and assured that it&#8217;s still a very real possibility. In fact he&#8217;s completely confident it will happen.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cOne hundred percent,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s looking like Haye\u2019s not going to be ready until like December or January, or even early next year. But we\u2019re still trying to make the fight happen. We just have to see how everything plays out over the next few months with the UFC. But the Haye thing is still in the works, hundred percent.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Before the Haye fight happens, Manuwa just has a few other thins to cross off his list.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely going to happen,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I\u2019ve just got to win this fight with Oezdemir, knock out Cormier or Jones, knock out David Haye, and then we\u2019ll see what\u2019s up after that. That\u2019s my hit list right now. I\u2019ve got three people on my hit list. Volkan Oezdemir, the winner of Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier, and David Haye.\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you think Jimi Manuwa can knock out David Haye? If so, you&#8217;re not alone! <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dan-hardy\/dan-hardy-jimi-manuwas-ko-corey-anderson-scariest-thing-ive-ever-seen\/\">Dan Hardy is more than confident the British MMA star can get it done<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/1\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top UFC light heavyweight Jimi Manuwa has a big fight on the horizon, as it was recently announced that he&#8217;ll be taking on the surging Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 214 this July 29 in Anaheim. 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