{"id":244212,"date":"2017-07-12T10:01:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T17:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=244212"},"modified":"2017-07-12T10:01:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T17:01:02","slug":"michael-page-signs-reputable-boxing-promotion-puts-mma-career-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-page\/michael-page-signs-reputable-boxing-promotion-puts-mma-career-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Page signs with reputable boxing promotion, puts MMA career on hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, Bellator welterweight star Paul Daley began angling for a fight with former UFC contender and recent Bellator welterweight title challenger Lorenz Larkin. Shortly thereafter, Larkin replied to Daley&#8217;s callout, accepting the fight for later this year. This of course, raised immediate questions about the status of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/paul-daley\/mvp-paul-daley-ducked-three-times-1\/\">a long-discussed scrap between Daley and another British MMA star<\/a>, Michael Page.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, the reason Page isn&#8217;t signing on the dotted line for a battle with Daley is that he&#8217;s got his hands full with a foray into the boxing arena. And he won&#8217;t be boxing in some community center basement, either.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday morning, heavyweight boxing star David Haye &#8211; who is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/jimi-manuwa-gives-update-possible-david-haye-fight\/\">currently in discussion for a boxing match with UFC light heavyweight Jimi Manuwa <\/a>\u2013 shared a picture of himself and Page, stating that page had signed with his promotion Hayemaker Boxing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HayemakerBoxing\">@HayemakerBoxing<\/a> signing: MMA fans you\u2019ll know about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michaelpage247\">@Michaelpage247<\/a> already. Boxing fans you\u2019re in for a treat. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rm9qivZ4EI\">pic.twitter.com\/rm9qivZ4EI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Haye (@mrdavidhaye) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrdavidhaye\/status\/885061783878344705\">July 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;New [Hayemaker Boxing] signing,&#8221; Haye announced. &#8220;MMA fans, you&#8217;ll know about [Michael Page] already. Boxing fans, you&#8217;re in for a treat.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Apparently, Page will be making his debut in the ring before the end of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>When we last saw Page compete in mixed martial arts, he scored a split decision win over\u00a0Fernando Gonzalez in a fight that will unfortunately be remembered as an absolute snoozer \u2013 thanks in large part to Page&#8217;s in-cage antics and refusal to actually engage.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that forgettable win, Page picked up an unforgettable victory, scoring 2016 knockout of the year contender by breaking the skull of Evangelista &#8220;Cyborg&#8221; Santos with a rocket-fuelled flying knee to the forehead. Page, who also has experience in the kickboxing ring, is undefeated as a mixed martial artist at 12-0.<\/p>\n<p>How do you think Michael Page will do in the boxing ring?<\/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 7\/12\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, Bellator welterweight star Paul Daley began angling for a fight with former UFC contender and recent Bellator welterweight title challenger Lorenz Larkin. Shortly thereafter, Larkin replied to Daley&#8217;s callout, accepting the fight for later this year. 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