So you, dear boxing fans, are disappointed that Lennox Lewis has done a dramatic U-turn after earlier having decided to make a $40-million (about R240-million) comeback against Vi tali Klitschko.
What probably hurts you most is that you suspect it was not really Lennox's decision to make like Donald on his initial urge to done the gloves again.
Well, your suspicions are correct; someone close to him who has played a leading role in his whole boxing career and his life forced him to make a public announcement that he has changed his mind.
It was his mother, Violet, and considering all the sacrifices she made for him, particularly in his early years, no one should point fingers at Lennox.
Those early years for Lewis in the East End of London saw an uneven mix of security and chaos.
He had no father and he was shuttled between aunts and care workers for six years before being re-united with his mother in Canada.
Lennox and Violet have always been close, and if you are in doubt then you should read a recently released book by Gavin Evans about Lennox Lewis, which has just landed on my desk.
Guess what the title is - Mama's Boy, yes the same title of Suzi Quatro's famous hit in the late seventies.
Anyway, the Daily Mail's Jeff Powell, who originally broke the story about Lewis returning to the ring, was not impressed by this turn of events and still believes Lennox will ultimately defy his mom.
I have my doubts!
This is what Powell wrote earlier this week: "Lennox Lewis stands 1,97m tall, weighs in at more than 123kg and is the scourge of such fearsome fighting men as Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. But when little old mom puts her foot down, this giant comes to heel.
One telephone call from snowy Canada to sunny Jamaica is reported to have slammed the brakes on a comeback by Britain's recently-retired heavyweight champion of the world. The name of the lady on the line is Violet and the air is said to have turned blue when she heard that her boy Lennox had announced his intention of regaining his title from an even larger Ukrainian.
Within 36 hours of challenging Vi tali Klitschko earlier this week to a rematch in November, Lewis backtracked into this reiteration of the resignation he delivered almost a year ago: "I will be one of the few heavyweight champions in history to retire on top and stay retired."
This is unlikely to be the end of the matter - so tempting are the incentives for a return - but for the moment his women are getting their way.
There are two Violets in Lewis's life - and neither of them is of the shrinking variety.
His mother has always been an enormous influence; the devoted figure to whom he turns not only for support and her fabled home cooking but for wise counsel. His girlfriend, Violet Chang, who has settled him down in Montego Bay and presented him with a baby daughter, is as intelligent as she is beautiful and is continuing her studies for a PhD at Kingston University. Both wanted him to quit the hardest game after he crowned his career by demolishing Mike Tyson, instead of taking the first fight with Klitschko, which turned into a blood-spattered battle with the Ukrainian ahead on points when his eye was cut too viciously to continue.
Now they are vehemently opposed to him climbing back into the championship ring in November, when he will have turned 40.
Consequently, Lewis has not only performed a public U-turn but had his ear bent severely enough to force that apparent rethink.
However, Lewis admitted: "There will always be an attraction to the sport.
"The recent attention given to the possibility of a comeback is flattering and evidences the public's desire for someone to establish a legacy similar to the one I left behind as the true heavyweight champion of the world."
That he had decided to make a comeback - as boxers invariably do - can be in little or no doubt.
It was obvious in December - when he was commentating on Klitschko's thrashing of fellow Londoner Danny Williams - how much he was missing the thrill of it all.
Since the turn of the year he is known to have discussed a November return with the HBO pay-perview TV network. Team Lewis - including master trainer Emanuel Steward - has been on standby for a return to camp in New York State's Pocono Mountains. So while mom is the word this week, it is unlikely to be the last word in a confused tale typical of Violet's loveable boy.
In his statement on Tuesday, Lewis also said: "I was fortunate to leave the sport on my own terms."
One further complication, however, is that the financial terms are believed to have altered.
When Lennox hung up his gloves last February, he did so with his fortune intact. Since then, the threat of punitive taxes in the US running into many millions is believed to have piled on top of expensive bills for ongoing litigation both sides of the Atlantic.
So, as well as listening to his mother, this big cat may have let his thoughts of a comeback out of the bag deliberately. Lewis is a clever negotiator who frequently pushed up the price for his title defences by threatening to retire. He may be at it again now, as he talks of a $40-million deal for a second Klitschko fight. That is double the amount he and Tyson shared and there are suggestions that it will take a purse offer that extravagant to pay off the taxman and his lawyers.
With the help of mum's intervention, he is in position now to raise the stakes ever closer to his wish-list figure of $40-million.
"Will he? Won't he? Will he rejoin the dance? Don't bet against it if the price is right," concludes Powell.
- My good friends at the South African Veteran Boxers' Association will be holding their first meeting of the year at the Stella Sports Club in Davenport Road on Thursday night at 7pm for 7.30pm. All are welcome. For more details phone chairman Norman Elliott at 031 572 5112 or secretary Eric Moolman at 031 708 2777.