Steve Davis has slammed the John Higgins bribing scandal and has branded match fixing as a “cancer†that is killing the game.
Higgins allegedlyagreed to accept a €300,000 bribe to lose frames in future tournaments and Davis has joined those furious with last year’s world champion.
Davis said: “Everybody is in shock. Everyone’s walking around in bits. It’s a dark day for snooker.
“With Barry Hearn in the process of taking the game over, he may be able to cut the cancer out of it from day one.
“He’s the only person who could dig the game out of the mire and the players need to realise that.
“There are other alleged incidents under investigation and no smoke without fire is bad enough – but this has taken it to another level.
“The severity, the profile is just shocking. I think the integrity of the game’s effectively evaporated overnight. It’s the lowest ebb it’s ever been.”
Davis knocked Higgins out in round two of this years’ championship and questions swarm over the win since the bribe scandal has come to light. Higgins has been banned from the game as a result.
