David Haye

David Haye
Statistics
Real name	David Haye
Nickname(s)	The Hayemaker
Rated at	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Reach	198 cm (78 in)
Nationality	British
Born	13 October 1980 (1980-10-13) (age 31) Lambeth, London, England
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	27
Wins	25
Wins by KO	23
Losses	2

Medal record
Competitor for  England
Men's boxing
World Amateur Championships
Silver	Belfast 2001	Heavyweight

David Deron Haye (born 13 October 1980) is a retired English professional boxer,^[1]

He is the former unified world cruiserweight champion, holding the WBA, WBC, WBO, and The Ring cruiserweight titles, and former European cruiserweight champion. Haye is also the former WBA heavyweight champion.

Amateur

Haye started his ambition and passion for boxing at old-school boxing gym Fitzroy Lodge Boxing Club in Lambeth, South London, where he quickly impressed and confidently won his first amateur bouts.

In 1999, 18-year-old Haye participated at the world amateur championships in Houston, Texas, USA at light-heavyweight but was eliminated by experienced American Michael Simms early in the contest.

At the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland he fought in the heavyweight 201 lb division where he beat world class Sebastian Köber to reach the final where he gave Odlanier Solís a standing eight count before being stopped by the Cuban in round three, and taking the silver medal.

Professional career

Cruiserweight

Based in Bermondsey, London, England, Haye turned professional in December 2002, aged 22, knocking out Tony Booth in two rounds.^[2]

In 2003 he won seven fights, two of which include the only fights Haye has fought in the United States. He won all by knockout, the most notable being a fourth round KO of Denmark's Lolenga Mock, in which Haye had to come off the floor to win.

Haye's fights were regularly seen on the BBC and his popularity began to grow in 2004, when he dispatched the 39-year-old ex-world champion "King" Arthur Williams in three rounds.

Later that year, in his eleventh pro fight, he fought 40-year-old former WBO champion Carl Thompson in a dramatic "youth vs experience" matchup. Haye started fast and alarmingly caught Thompson with constant barrages of power punches, coming close to forcing a stoppage at numerous points over the first few rounds.

Gradually, despite the early punishment he received, Thompson warmed up and worked his way into the fight whilst Haye seemed to tire and slow down. Thompson began to pressure Haye and knocked Haye down with a chopping right hand in round 5. With seven seconds left in the round, Thompson landed two jabs followed by a flush right hand which rocked a very tired Haye, and forced Haye's corner to throw in the towel.

Haye returned against Estonian Valery Semishkur, winning by TKO in round 1, then defeated Garry Delaney by a third round TKO. Following two more fights against Glen Kelly and Vincenzo Rossitto, Haye faced Alexander Gurov for the EBU cruiserweight championship. Haye easily knocked out Gurov with a single right hand in just 45 seconds.

In January 2006, Haye signed a three-year contract with former Lennox Lewis promoter Frank Maloney to further his world title ambitions. He successfully defended his EBU title against Ismail Abdoul and future world champion Giacobbe Fragomeni, with the latter fight being a WBC eliminator.

Haye's cameo at heavyweight in April 2007 resulted in an impressive first-round KO win over Polish fighter Tomasz Bonin,^[3] who at the time was ranked No. 11 by the WBC and had only one loss, against Audley Harrison.

World cruiserweight champion

Haye challenged Jean-Marc Mormeck on 10 November 2007 for the WBA, WBC, & The Ring cruiserweight titles. Haye defeated Mormeck by knockout in the seventh round, despite Haye being knocked down by Mormeck in the fourth. The victory confirmed Haye's arrival as a genuine world class fighter.

The Mormeck fight was expected to be Haye's last fight in the cruiserweight division. Haye himself admitted that he struggles to make weight and feels that he can only box at "70 or 80 per cent" of his potential as a cruiserweight.

"We thank Frank for sacrificing Maccarinelli, but we'd feel immense guilt if we took any more free money from Sports Network. I have a hard enough time sleeping at night as it is"

— David Haye on the prospect of working with Sports Network again^[4]

Haye and Enzo Maccarinelli met in an all-British world cruiserweight title fight in the early hours of 9 March 2008. Haye's WBA, WBC, & The Ring titles were at stake, as was Maccarinelli's WBO title. British trade paper Boxing News produced a pullout special on the match. Widely billed as the biggest all-British bout since Chris Eubank met Nigel Benn. As both fighters are hard punchers with excellent KO records, a short fight was predicted.^[5] They were right, as Haye defeated Maccarinelli in the second round by TKO. Commenting on the fight and of the prospect of working again with Frank Warren, Maccarinelli's promoter, Haye said, "We thank Frank for sacrificing Maccarinelli, but we'd feel immense guilt if we took any more free money from Sports Network. I have a hard enough time sleeping at night as it is."^[4]

Heavyweight

Haye described the victory over Maccarinelli as "the final piece" in his cruiserweight jigsaw. Haye then defeated heavyweight Monte Barrett at The O2 Arena in London on 15 November 2008, winning via TKO in the fifth round.^[6]

WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko confirmed he would defend his title in a fight with Haye to take place on 20 June 2009, at Stamford Bridge in London. Instead, his younger brother, IBF and WBO heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko agreed to fight Haye the same date in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Haye pulled out of the fight claiming a back injury.^[7]

WBA heavyweight champion

Haye then confirmed that he would meet the WBA champion Nikolay Valuev on 7 November 2009 in the Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Germany. Haye's trainer Adam Booth claimed it was a fight that Valuev wanted; it was billed as David and Goliath.^[8] Haye weighed in at 217 pounds, almost 100 lbs less than his opponent. Haye said about Valuev: "He is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. I have watched Lord of the Rings and films with strange looking people, but for a human being to look like he does is pretty shocking."^[9]

Haye beat Valuev in a reserved display of accuracy and efficiency, countering Valuev's misses, jabbing and circling his much larger opponent.^[10] Haye came close to knocking down Valuev in the final round with a hard left hand, which made Valuev stumble. Haye won with scores of 114–114 (ITA), 116–112 (USA) and 116–112 (ESP).^[11] Haye is the first and currently only boxer in the history of the sport to be seven stone or more lighter than an opponent in a World title fight and still come out victorious.^{[citation needed]}

On 3 April 2010 Haye defeated John Ruiz in his first WBA title defence at the Manchester Evening News Arena by TKO in the ninth round after knocking him down four times during the fight excluding a point deduction for hitting Ruiz on the back of his head in round one. This was only the second time Ruiz has been stopped, after being knocked out in round one by David Tua fourteen years prior to facing David Haye. After the fight, Haye immediately called on both Klitschko brothers, after claiming their recent challengers Eddie Chambers and Chris Arreola were "a disgrace to boxing."

It was confirmed on 7 September 2010 that Haye would fight Audley Harrison on 13 November 2010 at the M.E.N. Arena. The press conference for the bout became heated, leading to the two fighters swearing at each other on live television.^[12] On 13 November 2010, Haye defeated Harrison with one minute, seven seconds remaining of the third round by TKO. Southpaw Harrison landed one jab during the entire fight. He staggered to his feet after being knocked down, only for Haye to immediately pounce right back on him, hitting him with another flurry of punches. The referee intervened and ended the bout.^[13]

Haye's plans to unify the heavyweight division took a major setback in January 2011 when it was revealed that Tomas Adamek would fight one of the Klitschko brothers in September 2011,^[14] before his planned retirement in October of that year. However, in April 2011, it was announced that Haye and Wladimir Klitschko had agreed to meet at the Imtech Arena in Hamburg on 2 July 2011.^[15]

Wladimir Klitschko vs David Haye

Main article: Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye

Wladimir Klitschko versus David Haye was a heavyweight unification fight for the WBA, WBO, IBF, and The Ring heavyweight titles, the fight taking place at the Imtech Arena, Hamburg, Germany on 2 July 2011^[16][17][18] This was the only heavyweight unification fight since Wladimir Klitschko and Sultan Ibragimov fought back in 2008. It was then when Wladimir Klitschko beat Ibragimov and added his WBO title to his IBF title. Klitschko defeated Haye by a unanimous decision to become the unified WBA Super, IBF, WBO, and The Ring heavyweight champion.^[19][20] The official scores were: 118-108, 117-109 and 116-110, which were all in favour of Klitschko.^[21]

Retirement

BBBC chief Robert Smith told The Sun on October 11, 2011 that David Haye had informed him that he would not be not renewing his boxing licence therefore retiring from the sport.^[22] Haye has had a long standing plan to retire early from the sport. After the Harrison fight Haye said his plans to retire before he is 31 had not altered, saying "I will have achieved what I wanted to achieve – undisputed cruiserweight champion, unify the heavyweight division and then call it a day." In December 2010, during the negotiations to fight Wladimir Klitschko, Haye said if the fight did not happen, "I'll just have to accept that becoming the WBA champion was enough and move on with my life. That'll be 20 years of getting punched in the face, which is a long enough time. I set my goals and achieved them so unifying the titles is the cherry on the cake but if it doesn't happen it wasn't meant to be and I've just got to get on with my life".^[23]

Personal information

Haye attended Bacon's College in Rotherhithe, South East London. His training camp is based in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus and he has worn the Northern Cyprus flag on his shorts alongside the Flag of St. George and the Union Flag in the past. David Haye was awarded with the citizenship of North Cyprus due to his contributions to the North Cyprus.^[24] Haye is married and has a son called Cassius, named after Cassius Clay. He supports London football team Millwall.^[25] On 20 October 2010, he was awarded an honourary doctorate from Anglia Ruskin University, at the graduation ceremony in the Cambridge Corn Exchange. Haye's successful defences of his title against Ruiz and Harrison saw Haye be selected for the final 10 shortlist for the 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.^[26]

Professional boxing record

25 Wins (23 Knockouts), 2 Defeats, 0 Draws[27]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	25–2	Wladimir Klitschko	UD	12	2011-07-02	Imtech Arena, Altona, Hamburg	Lost WBA Heavyweight title. For WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA (Super) & The Ring heavyweight titles.
Win	25–1	Audley Harrison	TKO	3 (12), 1:53	2010-11-13	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, North West England	Retained WBA Heavyweight title.
Win	24–1	John Ruiz	TKO	9 (12), 2:01	2010-04-03	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, North West England	Retained WBA Heavyweight title.
Win	23–1	Nikolai Valuev	MD	12	2009-11-07	Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Bavaria	Won WBA Heavyweight title.
Win	22–1	Monte Barrett	TKO	5 (10), 1:28	2008-11-15	O2 Arena, Greenwich, London
Win	21–1	Enzo Maccarinelli	TKO	2 (12), 2:04	2008-03-08	O2 Arena, Greenwich, London	Retained WBA, WBC and The Ring Cruiserweight titles. Won WBO Cruiserweight title.
Win	20–1	Jean-Marc Mormeck	TKO	7 (12), ?	2007-11-10	Stade Marcel Cerdan, Paris, Île-de-France	Won WBA, WBC and The Ring Cruiserweight titles.
Win	19–1	Tomasz Bonin	TKO	1 (12), 1:45	2007-04-27	Wembley Arena, Wembley, London
Win	18–1	Giacobbe Fragomeni	TKO	9 (12), 1:29	2006-11-17	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London	Retained EBU Cruiserweight title. WBC Cruiserweight title eliminator.
Win	17–1	Ismail Abdoul	UD	12	2006-07-21	Leisure Centre, Altrincham, Greater Manchester	Retained EBU Cruiserweight title.
Win	16–1	Lasse Johansen	TKO	8 (12), 2:08	2006-03-24	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London	Retained EBU Cruiserweight title.
Win	15–1	Alexander Gurov	KO	1 (12), 0:45	2005-12-16	Leisure Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire	Won EBU Cruiserweight title.
Win	14–1	Vincenzo Rossitto	TKO	2 (10), 2:55	2005-10-14	Leisure Centre, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Win	13–1	Glen Kelly	TKO	2 (10), 1:09	2005-03-04	Magna Centre, Rotherham, Yorkshire
Win	12–1	Garry Delaney	RTD	3 (6), 3:00	2005-01-21	Fountain Leisure Centre, Brentford, London
Win	11–1	Valeri Semiskur	KO	1 (6), 1:36	2004-12-10	Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Loss	10–1	Carl Thompson	TKO	5 (12), 2:53	2004-09-10	Wembley Arena, Wembley, London
Win	10–0	Arthur Williams	TKO	3 (8), 2:46	2004-05-12	Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, Berkshire
Win	9–0	Hastings Rasani	TKO	1 (6)	2004-03-20	Wembley Arena, Wembley, London
Win	8–0	Tony Dowling	TKO	1 (10)	2003-11-14	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London
Win	7–0	Lolenga Mock	TKO	4 (6)	2003-09-26	Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, Berkshire
Win	6–0	Greg Scott-Briggs	KO	1 (6)	2003-08-01	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London
Win	5–0	Vance Winn	TKO	1 (6), 0:54	2003-07-15	The Playboy Mansion, Beverly Hills, California
Win	4–0	Phil Day	TKO	2 (4), 2:09	2003-03-18	Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, Berkshire
Win	3–0	Roger Bowden	TKO	1 (6), 2:42	2003-03-04	Seville Hotel, Miami, Florida
Win	2–0	Saber Zairi	TKO	4 (4), 0:54	2003-01-24	Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Win	1–0	Tony Booth	RTD	2 (4), 3:00	2002-12-08	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London	Haye's professional debut.

References

1. ^ http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/boxing/3864500/British-star-David-Haye-quits-boxing.html
2. ^ Mahdi, Amar. "How rich is WBA boxing heavyweight champion David Haye?". thisismoney.co.uk. 2 July 2011. Accessed 6 July 2011.
3. ^ "Haye powers to win as heavyweight". BBC Sport. 27 April 2007. Accessed 6 July 2011.
4. ^ ^{a b} Livefight.com | Haye – I will never work with Sports Network again^{[dead link]}
5. ^ Haye Faces Toughest Test Yet, BBC Sport
6. ^ "Round-by-Round: Haye vs. Barrett". FightHype. http://fighthype.com/pages/content3802.html. 
7. ^ Wladimir Klitschko replaces injured David Haye with Ruslan Chagaev for June 20 fight – ESPN. Sports.espn.go.com (2009-06-06). Retrieved on 2010-10-11.
8. ^ "Haye to fight WBA champion Valuev". BBC Sport. 23 July 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8164412.stm. Retrieved 23 July 2009. 
9. ^ Charles, Chris (23 September 2009). "Sport quotes of the week". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/8268911.stm. Retrieved 23 September 2009. 
10. ^ Mitchell, Kevin (8 November 2009). "David Haye beat Nikolai Valuev despite suffering a broken hand". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/nov/08/david-haye-nikolai-valuev. 
11. ^ > Haye Takes WBA Heavy Title!. BoxingNews365. Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
12. ^ "WBA champion David Haye to fight Audley Harrison". BBC Sport. 7 September 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8968472.stm. Retrieved 7 September 2010. 
13. ^ Dirs, Ben (14 November 2010). "David Haye targets Klitschko brothers for next fight". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/9187669.stm. Retrieved 14 November 2010. 
14. ^ "Haye hopes dented by Adamek deal". BBC News. 26 January 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/9376173.stm. 
15. ^ "David Haye and Wladimir Klitschko set for 2 July fight". BBC. 20 April 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/13140466.stm. 
16. ^ BoxRec Boxing Records. Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
17. ^ Boxing – Klitschko-Haye in Hamburg. Fightnews.com (2011-04-20). Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
18. ^ Boxen | Klitschko | Haye. RTL.de. Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
19. ^ Klitschko defeats Haye to become unified champion
20. ^ "David Haye v Wladimir Klitschko - as it happened". Guardian. 2 July 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live. Retrieved 4 July 2011. 
21. ^ Klitschko-Haye decision results
22. ^ "
23. ^ "David Haye offers Wladimir Klitschko 50-50 split"
24. ^ David Haye is now North Cyprus citizen as well Haye awarded North Cyprus citizenship on 21 September 2010
25. ^ Coles, Bill (7 November 2009). "David V Goliath". Express.co.uk. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/138754/David-v-Goliath-David-v-Goliath-David-v-Goliath-David-v-Goliath-David-v-Goliath-David-v-Goliath-David-v-Goliath-. Retrieved 21 May 2010. 
26. ^ "Sports Personality of the Year 2010: David Haye". BBC Sport. 29 November 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/9216834.stm. Retrieved 16 December 2010. 
27. ^ David Haye – Boxer. Boxrec.com (2007-11-24). Retrieved on 2010-10-11.

External links

• Official website
• Professional boxing record for David Haye from BoxRec
• David Haye's MySpace

Achievements
Preceded by Jean-Marc Mormeck	WBC Cruiserweight Champion November 10, 2007 – May 12, 2008 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Giacobbe Fragomeni
	WBA Cruiserweight Super Champion November 10, 2007 – May 12, 2008 Vacated	Succeeded by Firat Arslan as Champion
	The Ring Cruiserweight Champion November 10, 2007 – May 23, 2008 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Tomasz Adamek
Preceded by Enzo Maccarinelli	WBO Cruiserweight Champion March 8, 2008 – May 12, 2008 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Victor Emilio Ramirez
Preceded by Nikolai Valuev	WBA Heavyweight Champion November 7, 2009 – July 2, 2011 Lost bid for Super Title	Succeeded by Wladimir Klitschko as Super Champion
		Vacant Title next held by Alexander Povetkin as Regular Champion

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Name	Haye, David
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Date of birth	13 October 1980
Place of birth	Bermondsey, London
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