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David Haye

Medal record
Representing  England
Men’s boxing
World Amateur Championships
	Belfast 2001	Heavyweight

David Deron Haye (born 13 October 1980) is an English professional boxer, and current WBA World Heavyweight Champion.

Haye is a former cruiserweight champion, holding the WBA, WBC, WBO and The Ring magazine cruiserweight titles. Haye decided to vacate these titles in order to pursue his ambitions in the heavyweight division. Haye also broke his hand in the second round of his WBA Heavyweight Championship fight and with ten rounds left he went the distance and still won the fight. His training camp is based in Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus and he has worn the TRNC flag on his shorts alongside the Cross of St. George and the Union Flag except the fight against Valuev.

Professional career

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Campaign at heavyweight

Haye has described the victory over Maccarinelli as "the final piece" in his cruiserweight jigsaw. Haye has repeatedly stated his intention to compete in the heavyweight division and emulate the success of Evander Holyfield.

Haye defeated heavyweight journeymen Monte Barrett at The O2 Arena in London on 15 November 2008, winning via TKO in the fifth Round, after knocking Barrett down in the third round.

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. However on 3 June 2009, Haye pulled out of the fight citing a back injury. It is currently pending an independent medical investigation, but according to the statements from both the Haye and Klitschko team, depending on the seriousness of the injury, a rearrangement of the bout for later in the summer could be a possibility. However Klitschko faced and beat Ruslan Chagaev on the original date that he was supposed to fight Haye for the IBF, WBO, IBO and Ring Magazine heavyweight title.

Haye then confirmed that he would meet the WBA champion Nikolay Valuev on 7 November in the Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Germany which Sky billed as David and Goliath. Apparently showing no fear of his 7 foot opponent, Haye said: ""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."

Haye beat Valuev in an uneventful but reserved display of accuracy and efficiency, countering Valuev's misses and he jabbed forward and circled his much larger opponent. Haye came close to knocking down Valuev in the final round with a hard left hand, which made Valuev stumble. A close majority decision was announced after twelve rounds, with scores of 116-112 (ITA), 116-112 (USA) and 114-114 (ESP).

Professional boxing record

23 Wins (21 Knockouts), 1 Defeat, 0 Draws
Result	Opponent	Date	Promotor	Location	Notes
Win	Nikolai Valuev	7 November 2009	Don King Promotions in association with Hayemaker Promotions	Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Germany	Won WBA Heavyweight title
Win	Monte Barrett	15 November 2008	Hayemaker Promotions	The O2 arena, London, England
Win	Enzo Maccarinelli	8 March 2008	Sports Network	The O2 arena, London, England	Defended WBC, WBA & Ring titles Won WBO Title
Win	Jean-Marc Mormeck	10 November 2007	Don King Promotions	Stade Marcel Cerdan, Paris, France	Won WBC, WBA & Ring titles
Win	Tomasz Bonin	27 April 2007	FTM Sports	Wembley Arena, Wembley, England
Win	Giacobbe Fragomeni	17 November 2006	FTM Sports	York Hall, Bethnal Green, England	Defended European (EBU) title, Won WBC eliminator title
Win	Ismail Abdoul	21 July 2006	FTM Sports	Leisure Centre, Altrincham, England	Defended European (EBU) Title
Win	Lasse Johansen	24 March 2006	FTM Sports	York Hall, Bethnal Green, England	Defended European (EBU) title
Win	Alexander Gurov	16 December 2005	Fight Academy	Leisure Centre, Bracknell, England	Won European (EBU) title
Win	Vincenzo Rossitto	14 October 2005	Fight Academy	Leisure Centre, Huddersfield, England
Win	Glen Kelly	4 March 2005	Fight Academy	The Magna Centre, Rotherham, England
Win	Garry Delaney	21 January 2005	Fight Academy	Fountain Leisure Centre, Brentford, England
Win	Valery Semishkur	10 December 2004	Fight Academy	Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, England
Lost	Carl Thompson	10 September 2004	Fight Academy	Wembley Arena, Wembley, England	IBO title shot
Win	Arthur Williams	12 May 2004	Fight Academy	Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, England
Win	Hastings Rasani	20 March 2004	A-Force/Harry Holland	Wembley Arena, Wembley, England
Win	Tony Dowling	14 November 2003		York Hall, Bethnal Green, England	Won English title
Win	Lolenga Mock	26 September 2003	Lions Promotions	Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, England
Win	Greg Scott-Briggs	1 August 2003	Lion/SEM	York Hall, Bethnal Green, England
Win	Vance Winn	15 July 2003		Playboy Mansion, Beverly Hills, United States
Win	Phil Day	18 March 2003		Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, England
Win	Roger Bowden	4 March 2003		Seville Beach Hotel, Miami, United States
Win	Saber Zairi	24 January 2003	Dennis Hobson	Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, England
Win	Tony Booth	8 December 2002		York Hall, Bethnal Green, England	Haye's professional debut

References

1. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-1225994/DAVID-HAYE-v-NIKOLAI-VALUEV-Haye-beats-Valuev-points-world-champion.html
2. "Round-by-Round: Haye vs. Barrett". FightHype.
3. "Vitali confirms Gomez fight". Sky Sports. 9 January 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
4. Potapov, Alexey (7 April 2009). "Haye must switch Klitschkos for title challenge". fightnews.com. Retrieved 7 April 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
5. "Haye to fight WBA champion Valuev". BBC Sport. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
6. Charles, Chris (23 September 2009). "Sport quotes of the week". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
7. BoxingNews365 > Haye Takes WBA Heavy Title!

External links

• Boxing record for David Haye from BoxRec (registration required)
• The Official David Haye Site
• David Haye's MySpace
• David Haye News and Forum
• David Haye vs Monte Barrett
• South London Press article - 'Danny Watts a big help to David Haye'

• 1980 births
• Cruiserweights
• English boxers
• Heavyweights
• Living people
• People from Bermondsey
• People from London
• WBA Champions
• WBC Champions
• WBO Champions
• World Cruiserweight Champions
• Boxers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
• Black British sportspeople