David Haye

David Haye
Haye vs. Ismail Abdoul, 2006
Born
David Deron Haye

(1980-10-13) 13 October 1980 (age 44)
Other namesThe Hayemaker
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1]
Reach78 in (198 cm)[1]
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights32
Wins28
Wins by KO26
Losses4
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  England
Copenhagen Cup[2]
Gold medal – first place Copenhagen 2000 Heavyweight
Trofeo Italia[3]
Gold medal – first place Naples 2002 Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place Belfast 2001 Heavyweight

David Deron Haye (born 13 October 1980) is a British former professional boxer who competed between 2002 and 2018. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, and was the first British boxer to reach the final of the World Amateur Boxing Championships, where he won a silver medal in 2001.

As a professional, Haye became a unified cruiserweight world champion in 2008, winning three of the four major world titles, as well as the Ring magazine and lineal titles. He was ranked by BoxRec as the world's No.1 cruiserweight from 2005 to 2007, and was also ranked within ten best in 2003 and 2004.[4] In 2008 he moved up to heavyweight, winning the WBA title in 2009 after defeating Nikolai Valuev, who had a size advantage of 9 inches (23 cm) in height and 99 pounds (45 kg) in weight over Haye. Along with Evander Holyfield and Oleksandr Usyk, Haye is one of only three boxers in history to have unified the cruiserweight world titles and become a world heavyweight champion. As of September 2021, BoxRec ranks Haye as the 100th greatest British fighter of all time.[5]

Haye founded his own boxing promotional firm, Hayemaker Promotions, in 2008. He became a vegan in 2014 and launched his own range of vegan protein powder later that year.

  1. ^ a b Sky Box Office tale of the tape prior to the second Tony Bellew fight.
  2. ^ "21.Copenhagen Cup - Copenhagen, Denmark - November 23-26 2000". Amateur Boxing Results. 26 November 2000. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ "20.Trofeo Italia - Naples, Italy - March 18-24 2002". Amateur Boxing Results. 24 March 2002. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. ^ "BoxRec's Annual Ratings: Cruiserweight Annuals". BoxRec. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  5. ^ "BoxRec ratings: United Kingdom, pound-for-pound, active and inactive". BoxRec. Retrieved 22 July 2020.