Haye helps out with disabled school in Dubai

[DavidPayne]

Did Fury duck Price?

No, he saved him for later.

Stop being autistic about it horse. Fury ducked Price. It is a fact.

Disagree. Price was offered money to fight on CH5 too.

[DavidPayne]

People look to far into things, he is doing charity work and if it raises his profile then so be it but I'm sure they kids will remember doing the pads with a former heavyweight champion.

The only criticism I have is that I'm a firm believer in the old saying 'Charity begins at home' so id rather see him open up his own gym to the public or work within the area he was brought up or schools he attended. Maybe he already does, i don't know but charity anywhere is better than charity nowhere i suppose.

Stewards enquiry.

A belt holder.

[ILikeBeer]

Former World Heavyweight Champion David Haye, recently announced his plan to launch the state-of-the-art fitness centre, Hayemaker Gym Dubai, located in the prestigious Downtown Dubai location. The gym will offer a holistic approach to training based on three main principles: fitness, education, and health. Following the recent plans, the champion visited the Rashid Centre for Disabled children on Wednesday 8th of January.

Haye was welcomed by the Centre’s children with a bouquet of flowers and then was accompanied by His Highness Sheikh Juma’a Al Maktoum, Chairman of Rashid Centre, alongside Mrs, Mariam Othman, Director General of the Centre, with a tour in which he was introduced to the centre’s classes, services and therapeutic programs offered to children with special needs. Haye also joined the children’s sports activities, where the fitness challenge was set high for Haye. Afterwards, the children of the centre performed an artistic show for the guests and expressed their appreciation for the champion’s visit.

Haye seemed to be very touched by his visit and said, “Despite not having a privileged upbringing, my father inspired me to follow my dreams and enrolled me in a boxing academy, in order to keep me away from the streets. Since then, I started pursuing the dream of becoming a heavyweight champion, and with all my hard work and effort, I finally was able to accomplish my dream.”



He added, “This journey of my life made me realize that dreams begin at a young age, and every child should have the opportunity to pursue theirir own dreams. My main goal of launching a fitness centre here in Dubai is to spread prevention of health disease and to implant a healthy lifestyle and a right way of eating and exercising.”

On his side, Sheikh Juma’a commented on Haye’s visit by saying, “as the Chairman of Rashid Centre and behalf of the management and the children, I would like to thank David for his visit, as such events create an environment of heroism among those children. Because of their disabilities, these children always need to be motivated and encouraged to appreciate their capabilities and David’s visit and the story of his life would surely aid the children of the centre in fighting harder to overcome their hardships.” As for the fitness centre, Sheikh Juma’a added, “the United Arab Emirates ranks on top of the list of the percentage of population with diabetes, which is greatly caused by obesity. Hayemaker Gym Dubai will be a suitable opportunity for people living in the UAE to start taking care of their health by following the footsteps of an international champion.”

It is noteworthy to mention that the “Hayemaker” is currently undergoing a rehabilitation period as a result of a severe shoulder injury, but with his incredible persistence, Haye hopes to fully repair his shoulder whilst also focusing on and devoting his attention to the launch of Hayemaker Gym Dubai and raising awareness on the importance of a healthy and balanced lifestyle.

Look at that photo. He's clearly able to fight.

He's ducking Tyson Fury.

[fizzjambo]

People look to far into things, he is doing charity work and if it raises his profile then so be it but I'm sure they kids will remember doing the pads with a former heavyweight champion.

The only criticism I have is that I'm a firm believer in the old saying 'Charity begins at home' so id rather see him open up his own gym to the public or work within the area he was brought up or schools he attended. Maybe he already does, i don't know but charity anywhere is better than charity nowhere i suppose.

This. End of hopefully!

[Cholo_cws]

Whatever you think of Haye, surely this has to be a good thing?...unless these children are some of the people that emailed him asking him to shut the mouth of that Audley Harrison and visiting them is his way of thanking them for giving him the strength to take the fight.

[JimStone]

I'm prepared to hold my hands up on this one and admit I was wrong. I apologise for suggesting that most people would not be willing to be PR-whipped so blatantly.

[funso banjo baby]

we definately need to donate more money to dubai

[johnswan1]

So Haye has launched a gym in Dubai and has visited a disabled school in order to get the gym launch free publicity? What a great guy! When I first read this I thought Haye was launching a gym for disabled children, then realised the gym launch and disabled school visit were completely unrelated! Is he really doing charity work here or just trying to boost his own profile in Dubai so that the gym launch is a success?

"My main goal of launching a fitness centre here in Dubai is to spread prevention of health disease and to implant a healthy lifestyle and a right way of eating and exercising".

In that case, and if it's not primarily a money making exercise, then why not donate any profits to the disabled school?

[Cyclops]

He does look like he's lost muscle mass. He doesn't look like a heavyweight in these photos does he?

[rossij8]

He is just raising his profile again after falling foul with the boxing world

'Mr Nice Guy'

[Finn]

So Haye has launched a gym in Dubai and has visited a disabled school in order to get the gym launch free publicity? What a great guy! When I first read this I thought Haye was launching a gym for disabled children, then realised the gym launch and disabled school visit were completely unrelated! Is he really doing charity work here or just trying to boost his own profile in Dubai so that the gym launch is a success?

"My main goal of launching a fitness centre here in Dubai is to spread prevention of health disease and to implant a healthy lifestyle and a right way of eating and exercising".

In that case, and if it's not primarily a money making exercise, then why not donate any profits to the disabled school?

do you donate all your profits to charity?

[johnswan1]

So Haye has launched a gym in Dubai and has visited a disabled school in order to get the gym launch free publicity? What a great guy! When I first read this I thought Haye was launching a gym for disabled children, then realised the gym launch and disabled school visit were completely unrelated! Is he really doing charity work here or just trying to boost his own profile in Dubai so that the gym launch is a success?

"My main goal of launching a fitness centre here in Dubai is to spread prevention of health disease and to implant a healthy lifestyle and a right way of eating and exercising".

In that case, and if it's not primarily a money making exercise, then why not donate any profits to the disabled school?

do you donate all your profits to charity?

No, but I don't get photo's of myself with disabled kids to advertise the fact that I'm flogging something.

[hurlock]

Haye is celebrity mad I checked his twitter & he was saying there's a glitch in twitter I haven't had any new followers..... That's sad even if he's joking.
The man takes photos of cars sheiks are driving around in like gold plated Bugatti's showing how money obsessed he is. I used to like haye & would like to like him but fame has changed him imo.

[Finn]

So Haye has launched a gym in Dubai and has visited a disabled school in order to get the gym launch free publicity? What a great guy! When I first read this I thought Haye was launching a gym for disabled children, then realised the gym launch and disabled school visit were completely unrelated! Is he really doing charity work here or just trying to boost his own profile in Dubai so that the gym launch is a success?

"My main goal of launching a fitness centre here in Dubai is to spread prevention of health disease and to implant a healthy lifestyle and a right way of eating and exercising".

In that case, and if it's not primarily a money making exercise, then why not donate any profits to the disabled school?

do you donate all your profits to charity?

No, but I don't get photo's of myself with disabled kids to advertise the fact that I'm flogging something.

ah well fair play to you for doing the work with disabled children and not photographing it.