David Haye

Name: David Haye
Alias: 'Hayemaker'
Birth Name: David Deron Haye
Hometown: Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 191cm
Reach: 198cm
Promoter: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainers: Adam Booth (2002-2012), Shane McGuigan (2016-2017), Ismael Salas (2017-2018)

Amateur Career

• Record 84-14 (44 knockouts)

• 1998 Multi Nations Tournament Silver medalist in Liverpool, England (81kg):
  • Defeated Roman Kovalchuk (Ukraine) RSC 2
  • Defeated Khodor Zaher (Germany) RSC 5
  • Lost to Ibragim Akayev (Russia) W/O

• 1999 Acropolis Cup Bronze medalist in Athens, Greece (81kg):
  • Defeated Lasse Johansen (Denmark) 7:3
  • Lost to Ali Ismailov (Azerbaijan) W/O

• 1999 Multi Nations Tournament Gold medalist in Liverpool, England (91kg):
  • Defeated Lee Ramsay (Scotland) 22:5
  • Defeated Troy Amos Ross (Canada) 8:6
  • Defeated Olanda Anderson (United States) 4:3
  • Defeated Courtney Fry (England) W/O

• 1999 AIBA World Championships participant in Houston, United States (91kg):
  • Lost to Michael Simms (United States) 2:8

• 2000 Feliks Stamm Memorial quarter-finalist in Warsaw, Poland (91kg):
  • Lost to Andreas Gustavsson (Sweden) 4:18

• 2000 Copenhagen Cup Gold medalist in Copenhagen, Denmark (91kg):
  • Defeated Kim Stuhr Thomsen (Denmark) RSC 1
  • Defeated Roar Sorum (Norway) 17:5
  • Defeated Jimmy Andersen (Denmark) AB 3

• 2001 AIBA World Championships Silver medalist in Belfast, Northern Ireland (91kg):
  • Defeated Patrick Mesters (Holland) RSCO 3
  • Defeated Sebastian Koeber (Germany) 21:18
  • Defeated Vyacheslav Uzelkov (Ukraine) 25:15
  • Lost to Odlanier Solis (Cuba) RSC 3

• 2002 Trofeo Italia Gold medalist in Naples, Italy (91kg):
  • Defeated Mourad Benzeghiba (France) RSC 2
  • Defeated Jaroslavas Jaksto (Lithuania) +14:14

• 2002 Commonwealth Games quarter-finalist in Manchester, England (91kg):
  • Defeated Shoukat Ali (Pakistan) RSCO 3
  • Lost to Jason Douglas (Canada) W/O

Regional & Minor Titles

• BBBoC English cruiserweight title
• EBU European cruiserweight title
• WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title
• WBO International heavyweight title

Professional Record

Championship Record

• 5 opponents (4 by KO) beaten in world championship bouts.
  • 3 opponents (2 by KO) in World Heavyweight Title bouts.
  • 2 opponents (2 by KO) in World Cruiserweight Title bouts.
• 5-1-0 (4 KO’s) in world championship bouts.
• 6-4-0 (5 KO’s) against former or current world champions:
  • Won against Arthur Williams, Giacobbe Fragomeni, Jean-Marc Mormeck, Enzo Maccarinelli, Nikolay Valuev & John Ruiz.
  • Lost against Carl Thompson, Wladimir Klitschko & Tony Bellew (twice).

Notes

• Haye has a Jamaican father and English mother.
• Adam Booth trained Haye since the age of 16.
• As a professional has trained at the 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach, Florida.
• Suffered his first pro loss in his eleventh fight when he was stopped in five rounds by Carl Thompson on September 10, 2004 for the IBO Cruiserweight title.
• Stopped Jean-Marc Mormeck in seven rounds to win the WBA (Super Title) and WBC Cruiserweight Championships on November 10, 2007.
• Stopped WBO titlist Enzo Maccarinelli in two rounds to unify the WBA (Super Title), WBC, and WBO Cruiserweight Championships on March 8, 2008.
• Defeated Nikolay Valuev by a twelve-round majority decision to win the WBA Heavyweight Championship on November 7, 2009.
• Lost the WBA Heavyweight Championship to IBF/WBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko by a lopsided twelve-round unanimous decision on July 2, 2011.
• Haye's July 14, 2012 bout with Dereck Chisora in London, which Haye won by a fifth-round TKO, was sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation. Chisora was under indefinite suspension by the British Boxing Board of Control at the time. As a result, Luxembourg was expelled from the European Boxing Union.
• Haye sustained an achilles injury in his bout with Tony Bellew on March 4 2017, and was subsequently knocked down. He continued to fight for 5 rounds, until Shane McGuigan eventually threw in the towel and stopped the fight in the 11th.

Preceded by: Jean-Marc Mormeck Super Champion	WBA Cruiserweight Champion 2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 Super Champion Vacated	Succeeded by: Firat Arslan Regular Champion
Preceded by: Jean-Marc Mormeck	WBC Cruiserweight Champion 2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 Vacated	Succeeded by: Giacobbe Fragomeni
Preceded by: Enzo Maccarinelli	WBO Cruiserweight Champion 2008 Mar 8 – 2008 Jul 22 Vacated	Succeeded by: Victor Emilio Ramirez
Preceded by: Nikolay Valuev	WBA Heavyweight Champion 2009 Nov 7 – 2011 Jul 2 Lost bid for Super Championship	Succeeded by: Wladimir Klitschko Super Champion
		Succeeded by: Alexander Povetkin Regular Champion