David Haye- 20-1 (19KOs)
David Haye aka "Hayemaker" (born 13 October 1980 in London, England, UK) is a British boxer who is the WBA and WBC world cruiserweight title holder.
Amateur
In 1999 Haye participated at the world amateur championships in Houston, Texas, USA at light-heavyweight but was defeated by American Michael Simms early in the contest.
At the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK he fought in the heavyweight 201 lbs division where he beat world class Sebastian Köber to reach the final where he gave Cuban superstar Odlanier Solís a standing eight before getting stopped and taking the silver medal.
Professional career
Based in Bermondsey, London, England, Haye turned professional in December 2002, knocking out veteran Tony Booth in two rounds.
In 2003 he won 7 fights, 2 of which were in the USA, and won all by knockouts. The most notable being a 4th round KO of The Congo's Lolenga Mock where Haye had to come off the floor to win, and a 1st round KO of Tony Dowling where he picked up the English title.
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. However a match with 40-year-old ex-WBO champion Carl Thompson for the lightly regarded IBO belt proved disastrous, as Haye appeared to punch himself out early and had to be saved by the towel in the fifth round.
Haye had bounced back by December 2005, defeating Alexander Gurov for the European title in just 45 seconds. In January 2006, Haye signed a three year contract with former Lennox Lewis promoter Frank Maloney in order to further his world title ambitions. He retained his European title with defences against Lasse Johansen (TKO8), Ismail Abdoul (W12), and Giacobbe Fragomeni (TKO9).
Haye's cameo at heavyweight resulted in an emphatic KO win over WBC world-ranked No.11 Pole Tomasz Bonin. Haye knocked Bonin down three times in the opening round before the referee called a halt to proceedings for Bonin's safety. Before this bout Bonin had only been stopped once in a defeat to Audley Harrison back in June 2004.
He challenged Jean-Marc Mormeck on November 10, 2007 for the WBA and WBC cruiserweight titles. Haye defeated Mormeck with a TKO in the 7th round. He was knocked down in the 4th but came back and won after the referee stopped the fight. He is now the WBA and WBC Cruiserweight champion. Haye knocked Mormeck out in the 7th to win the undisputed cruiserweight crown.
The Mormeck fight was expected to be Haye's last at Cruiserweight, however he has stayed at the 200lbs limit for a domestic superfight against WBO title holder Enzo Maccarinelli on March 8th.
Updated by LeedsLad 01/12/08
David Haye Fighter Information
Haye's been fighting against the best Cruiserweight in the world while Macca has been fighting bums, of course Macca is going to look better
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