David Haye once attended a news conference wearing a T-shirt depicting an image of himself holding the Klitschko brothers' severed heads. Haye will never be called shy. He does not like the Klitschko brothers. Haye also has had an accomplished career in the crusierweight division. He is now ready to fight the best heavyweights in the world. However, what are David Haye's top fights in his career?
5: TKO 5 Monte Barrett, November 15th, 2008
Haye's fight against Monte Barrett was his chance to fight an experienced hard hitting heavyweight. Barrett was considered to be a challenging fight Barrett throws punches from strange angles and hits very hard. Yet, Haye was ready to prove he could succeed in the heavyweight division.
It was an action packed fight. Haye was hurt by a left hook in second round. However, Haye came back in the 3rd round and knocked down Barrett twice by a left hook to the jaw then a right. He continued the onslaught in the 4th round and knocked down Barrett two more times. Then, Haye in the fifth round hit Barrett with a right left combination which led the referee to stop the fight.
His second fight at heavyweight was far from a perfect fight for him. But, he proved he could defeat a solid and experienced heavyweight boxer.
4:TKO 4 John Ruiz, April 3rd, 2010
Haye was required to make his first defense of the WBA heavyweight championship against arguably the most boring heavyweight boxer of all-time John Ruiz. However, he did not want to fight to be a typical Ruiz snooze fest. Haye wanted to become only the second man to knock him out.
Haye dominated Ruiz throughout the boxing match. He knocked him down twice in the first round. He also knocked down Ruiz with strong punches in the 5th and 6th round. Haye hit him with a couple of powerful shots in the ninth round and Ruiz's camp threw in the towel to stop the fight.
Haye announced after the bout he was ready to unify the heavyweight belts by fighting either one of the Klitschko brothers. He mentioned that he planned to retire by 31. He wanted to end his career with a fight against one of the Klitschko brothers.
3:W12 Nikolai Valuev, November 7th, 2009
David Haye vs. Vitali Klitschko fight was being discussed. But, the boxing match never came to fruition so Haye decided to fight Nikolai Valuev. He was looking forward to have a chance to fight for a world heavyweight title. So a fight against the one of the Klitschko brothers had to wait.
The boxing match truly was David vs. Goliath. Haye was giving up nearly a foot and 100 pounds to the tallest and heaviest champion in history. Haye used his hand speed to continually beat Valuev to the punch. Haye rocked him with a hard punch in the final round. He almost became the first man to knockout Valuev. Haye won the boxing match by unaminous decision.
Haye became the first British fighter to hold a world heavyweight title since Lennox Lewis retired as champ in 2004. Equally important, he showed that his power carried up to heavyweight with his victory over Valuev. Haye was not afraid to fight men bigger men.
2: TKO 2 Enzo Maccarinelli, March 8th, 2008
Enzo Maccarinelli vs. David Haye was an extremely anticipated boxing match. It was a huge fight for Britain. There were 42,000 people in the arena and nearly half of a billion people watched on TV around the world. The boxing match was seen as the biggest British fight since Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn.
Haye lived up to his promise in the fight. He ended the match quickly. Haye hit Maccarinelli with a clubbing right hand two minutes into the second round and the referee stopped the fight. He showed the excellent punching power that he possessed.
Haye planned finally to leave the crusierweight decision behind and to move up to the heavyweight division. He was proud of his performance. "I talked the talk and walked the walk. I know how hard I punched. No crusierweight can live with my power and no heavyweight can either," said Haye.
1: TKO 7 Jean-Marc Mormeck, November 10th, 2007
Haye was an unproven fighter going into his boxing match against Jean-Marc Mormeck. He wanted to show that he was an elite fighter. It also gave Haye an opportunity to become a world champion.
The beginning of the fight there was constant back and forth action. The fourth round Mormeck connected with a combination of hooks that knocked down Haye. Haye regained composure in the seventh round nailing Mormeck with an uppercut, left hook, and overhand right combination that knocked him down. He got up from the knockdown. But, the referee ended the bout. Haye was declared the winner.
Haye was planning eventually to fight for heavyweight title. He also mentioned that it was very hard for him to make the weight for the fight.
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