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On 25 November 2016, Hearn announced on Twitter that Haye and Bellew would face each other in a heavyweight bout on 4 March 2017 at The O2 Arena, London. The fight was to be shown on Sky Box Office and would be Bellew's first heavyweight fight. [9] [10] Haye started as the odds-on favourite. [11]
Immediately after the fight Haye congratulated Bellew on the win. [24] Bellew went on to dedicate the win to Ashley, his brother-in-law, who had died in August 2017. He also mentioned Andre Ward , who his team had brief negotiations with in 2017, Dillian Whyte as well the winner of the upcoming World Boxing Super Series final between Oleksandr ...
On 25 November 2016, Eddie Hearn announced via Twitter that Bellew's next fight would be against Haye. The fight date was set for 4 March 2017 at The O2 Arena, London and was shown on Sky Box Office and was Bellew's first heavyweight fight. Due to the fight being at heavyweight, Bellew's WBC cruiserweight title was not on the line.
A week after signing with Matchroom, the Usyk vs. Bellew fight was announced to take place on 10 November at the Manchester Arena. [14] [15] Bellew's guaranteed purse for the fight was £4 million. [16] Speaking in the build up to the bout Bellew said "I feel fantastic. Fat boy is in shape. Usyk is in the deep end. There will be war.
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.
A brave Bellew tried to get up slowly and beat the count but referee Terry O'Connor stopped the fight. Bellew's 10-fight winning streak came to an end. Judges Alejandro Cid and Steve Gray scored the first seven rounds 68–65 and 67–66 respectively in favour of Bellew and Yury Koptsev had the fight 67–67 entering round 8. [100] [101]
After the investigation into the fight was concluded, Harrison would be granted his full purse on 11 January 2011. [17] [18] Haye would again call out the Klitschko brothers, with his trainer Adam Booth saying to BBC Radio 5 Live "They (the Klitschkos) want a defining fight and David wants a defining fight. David will be retiring in October ...
Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye, billed as The Talk Ends Now, was a heavyweight unification fight between IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring champion Wladimir Klitschko, and WBA champion David Haye. The fight took place in Imtech Arena, Altona, Hamburg, Germany on July 2, 2011. [1] [2] [3] Klitschko defeated Haye by unanimous decision. [4]