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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.
After regaining the WBA, WBC, The Ring and lineal [2] cruiserweight titles in his March 2007 rematch with O'Neil Bell, Jean-Marc Mormeck agreed to face European cruiserweight champion David Haye, overruling his promoter Don King who had wanted him to face Steve Cunningham (whom he also promoted). "King wanted me to meet him," Mormeck said about ...
David Haye: WBA (super champion), WBC 62 24 November 2007 28 September 2008 Firat Arslan: WBA (regular champion) 63 8 March 2008 12 May 2008 2: David Haye WBA (super champion), WBC, WBO David Haye defeated Enzo Maccarinelli on 8 March 2008 and unified his WBA and WBC titles with Maccarinelli's WBO title. On 12 May, he relinquished his WBC belt ...
In October, following his win over BJ Flores, WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew immediately hit the ringside Haye with a verbal assault referring to him as 'Sideshow Bob'. [7] This continued in the post-fight interview with Bellew stating Haye has been 'conning the British public' since he announced his comeback.
David Haye: 8 Mar – 14 Jul 2008 0 Haye vacates the title to move up to heavyweight. [8] 12 Victor Emilio Ramírez (interim champion promoted) Feb – 5 Dec 2009 1 13 Marco Huck: 5 Dec 2009 – 14 Aug 2015 13 14 Krzysztof Głowacki: 14 Aug 2015 – 17 Sep 2016 1 15 Oleksandr Usyk: 17 Sep 2016 – 5 Jun 2019 6 Usyk vacated the title to move up ...
Usyk had held all four belts at cruiserweight before his gentle move to heavyweight; Usyk weighed 15st 5lbs (215lb) for his first fight at heavyweight and has only gained 8lb since that debut in 2019.
In 2008 after becoming unified cruiserweight champion, [5] David Haye moved up to heavyweight. [6] Klitschko welcomed the challenge of Haye. [7] Talks started immediately between Klitschko and Haye but came to nothing, [8] even after Haye publicly confronted and challenged Klitschko at an event at the ExCeL London in April 2008. [9]
Oleksandr Usyk became undisputed cruiserweight champion in 2018; he moved to heavyweight in 2019, becoming the undisputed champion in 2024. Other notable champions in the division have been Bobby Czyz, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Tomasz Adamek, Virgil Hill, Al Cole, Orlin Norris, James Toney, David Haye, and Tony Bellew.