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David Haye fight record and career highlights

We present the comprehensive David Haye fight record and include interesting notes from his eventful career across two divisions

BN Staff

14th January, 2016

David Haye fight record and career highlights
Action Images/Reuters/Benoit Tessier

David Haye Fight Record – 26-2 (24)

December 8 2002           w rtd 2 Tony Booth                     London, UK
January 24 2003             w rsf 4 Saber Zairi                       Sheffield, UK
March 4 2003                  w rsf 1 Roger Bowden                 Miami, Fl, USA
March 18 2003                w rsf 2 Phill Day                            Reading, UK
July 15 2003                    w rsf 1 Vance Winn                       Beverly Hills, Ca, USA
August 1 2003                 w ko 1 Greg Scott Briggs             London, UK
September 26 2003       w rsf 4 Lolenga Mock                   Reading, UK
*David Haye dropped for the first time in his career
November 14 2003         w rsf 1 Tony Dowling                   London, UK
*David Haye wins vacant English cruiserweight title
March 20 2004                w rsf 1 Hastings Rasani              London, UK
May 12 2004                     w rsf 3 Arthur Williams             Reading, UK
*David Haye defeats his first former world champion
September 10 2004         l rsf 5 Carl Thompson                 London, UK
*David Haye’s first defeat
December 10 2004           w ko 1 Valeri Semiskur             Sheffield, UK
January 21 2005               w rtd 3 Garry Delaney               London, UK
March 4 2005                    w rsf 2 Glen Kelly                        Rotherham, UK
October 14 2005               w rsf 2 Vincenzo Rossitto        Huddersfield, UK
December 16 2005           w ko 1 Alexander Gurov           Bracknell, UK
*David Haye wins European cruiserweight title
March 24 2006                w rsf 8 Lasse Johansen              London, UK
*Retains European cruiserweight title
July 21 2006                    w pts 12 Ismail Abdoul                Altrincham, UK
*Retains European cruiserweight title
November 17 2006         w rsf 9 Giacobbe Fragomeni     London, UK
*Retains European cruiserweight title
April 27 2007                  w rsf 1 Tomasz Bonin                     London, UK
*Nominal heavyweight debut for David Haye though he had fought over the cruiser limit previously and would briefly return to the lighter division
November 10 2007         w rsf 7 Jean Marc Mormeck       Levallois-Perret, France
* David Haye rises from the canvas to win WBA Super and WBC cruiserweight titles
March 8 2008                  w rsf 2 Enzo Maccarinelli             London, UK
*Retains WBA Super and WBC cruiserweight titles and wins WBO cruiserweight title
November 15 2008          w rsf 5 Monte Barrett                     London, UK
*This marks a full-time move up to heavyweight for David Haye
November 7 2009            w pts 12 Nikolay Valuev                 Nuremberg, Germany
*Wins WBA heavyweight title in his Sky Box Office debut
MORE ON HAYE V VALUEV
April 3 2010                       w rsf 9 John Ruiz                             Manchester, UK
*Retains WBA heavyweight title
November 13 2010           w rsf 3 Audley Harrison               Manchester, UK
*Retains WBA heavyweight title
July 2 2011                         l pts 12 Wladimir Klitschko         Hamburg, Germany
*Loses WBA heavyweight title to the IBF and WBO champion. One knockdown ruled against David Haye. This fight was originally set for June 2009 but Haye had pulled out with a back injury
MORE ON KLITSCHKO V HAYE
July 14 2012                       w rsf 5 Dereck Chisora                 London, UK
*Retired on October 13 2011, his 31st birthday, but returned following a brawl with Chisora at the post-fight press conference for the latter’s valiant points defeat to Vitali Klitschko in February 2012
MORE ON HAYE-CHISORA AND THE BRAWL

*Was set to fight Manuel Charr on June 29 2013 but injured his left hand and the bout was cancelled

*David Haye twice withdrew from scheduled clashes with Tyson Fury, the September 28 2013 date due to a cut suffered iun training and February 8 2014 after a shoulder injury necessitated surgery

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