Rappy Veteran Posted November 8, 2009 Veteran Share Posted November 8, 2009 Britain's David Haye put on a magnificent performance to claim the WBA heavyweight crown from Russian Nikolay Valuev in Nuremberg. Haye, 29, won by majority decision, winning the fight on two judges' scorecards, with the other judge scoring it even. Haye, giving away seven stone to the 7ft Valuev, fought the perfect fight, staying on the move and making the lumbering Valuev look every one of his 36 years with his speed. With his win, the Londoner becomes the first Briton to win a world heavyweight crown since Lennox Lewis retired in 2003. In addition, Haye is also only the second former cruiserweight champion to win a portion of the heavyweight crown, after four-time champion Evander Holyfield. As well as going down as one of the greatest wins by a British fighter abroad, Haye's victory injects some much-needed vim into a previously moribund heavyweight division. Approximately 10,000 were in attendance at the Nuremberg Arena, including a sizable and vociferous British contingent, to see David do what many thought was impossible and slay Goliath. Even more remarkable, Haye managed to do it with a suspected broken right hand, which trainer Adam Booth said gave way in the third round. BBC Great fight good to have a world heavyweight champ who's British not sure if he can beat the Klitschko(s) though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acnpt Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 (Y) Amazing, I was semi-listening to the commentry and didn't think he would win it. That Russian is huge, but more importantly DAS BOOT!!!. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted November 8, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted November 8, 2009 yeah the guy is a monster! :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creamy Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 (Y) Amazing, I was semi-listening to the commentry and didn't think he would win it. That Russian is huge, but more importantly DAS BOOT!!!. :D Yay, Weizenbier! :D Saw the fight, had fun....:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy0 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Just finished watching the fight and Haye definitely deserved to win it. Whether he will keep the title very long is a different question altogether. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Cracking fight I thought. Haye really impressed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WastedJoker Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 That live band intro from Valuev....did he want Haye to think he was an emo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnmnky Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Spoiler alert ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted November 8, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted November 8, 2009 Spoiler alert ;) yeah I sort of realised that after I woke up today that I might of spoilt it :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted November 9, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted November 9, 2009 David Haye is literally everywhere on the news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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