Summary
DAVID Haye has vowed to "clean up" in the heavyweight division and unify the titles after ripping the WBA belt from the waist of Russian giant Nikolai Valuev.
In only his second fight as a fullyfledged heavyweight, the Englishman produced a technically sublime performance to beat champion Valuev on a majority points decision in Germany to became Britain's first heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis retired in 2003. The 29-year-old only faced Valuev after being forced to pull out of a challenge for Wladimir Klitschko's IBF and WBO belts in the summer due to injury before negotiations with Klitschko's brother Vitali, the WBC champion, broke down. Now, however, he has a title of his own to take to the negotiating table and after getting a mandatory defence against John Ruiz out of the way, will go for the Ukrainian siblings.See the full content of this document
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Bring On Klitschko Brothers - Haye
"This is the start of big things to come," Haye said. "Valuev felt like the best chin in the world in any weight division and I know there are a few other big guys around who w...
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