We have a British heavyweight champion of the world!! Congrats David Haye, u done good m8

i'm glad he won but the fight wasn't up to much

Fair play to him,big fella had nothing.

Shame he didnt jump on him a bit earlier as he seemed to have no answer.

Now for the the Klitshkos....

He fought the perfect fight and now he's the main man,if anything the fact he damaged the haymaker in the 2nd will have benefited him.

The Klit bros are now going to have to ask him (without the bullshit demands) for a fight as the boxing world will expect na demand it.

He couldn't have fought it any other way Jacky.

great result, this is great for england. will bring back true boxing to this country. english should celebrate tonight. i personally thought the giant would have gotten the decision since the 50-50 rounds usually go to him in germany but haye got lucky, usually 50-50 goes against the challenger.

if haye didnt injure his hand i think he would have had him by the 6th.

well done haye, fully deserved

Totally agree, tactically he was spot on.

i know he got his tactics spot and there and its great he has won. just thought the fight wasnt up to much but was never gona be any different i suppose. the big lad is so one dimensional and boring. glad i didnt pay to watch it as well

I payed,only because i wanted it on Blueray.

Like you say,it was always going to be this way due to the size of the Russian,we got exactly what most people expected but Haye will go on and bring some life back to the Heavies.


The Klit brothers were the death of the sport IMO & they proved it with there silly demands for the Haye fight.

Haye found it difficult to get close to his giant opponent

Britain's David Haye beat giant Russian Nikolay Valuev on points to be crowned WBA heavyweight champion in Nuremberg.


The Londoner, who gave away seven stone to his opponent, started steadily but struggled to land any telling hits.

However, Haye kept working hard and almost knocked over the Russian with a powerful punch in the final round.

But Haye, 29, won a majority victory by 114-114 116-112 116-112 to become Britain's first world heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 2003.

Haye, 29, carried a record of 22 wins (21KOs) and one defeat into the contest against the 7ft champion, who had also suffered just one defeat in his 52 fights with a total of 34 knockouts.

"I think I've almost certainly broken my hand but it's a small price to pay," Haye told BBC Radio 5 live.

"I caught him with a right in the second or third and let me tell you his head is solid, it felt like a brick. I just couldn't use it from there on in.

"Here I am, heavyweight champion of the world and I'm loving it. I'm going to clean up the division."

If I'm honest.. I don't like hayes disrespectful attitude.. he called Valuev ugly, hairy and smelly.. and he said some negative crap about the hotel Valuev and his entourage were staying at.. there is no need for it. good win anyway, but he needs to cut the smack talk, or atleast do it in a way so he doesn't come across as just being disrespectful.

Maybe Haye should act more like Ali.

I think that's who Haye was trying to copy with the smack talk.