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24 blu-ray release alongside Bonnie Langford as Mel.
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Reception
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Although McCoy's tenure as the Doctor received poor reviews at the time; in recent years, reviews
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have become more positive. In 1990, readers of Doctor Who Magazine voted McCoy's Doctor "Best
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Doctor", over perennial favourite Tom Baker.
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See also
History of Doctor Who – the 1980s
References
External links
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The Seventh Doctor on the BBC's Doctor Who website
Seventh Doctor Gallery
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Seventh Doctor theme music QuickTime file
Seventh Doctor title sequence
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Television characters introduced in 1987
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Male characters in television
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David Deron Haye (born 13 October 1980) is a British former professional boxer who competed between
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2002 and 2018. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, and was the first
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British boxer to reach the final of the World Amateur Boxing Championships, where he won a silver
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medal in 2001.
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As a professional, Haye became a unified cruiserweight world champion in 2008, winning three of the
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four major world titles, as well as the Ring magazine and lineal titles. He was ranked by BoxRec as
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the world's No.1 cruiserweight from 2005 to 2007, and was also ranked within ten best in 2003 and
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2004. In 2008 he moved up to heavyweight, winning the WBA title in 2009 after defeating Nikolai
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Valuev, who had a size advantage of in height and in weight over Haye. Along with Evander
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Holyfield and Oleksandr Usyk, Haye is one of only three boxers in history to have unified the
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cruiserweight world titles and become a world heavyweight champion. As of September 2021, BoxRec
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ranks Haye as the 12th greatest British fighter of all time.
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Haye founded his own boxing promotional firm, Hayemaker Promotions, in 2008. He became a vegan in
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2014 and launched his own range of vegan protein powder later that year.
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Early life
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David Deron Haye was born in the Bermondsey area of London on 13 October 1980, to a white English
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mother and a black Jamaican father. He grew up in Bermondsey for most of his childhood, and
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attended Bacon's College in Rotherhithe.
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Amateur career
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At the age of eighteen, Haye competed in the light-heavyweight division at the 1999 World Amateur
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Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas. He knocked out then-ABA light-heavyweight champion Courtney
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Fry, but missed out on the 2000 Sydney Olympics after a controversial defeat in the qualifier in
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which he was eliminated by experienced American Michael Simms early in the contest.
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At the 2001 World Championshsips in Belfast, Haye fought in the heavyweight division where he
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defeated Sebastian Köber to reach the final. In this bout he managed to score a standing eight
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count against Odlanier Solís, but was later stopped by the Cuban in round three to earn a silver
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medal.
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Haye's amateur record was 83–13.
Professional career
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Early career at cruiserweight
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Based in Bermondsey, Haye turned professional in December 2002, aged 22. In his first fight he
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defeated Tony Booth via second-round corner retirement (RTD). In 2003 he won seven fights, two of
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which were the only fights he has fought in the United States. He won all by knockout (KO), the
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most notable being a fourth-round KO of Lolenga Mock, in which Haye had to come off the floor to
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win.
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Haye's fights were regularly seen on the BBC and his popularity began to grow in 2004, when he
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dispatched the 39-year-old former world champion "King" Arthur Williams in three rounds.
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Haye vs. Thompson
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Later that year, in his eleventh fight, he fought 40-year-old former WBO champion Carl Thompson in
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a 'youth vs. experience' match-up. Haye started fast and alarmingly caught Thompson with constant
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barrages of power punches, coming close to forcing a stoppage at numerous points over the first few
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rounds.
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Gradually, despite the early punishment he received, Thompson warmed up and worked his way into the
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fight whilst Haye seemed to tire and slow down. Thompson began to pressure Haye and knocked Haye
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down with a chopping right hand in round five. With seven seconds left in the round, Thompson
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landed two jabs followed by a flush right hand which cleanly caught a fatigued Haye, and compelled
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Haye's corner to throw in the towel; Haye was leading on all three scorecards before the stoppage.
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European champion
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Haye returned against Estonian Valery Semishkur, winning by technical knockout (TKO) in round one,
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then defeated Garry Delaney by a third-round TKO. Following two more fights against Glen Kelly and
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Vincenzo Rossitto, Haye faced Alexander Gurov for the European cruiserweight title. Haye easily
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knocked out Gurov with a single right hand in just 45 seconds.
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Haye vs. Fragomeni
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In January 2006, Haye signed a three-year contract with former Lennox Lewis promoter Frank Maloney
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to further his world title ambitions. He successfully defended his European title against Ismail
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Abdoul in a lopsided twelve-round decision. He defeated Giacobbe Fragomeni, when he broke through
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the Italian's defences in the ninth round, finally flooring his man in a flurry of punches. Haye
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had waited seven years for the opportunity to defeat Fragomeni, who controversially out-pointed him
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as an amateur in the final qualifying tournament for the Sydney Games.
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Haye's cameo at heavyweight in April 2007 resulted in a first-round KO win over Polish fighter
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Tomasz Bonin, who at the time was ranked No. 9 by the WBC and had only one loss, against Audley
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Harrison. Haye admitted he was taking "a crazy step up" when he fought Bonin at Wembley Arena. Haye
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said in a post-fight interview "If you asked me when I was three years old, I'd say I'm going to be
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the heavyweight champion of world. I never said cruiserweight. It's what I wanted to do since I can
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remember. I always wanted to be the main man in boxing. I want everyone to recognise I can beat
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every other boxer in the world. That's why I'm fighting the guy I'm fighting. I really want to
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prove to everyone I am the man."
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Unified cruiserweight champion
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Haye vs. Mormeck
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Haye challenged Jean-Marc Mormeck (33–3, 22 KOs) on 10 November 2007 for the WBA, WBC, The Ring and
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lineal cruiserweight titles. Following being knocked down himself in the fourth round, Haye
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unleashed a combination made up of a right uppercut, left, then right hook to floor Mormeck in the
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seventh round to win by TKO. The victory meant Haye became Britain's sixth world champion. "I
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worked my way back into the fight and showed great heart, 17 weeks of hard work have paid off." The
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victory confirmed Haye's arrival as a genuine world class fighter. At this point Haye made his
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initial mark on history as Britain's first two-belt cruiserweight champion.
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The Mormeck fight was expected to be Haye's last fight in the cruiserweight division. However Haye
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would be tempted into a unification cruiserweight bout for the most lucrative fight of his career.
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Haye vs. Maccarinelli
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Haye and Enzo Maccarinelli (28–1, 21 KOs) met in an all-British world cruiserweight title fight, in
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the early hours of 9 March 2008 at O2 Arena in London. Haye's WBA, WBC, and The Ring titles were at
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stake, while Maccarinelli's WBO title was on the line. British trade paper Boxing News produced a
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pullout special on the match, which was widely billed as the biggest all-British bout since Chris
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Eubank met Nigel Benn. As both fighters were hard punchers with excellent KO records, a short fight
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was predicted. These predictions proved to be correct, as Haye knocked out Maccarinelli in the
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second round of the contest. Commenting on the fight and of the prospect of working again with
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Frank Warren, Maccarinelli's promoter, Haye said, "We thank Frank for sacrificing Maccarinelli, but
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we'd feel immense guilt if we took any more free money from Sports Network. I have a hard enough
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time sleeping at night as it is."
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Heavyweight
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Haye described the victory over Maccarinelli as "the final piece" in his cruiserweight jigsaw. Haye
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then defeated heavyweight Monte Barrett at The O2 Arena in London on 15 November 2008, winning via
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