manu/mldr-zoomed-100char-total-queries-documents

chunk_id stringlengths 3 9	chunk stringlengths 1 100
9821_91	TKO in the fifth round.
9821_92	WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko confirmed he would defend his title in a fight with Haye
9821_93	to take place on 20 June 2009, at Stamford Bridge in London. Instead, his younger brother, WBO,
9821_94	IBF, and IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko agreed to fight Haye the same date in Gelsenkirchen,
9821_95	Germany. Haye pulled out of the fight with a back injury.
9821_96	WBA heavyweight champion Haye vs. Valuev
9821_97	Haye then confirmed that he would meet the WBA champion Nikolay Valuev (50–1, 34 KOs) on 7 November
9821_98	2009 in the Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Germany. Haye's former trainer Adam Booth said it was a
9821_99	fight that Valuev wanted; it was billed as David and Goliath. Haye weighed in at 217 pounds, almost
9821_100	100 pounds less than his opponent. Haye said about Valuev: "He is the ugliest thing I have ever
9821_101	seen. I have watched Lord of the Rings and films with strange-looking people, but for a human being
9821_102	to look like he does is pretty shocking."
9821_103	Haye beat Valuev in a reserved display of accuracy and efficiency, countering Valuev's misses,
9821_104	jabbing and circling his much larger opponent. Haye came close to knocking Valuev down in the final
9821_105	round with a hard left hand, which made Valuev stumble. Haye won a majority decision (MD) with
9821_106	scores of 114–114, 116–112, and 116–112. Haye is the first and currently only boxer in the history
9821_107	of the sport to be seven stone or more lighter than an opponent in a world title fight and still
9821_108	come out victorious. The fight garnered 469,000 buys on Sky Sports Box Office, which saw Haye
9821_109	receive a payday of £2.1 million.
9821_110	Haye vs. Ruiz
9821_111	On 26 January 2010, former WBA champion John Ruiz was announced as Haye's first title defence on 3
9821_112	April at the M.E.N Arena in Manchester, live on Sky Box Office. Ruiz, ranked as the number one
9821_113	contender by the WBA was initially in line to fight Valuev, however agree to step aside. Ruiz was
9821_114	unhappy at the fight being staged in the UK and not Las Vegas, as he thought it would be. Ruiz did
9821_115	not show up at the official press conference. Haye defeated Ruiz in his first WBA title defence by
9821_116	TKO in the ninth round after knocking Ruiz down four times during the fight. This was only the
9821_117	second time Ruiz had been stopped, after being knocked out in round one by David Tua 14 years prior
9821_118	to facing Haye. After the fight, Haye immediately called on both Klitschko brothers, after claiming
9821_119	their recent challengers Eddie Chambers and Chris Arreola were "a disgrace to boxing." Haye earned
9821_120	a £1 million purse for the bout.
9821_121	Haye vs. Harrison
9821_122	It was confirmed on 7 September 2010 that Haye would fight Audley Harrison on 13 November 2010 at
9821_123	the Manchester Arena. The press conference for the bout became heated, leading to the two fighters
9821_124	swearing at each other on live television. On 13 November 2010, Haye defeated Harrison with one
9821_125	minute, seven seconds remaining of the third round by TKO. Southpaw Harrison landed one punch
9821_126	during the entire fight. He staggered to his feet after being knocked down, only for Haye to
9821_127	immediately pounce right back on him, hitting him with another flurry of punches. The referee
9821_128	intervened and ended the bout. Haye earned £4.2 million for the fight and Harrison had a purse of
9821_129	£1.5 million. The fight was bought by 223,000 households in the UK on Sky Box Office. An
9821_130	investigation took place after the fight and Harrison's purse was withheld, due to his
9821_131	underwhelming performance. After listening to Harrison's explanation, the British Boxing Board of
9821_132	Control decided to release his purse.
9821_133	Haye's plans to unify the heavyweight division took a major setback in January 2011 when it was
9821_134	revealed that Tomas Adamek would fight one of the Klitschko brothers in September 2011, before his
9821_135	planned retirement in October of that year. However, in April 2011, it was announced that Haye and
9821_136	Wladimir Klitschko had agreed to meet at the Imtech Arena in Hamburg on 2 July 2011.
9821_137	Haye vs. Wladimir Klitschko
9821_138	Haye vs. Klitschko was the first heavyweight unification fight since Klitschko and Sultan Ibragimov
9821_139	fought back in 2008, when Klitschko beat Ibragimov and added the WBO title to his IBF title.
9821_140	Klitschko defeated Haye by unanimous decision (UD) to become the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and
9821_141	The Ring heavyweight champion. Klitschko and Haye agreed to a 50–50 split of the purse and Haye was
9821_142	allotted 7,000 seats at the venue. Klitschko dominated the fight, statistically outlanding Haye
9821_143	nearly 2 to 1. The three judges scored it 117–109, 118–108, and 116–110 all in favour of Klitschko.
9821_144	Haye revealed afterwards that he had a broken toe. Both Klitschko and Haye reportedly earned $24
9821_145	million each for the bout.
9821_146	Retirement talks and return
9821_147	BBC chief Charlie Smith told The Sun on 11 October 2011 that Haye had informed him that he would
9821_148	not be renewing his boxing licence, thus retiring from the sport. Haye has had a long-standing plan
9821_149	to retire early. After the Harrison fight Haye said his plans to retire before he is 31 had not
9821_150	altered: "I will have achieved what I wanted to achieve – undisputed cruiserweight champion, unify
9821_151	the heavyweight division and then call it a day." In December 2010, during the negotiations to
9821_152	fight Klitschko, Haye said if the fight did not happen, "I'll just have to accept that becoming the
9821_153	WBA champion was enough and move on with my life. That'll be 20 years of getting punched in the
9821_154	face, which is a long enough time. I set my goals and achieved them so unifying the titles is the
9821_155	cherry on the cake but if it doesn't happen it wasn't meant to be and I've just got to get on with
9821_156	my life".
9821_157	Vitali Klitschko negotiations
9821_158	Haye put retirement on hold and was in negotiations for a possible bout with WBC heavyweight
9821_159	champion Vitali Klitschko on 3 March 2012. However, Klitschko went on to schedule a fight with
9821_160	Derek Chisora on 18 February 2012, which he won by decision. Following the fight there was a fracas
9821_161	between Chisora and Haye, who had attended as a spectator, leading to speculation that Haye might
9821_162	come out of retirement to fight Chisora. However, on 21 February, Haye confirmed that he would only
9821_163	come out of retirement to fight Klitschko. On 8 May, Haye signed on to face Chisora on 14 July.
9821_164	Haye vs. Chisora
9821_165	Haye attended the 2012 WBC heavyweight title fight in which Vitali Klitschko defeated Derek
9821_166	Chisora. Following the fight, Haye began heckling the post-fight press conference, leading to a
9821_167	violent brawl with Chisora and his entourage. Klitschko's manager Bernd Boente said "with the bad
9821_168	experience we've had with British fighters we will now look for other countries". He then told Haye
9821_169	from the dais "You had an offer, you didn't accept it, now you are out. You are out. You cannot
9821_170	talk yourself back into the fight, you have no belts." Chisora then called out Haye, but Haye
9821_171	dismissed Chisora as "a loser".
9821_172	Chisora taunted Haye by asking him "How's your toe David? How's your toe?". Chisora challenged Haye
9821_173	to tell him that to his face and approached Haye sparking a melee with Haye throwing the first
9821_174	punch with what appeared to be a glass bottle in his hand, as the brawl progressed Haye was seen
9821_175	swinging a camera tripod. After order was restored, a furious Chisora stated multiple times that he
9821_176	would "shoot" Haye and claimed Haye "glassed" him. Haye's former manager Adam Booth emerged from
9821_177	the fracas with a facial wound and Chisora suggested to Booth that Haye hit him with a bottle by
9821_178	mistake while Booth insisted it was one of Chisora's entourage that had hit him with a bottle.
9821_179	During an interview at the Haye vs. Chisora press conference, Booth was asked "how did you end up
9821_180	with a cut on your head?" to which he replied "David hit me with a tripod" but also added "he
9821_181	bought me a new S-Class Mercedes as an apology".
9821_182	On 8 May 2012, Haye and his promotion team announced that he would fight against Chisora at Boleyn
9821_183	Ground, Upton Park, London on 14 July 2012. The announcement caused controversy as neither held a
9821_184	British Boxing Licence, and so had agreed a licence deal with the Luxembourg Boxing Association.
9821_185	Seen as a direct attempt to undermine the British Boxing Board of Control, it meant that fights
9821_186	could take place in Britain even if a boxer was facing disciplinary action.
9821_187	Haye won the fight with a fifth-round stoppage in front of over 40,000 spectators. Knocked to the
9821_188	floor in the fifth round, receiving a count of eight, Chisora recovered only to be floored again in
9821_189	the same round. Referee Luis Pabon decided Chisora was unable to continue, signalling the end of
9821_190	the contest.

9821_91

TKO in the fifth round.

9821_92

WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko confirmed he would defend his title in a fight with Haye

9821_93

to take place on 20 June 2009, at Stamford Bridge in London. Instead, his younger brother, WBO,

9821_94

IBF, and IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko agreed to fight Haye the same date in Gelsenkirchen,

9821_95

Germany. Haye pulled out of the fight with a back injury.

9821_96

WBA heavyweight champion Haye vs. Valuev

9821_97

Haye then confirmed that he would meet the WBA champion Nikolay Valuev (50–1, 34 KOs) on 7 November

9821_98

2009 in the Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Germany. Haye's former trainer Adam Booth said it was a

9821_99

fight that Valuev wanted; it was billed as David and Goliath. Haye weighed in at 217 pounds, almost

9821_100

100 pounds less than his opponent. Haye said about Valuev: "He is the ugliest thing I have ever

9821_101

seen. I have watched Lord of the Rings and films with strange-looking people, but for a human being

9821_102

to look like he does is pretty shocking."

9821_103

Haye beat Valuev in a reserved display of accuracy and efficiency, countering Valuev's misses,

9821_104

jabbing and circling his much larger opponent. Haye came close to knocking Valuev down in the final

9821_105

round with a hard left hand, which made Valuev stumble. Haye won a majority decision (MD) with

9821_106

scores of 114–114, 116–112, and 116–112. Haye is the first and currently only boxer in the history

9821_107

of the sport to be seven stone or more lighter than an opponent in a world title fight and still

9821_108

come out victorious. The fight garnered 469,000 buys on Sky Sports Box Office, which saw Haye

9821_109

receive a payday of £2.1 million.

9821_110

Haye vs. Ruiz

9821_111

On 26 January 2010, former WBA champion John Ruiz was announced as Haye's first title defence on 3

9821_112

April at the M.E.N Arena in Manchester, live on Sky Box Office. Ruiz, ranked as the number one

9821_113

contender by the WBA was initially in line to fight Valuev, however agree to step aside. Ruiz was

9821_114

unhappy at the fight being staged in the UK and not Las Vegas, as he thought it would be. Ruiz did

9821_115

not show up at the official press conference. Haye defeated Ruiz in his first WBA title defence by

9821_116

TKO in the ninth round after knocking Ruiz down four times during the fight. This was only the

9821_117

second time Ruiz had been stopped, after being knocked out in round one by David Tua 14 years prior

9821_118

to facing Haye. After the fight, Haye immediately called on both Klitschko brothers, after claiming

9821_119

their recent challengers Eddie Chambers and Chris Arreola were "a disgrace to boxing." Haye earned

9821_120

a £1 million purse for the bout.

9821_121

Haye vs. Harrison

9821_122

It was confirmed on 7 September 2010 that Haye would fight Audley Harrison on 13 November 2010 at

9821_123

the Manchester Arena. The press conference for the bout became heated, leading to the two fighters

9821_124

swearing at each other on live television. On 13 November 2010, Haye defeated Harrison with one

9821_125

minute, seven seconds remaining of the third round by TKO. Southpaw Harrison landed one punch

9821_126

during the entire fight. He staggered to his feet after being knocked down, only for Haye to

9821_127

immediately pounce right back on him, hitting him with another flurry of punches. The referee

9821_128

intervened and ended the bout. Haye earned £4.2 million for the fight and Harrison had a purse of

9821_129

£1.5 million. The fight was bought by 223,000 households in the UK on Sky Box Office. An

9821_130

investigation took place after the fight and Harrison's purse was withheld, due to his

9821_131

underwhelming performance. After listening to Harrison's explanation, the British Boxing Board of

9821_132

Control decided to release his purse.

9821_133

Haye's plans to unify the heavyweight division took a major setback in January 2011 when it was

9821_134

revealed that Tomas Adamek would fight one of the Klitschko brothers in September 2011, before his

9821_135

planned retirement in October of that year. However, in April 2011, it was announced that Haye and

9821_136

Wladimir Klitschko had agreed to meet at the Imtech Arena in Hamburg on 2 July 2011.

9821_137

Haye vs. Wladimir Klitschko

9821_138

Haye vs. Klitschko was the first heavyweight unification fight since Klitschko and Sultan Ibragimov

9821_139

fought back in 2008, when Klitschko beat Ibragimov and added the WBO title to his IBF title.

9821_140

Klitschko defeated Haye by unanimous decision (UD) to become the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and

9821_141

The Ring heavyweight champion. Klitschko and Haye agreed to a 50–50 split of the purse and Haye was

9821_142

allotted 7,000 seats at the venue. Klitschko dominated the fight, statistically outlanding Haye

9821_143

nearly 2 to 1. The three judges scored it 117–109, 118–108, and 116–110 all in favour of Klitschko.

9821_144

Haye revealed afterwards that he had a broken toe. Both Klitschko and Haye reportedly earned $24

9821_145

million each for the bout.

9821_146

Retirement talks and return

9821_147

BBC chief Charlie Smith told The Sun on 11 October 2011 that Haye had informed him that he would

9821_148

not be renewing his boxing licence, thus retiring from the sport. Haye has had a long-standing plan

9821_149

to retire early. After the Harrison fight Haye said his plans to retire before he is 31 had not

9821_150

altered: "I will have achieved what I wanted to achieve – undisputed cruiserweight champion, unify

9821_151

the heavyweight division and then call it a day." In December 2010, during the negotiations to

9821_152

fight Klitschko, Haye said if the fight did not happen, "I'll just have to accept that becoming the

9821_153

WBA champion was enough and move on with my life. That'll be 20 years of getting punched in the

9821_154

face, which is a long enough time. I set my goals and achieved them so unifying the titles is the

9821_155

cherry on the cake but if it doesn't happen it wasn't meant to be and I've just got to get on with

9821_156

my life".

9821_157

Vitali Klitschko negotiations

9821_158

Haye put retirement on hold and was in negotiations for a possible bout with WBC heavyweight

9821_159

champion Vitali Klitschko on 3 March 2012. However, Klitschko went on to schedule a fight with

9821_160

Derek Chisora on 18 February 2012, which he won by decision. Following the fight there was a fracas

9821_161

between Chisora and Haye, who had attended as a spectator, leading to speculation that Haye might

9821_162

come out of retirement to fight Chisora. However, on 21 February, Haye confirmed that he would only

9821_163

come out of retirement to fight Klitschko. On 8 May, Haye signed on to face Chisora on 14 July.

9821_164

Haye vs. Chisora

9821_165

Haye attended the 2012 WBC heavyweight title fight in which Vitali Klitschko defeated Derek

9821_166

Chisora. Following the fight, Haye began heckling the post-fight press conference, leading to a

9821_167

violent brawl with Chisora and his entourage. Klitschko's manager Bernd Boente said "with the bad

9821_168

experience we've had with British fighters we will now look for other countries". He then told Haye

9821_169

from the dais "You had an offer, you didn't accept it, now you are out. You are out. You cannot

9821_170

talk yourself back into the fight, you have no belts." Chisora then called out Haye, but Haye

9821_171

dismissed Chisora as "a loser".

9821_172

Chisora taunted Haye by asking him "How's your toe David? How's your toe?". Chisora challenged Haye

9821_173

to tell him that to his face and approached Haye sparking a melee with Haye throwing the first

9821_174

punch with what appeared to be a glass bottle in his hand, as the brawl progressed Haye was seen

9821_175

swinging a camera tripod. After order was restored, a furious Chisora stated multiple times that he

9821_176

would "shoot" Haye and claimed Haye "glassed" him. Haye's former manager Adam Booth emerged from

9821_177

the fracas with a facial wound and Chisora suggested to Booth that Haye hit him with a bottle by

9821_178

mistake while Booth insisted it was one of Chisora's entourage that had hit him with a bottle.

9821_179

During an interview at the Haye vs. Chisora press conference, Booth was asked "how did you end up

9821_180

with a cut on your head?" to which he replied "David hit me with a tripod" but also added "he

9821_181

bought me a new S-Class Mercedes as an apology".

9821_182

On 8 May 2012, Haye and his promotion team announced that he would fight against Chisora at Boleyn

9821_183

Ground, Upton Park, London on 14 July 2012. The announcement caused controversy as neither held a

9821_184

British Boxing Licence, and so had agreed a licence deal with the Luxembourg Boxing Association.

9821_185

Seen as a direct attempt to undermine the British Boxing Board of Control, it meant that fights

9821_186

could take place in Britain even if a boxer was facing disciplinary action.

9821_187

Haye won the fight with a fifth-round stoppage in front of over 40,000 spectators. Knocked to the

9821_188

floor in the fifth round, receiving a count of eight, Chisora recovered only to be floored again in

9821_189

the same round. Referee Luis Pabon decided Chisora was unable to continue, signalling the end of

9821_190

the contest.