Editing David Haye (section)

{{Short description|British boxer (born 1980)}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox boxer
| name = David Haye
| image = David Haye.png
| caption = Haye vs. Ismail Abdoul, 2006
| realname = David Deron Haye
| nickname = The Hayemaker
| weight = {{plainlist|
*[[Cruiserweight (boxing)|Cruiserweight]]
*[[Heavyweight]]
}}
| height = 6 ft 3 in<ref name=stats2018>[[Sky Box Office]] tale of the tape prior to the second [[Tony Bellew]] fight.</ref>
| reach = 78 in<ref name=stats2018/>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|10|13}}
| birth_place = [[Bermondsey, London]], England
| style = [[Orthodox stance|Orthodox]]
| total = 32
| wins = 28
| KO = 26
| losses = 4
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[amateur boxing]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Copenhagen Cup}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Tournaments/CopenhagenCup2000.html|title=21.Copenhagen Cup - Copenhagen, Denmark - November 23-26 2000|website=Amateur Boxing Results|date=26 November 2000|access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>
{{MedalGold | Copenhagen 2000 | Heavyweight}}
{{MedalCompetition | Trofeo Italia}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Tournaments/TrofeoItalia2002.html|title=20.Trofeo Italia - Naples, Italy - March 18-24 2002|website=Amateur Boxing Results|date=24 March 2002|access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>
{{MedalGold | Naples 2002 | Heavyweight}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Amateur Boxing Championships|World Amateur Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships|Belfast 2001]] | Heavyweight}}
}}

'''David Deron Haye''' (born 13 October 1980) is a British former [[professional boxer]] who competed between 2002 and 2018. He held multiple world championships in two [[weight class (boxing)|weight classes]], and was the first British boxer to reach the final of the [[World Amateur Boxing Championships]], where he won a silver medal in [[2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships|2001]].

As a professional, Haye became a unified [[cruiserweight (boxing)|cruiserweight]] world champion in 2008, winning three of the four major world titles, as well as the ''[[The Ring (magazine)|Ring]]'' magazine and [[lineal championship|lineal]] titles. He was ranked by [[BoxRec]] as the world's No.1 cruiserweight from 2005 to 2007, and was also ranked within ten best in 2003 and 2004.<ref name=boxrec-cw-annuals>{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/BoxRec%27s_Annual_Ratings:_Cruiserweight_Annuals|title=BoxRec's Annual Ratings: Cruiserweight Annuals|access-date=26 December 2020|publisher=BoxRec}}</ref> In 2008 he moved up to [[heavyweight]], winning the [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] title in 2009 after defeating [[Nikolai Valuev]], who had a size advantage of {{convert|9|in|cm}} in height and {{convert|99|lb|kg}} in weight over Haye. Along with [[Evander Holyfield]] and [[Oleksandr Usyk]], Haye is one of only three boxers in history to have unified the cruiserweight world titles and become a world heavyweight champion. As of September 2021, BoxRec ranks Haye as the 100th greatest British fighter of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/ratings?r%5Brole%5D=box-pro&r%5Bsex%5D=M&r%5Bstatus%5D=&r%5Bdivision%5D=&r%5Bcountry%5D=GB&r_go=&offset=50|title=BoxRec ratings: United Kingdom, pound-for-pound, active and inactive|access-date=22 July 2020|publisher=BoxRec}}</ref>

Haye founded his own boxing promotional firm, [[Hayemaker Promotions]], in 2008. He became a [[Veganism|vegan]] in 2014 and launched his own range of vegan [[protein powder]] later that year.