Editing David Haye (section)

====Haye vs. Valuev====
{{Main|Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye}}
Haye then confirmed that he would meet the [[List of WBA world champions#Heavyweight|WBA champion]] [[Nikolay Valuev]] (50–1, 34 KOs) on 7 November 2009 in the [[Nuremberg Arena]], Nuremberg, Germany. Haye's former trainer [[Adam Booth]] said it was a fight that Valuev wanted; it was billed as [[David and Goliath]].<ref name="Haye to fight WBA champion Valuev">{{cite news |title=Haye to fight WBA champion Valuev |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8164412.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 July 2009 |access-date=23 July 2009 }}</ref> Haye weighed in at 217&nbsp;pounds, almost 100&nbsp;pounds less than his opponent. Haye said about Valuev: "He is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. I have watched ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|Lord of the Rings]]'' and films with strange-looking people, but for a human being to look like he does is pretty shocking."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/8268911.stm|title=Sport quotes of the week |last=Charles|first=Chris|date=23 September 2009|work=BBC Sport|access-date=23 September 2009}}</ref>

Haye beat Valuev in a reserved display of accuracy and efficiency, countering Valuev's misses, jabbing and circling his much larger opponent.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/nov/08/david-haye-nikolai-valuev | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=David Haye beat Nikolai Valuev despite suffering a broken hand | first=Kevin | last=Mitchell | date=8 November 2009}}</ref> Haye came close to knocking Valuev down in the final round with a hard left hand, which made Valuev stumble. Haye won a [[majority decision]] (MD) with scores of 114–114, 116–112, and 116–112.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022638/http://boxingnews365.com/haye-takes-wba-heavy-title.html > Haye Takes WBA Heavy Title!]}}. BoxingNews365. Retrieved on 17 June 2011.</ref> Haye is the first and currently only boxer in the history of the sport to be seven [[stone (Imperial mass)|stone]] or more lighter than an opponent in a world title fight and still come out victorious.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} The fight garnered 469,000 buys on [[Sky Sports Box Office]], which saw Haye receive a payday of £2.1 million.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13943609|title=Haye looks for heavyweight payday|last=Lalani|first=Zahid|date=2011-06-29|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-05-12|language=en-GB}}</ref>