Editing David Haye (section)

====Haye vs. Harrison====
{{Main|David Haye vs. Audley Harrison}}
It was confirmed on 7 September 2010 that Haye would fight Audley Harrison on 13 November 2010 at the Manchester Arena. The press conference for the bout became heated, leading to the two fighters swearing at each other on live television.<ref name="WBA champion David Haye to fight Audley Harrison">{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8968472.stm | title = WBA champion David Haye to fight Audley Harrison | publisher = BBC Sport | access-date = 7 September 2010 | date = 7 September 2010}}</ref> On 13 November 2010, Haye defeated Harrison with one minute, seven seconds remaining of the third round by TKO. [[Southpaw stance|Southpaw]] Harrison landed one punch during the entire fight. He staggered to his feet after being knocked down, only for Haye to immediately pounce right back on him, hitting him with another flurry of punches. The referee intervened and ended the bout.<ref name="David Haye targets Klitschko brothers for next fight">{{cite news |title=David Haye targets Klitschko brothers for next fight  |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/9187669.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=14 November 2010 |access-date=14 November 2010 |first=Ben |last=Dirs}}</ref> Haye earned £4.2 million for the fight and Harrison had a purse of £1.5 million. The fight was bought by 223,000 households in the UK on Sky Box Office.<ref name=":1" /> An investigation took place after the fight and Harrison's purse was withheld, due to his underwhelming performance. After listening to Harrison's explanation, the [[British Boxing Board of Control]] decided to release his purse.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/sport/story/67189.html|title=Harrison allowed to keep Haye purse|website=ESPN.co.uk|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxingnews24.com/2011/01/the-bbbofc-lets-audley-harrison-gets-to-keep-entire-purse-for-haye-bout/|title=The BBBofC lets Audley Harrison keep his entire purse from the Haye bout » Boxing News 24|date=2011-01-11|website=Boxing News 24|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24|archive-date=14 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614043653/http://www.boxingnews24.com/2011/01/the-bbbofc-lets-audley-harrison-gets-to-keep-entire-purse-for-haye-bout/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Haye's plans to [[Unified champion|unify]] the heavyweight division took a major setback in January 2011 when it was revealed that [[Tomas Adamek]] would fight one of the Klitschko brothers in September 2011,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/9376173.stm | work=BBC News | title=Haye hopes dented by Adamek deal | date=26 January 2011}}</ref> before his planned retirement in October of that year. However, in April 2011, it was announced that Haye and Wladimir Klitschko had agreed to meet at the [[Imtech Arena]] in [[Hamburg]] on 2 July 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/13140466.stm|title=David Haye and Wladimir Klitschko set for 2 July fight|date=20 April 2011|publisher=BBC}}</ref>