Editing David Haye (section)

===Retirement talks and return===
BBC chief Charlie Smith told ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' on 11 October 2011 that Haye had informed him that he would not be renewing his boxing licence, thus retiring from the sport.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,20876_7234718,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213192652/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C%2C20876_7234718%2C00.html |archive-date=13 December 2011 |title=Haye to retire – BBBC chief |date=11 October 2011 |work=Skysports |url-status=dead }}</ref> Haye has had a long-standing plan to retire early. After the Harrison fight Haye said his plans to retire before he is 31 had not altered: "I will have achieved what I wanted to achieve – undisputed cruiserweight champion, unify the heavyweight division and then call it a day." In December 2010, during the negotiations to fight Klitschko, Haye said if the fight did not happen, "I'll just have to accept that becoming the WBA champion was enough and move on with my life. That'll be 20 years of getting punched in the face, which is a long enough time. I set my goals and achieved them so unifying the titles is the 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 my life".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/9293972.stm "David Haye offers Wladimir Klitschko 50–50 split"]. BBC News (21 December 2010). Retrieved on 19 May 2012.</ref> 

An authorised biography by Elliot Worsell, ''Making Haye'', was published in late 2011, chronicling Haye's career from its beginnings, when Haye and Worsell befriended one another, up until the aftermath of the Wladimir Klitschko fight.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cording |first=Steve |date=9 July 2012 |title=I welcome David Haye's return – just don't invite him to my wedding |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/other-sports/i-welcome-david-haye-s-return-just-don-t-invite-him-to-my-wedding-7924370.html |access-date=24 November 2011 |website=London Evening Standard}}</ref>

====Vitali Klitschko negotiations====
Haye put retirement on hold and was in negotiations for a possible bout with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko on 3 March 2012.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/15927657.stm | work=BBC News | title=Haye confirms Kiltschko fight talks | date=28 November 2011}}</ref> However, Klitschko went on to schedule a fight with [[Derek Chisora]] on 18 February 2012, which he won by decision. Following the fight there was a fracas between Chisora and Haye, who had attended as a spectator, leading to speculation that Haye might come out of retirement to fight Chisora. However, on 21 February, Haye confirmed that he would only come out of retirement to fight Klitschko.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/9095580/David-Haye-will-not-fight-Dereck-Chisora-and-may-never-enter-the-ring-again-says-Adam-Booth.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/9095580/David-Haye-will-not-fight-Dereck-Chisora-and-may-never-enter-the-ring-again-says-Adam-Booth.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | work=Telegraph.co.uk| title=Haye David Haye will not fight Dereck Chisora and may never enter the ring again, says Adam Booth | date=21 February 2012| location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 8 May, Haye signed on to face Chisora on 14 July.

====Haye vs. Chisora====
{{Main|David Haye vs. Derek Chisora}}Haye attended the 2012 WBC heavyweight title fight in which Vitali Klitschko defeated Derek Chisora. Following the fight, Haye began heckling the post-fight press conference, leading to a violent brawl with Chisora and his entourage. Klitschko's manager Bernd Boente said "with the bad experience we've had with British fighters we will now look for other countries". He then told Haye from the dais "You had an offer, you didn't accept it, now you are out. You are out. You cannot talk yourself back into the fight, you have no belts." Chisora then called out Haye, but Haye dismissed Chisora as "a loser". 
Chisora taunted Haye by asking him "How's your toe David? How's your toe?".<ref>[http://www.express.co.uk/comment/blogs/303215/Full-transcript-of-the-Dereck-Chisora-and-David-Haye-brawl Full transcript of the Dereck Chisora and David Haye brawl]</ref> Chisora challenged Haye to tell him that to his face and approached Haye sparking a melee with Haye throwing the first punch with what appeared to be a glass bottle in his hand, as the brawl progressed Haye was seen swinging a camera tripod. After order was restored, a furious Chisora stated multiple times that he would "shoot" Haye and claimed Haye "glassed" him. Haye's former manager [[Adam Booth]] emerged from the fracas with a facial wound and Chisora suggested to Booth that Haye hit him with a bottle by mistake while Booth insisted it was one of Chisora's entourage that had hit him with a bottle. During an interview at the Haye vs. Chisora press conference, Booth was asked "how did you end up with a cut on your head?" to which he replied "David hit me with a tripod" but also added "he bought me a new [[Mercedes-Benz S-Class (C217)|S-Class Mercedes]] as an apology".<ref>[http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/chisora-brawls-with-david-haye-108469 Boxing News | Chisora brawls with David Haye] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221195527/http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/chisora-brawls-with-david-haye-108469 |date=21 February 2012 }}. Fightnews (19 February 2012). Retrieved on 19 May 2012.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/17088322 BBC Sport – Dereck Chisora – David Haye brawl transcript]. Bbc.co.uk (19 February 2012). Retrieved on 19 May 2012.</ref>

On 8 May 2012, Haye and his promotion team announced that he would fight against Chisora at [[Boleyn Ground]], Upton Park, London on 14 July 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/boxing/Haye-to-fight-Chisora-at-West-Ham/articleshow/13053971.cms|title=Haye to fight Chisora at West Ham |access-date=8 May 2012 | work=The Times Of India}}</ref> The announcement caused controversy as neither held a British Boxing Licence, and so had agreed a licence deal with the Luxembourg Boxing Association. Seen as a direct attempt to undermine the British Boxing Board of Control, it meant that fights could take place in Britain even if a boxer was facing disciplinary action.

Haye won the fight with a fifth-round stoppage in front of over 40,000 spectators. Knocked to the floor in the fifth round, receiving a count of eight, Chisora recovered only to be floored again in the same round. Referee Luis Pabon decided Chisora was unable to continue, signalling the end of the contest.<ref>{{cite web|title=Haye triumphant at Boleyn |url=http://www.whufc.com/articles/20120714/haye-triumphant-at-boleyn_2236884_2849688 |publisher=www.whufc.com |date=14 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716074600/http://www.whufc.com/articles/20120714/haye-triumphant-at-boleyn_2236884_2849688 |archive-date=16 July 2012 }}</ref>

====Fury talks and fallout====
[[File:David haye wimble.jpg|thumb|Haye at [[2014 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], 2014]]
Haye was due to fight [[Manuel Charr]] at Manchester Arena on 29 June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Haye to fight Manuel Charr at Manchester Arena in June |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/22332704|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk|date=28 April 2013}}</ref> However, the fight was called off because Haye had suffered an injury.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/22525512|title=David Haye pulls out of Manuel Charr bout through injury|date=2013-05-14|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2017-09-21|language=en-GB}}</ref> Haye later arranged a fight with [[Tyson Fury]] at the same venue on 28 September 2013. However, a week before the fight, Haye sustained a cut to the head which required several stitches, so yet again the fight was postponed. It was originally rescheduled for 8 February 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Haye and Tyson Fury fight rescheduled for 8 February|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/24230702|publisher=bbc.co.uk|date=24 September 2013}}</ref> However Haye dropped out of the fight on 17 November 2013 after shoulder surgery. Fury, meanwhile, believed that Haye was making excuses because he didn't want the fight, with Fury himself saying "I'm absolutely furious but in all honesty this is exactly what I expected. Everyone knows I was very suspicious when he pulled out the first time and this confirms to me that he's always been afraid of me and never wanted this fight." Aside from training camp expenses, Haye also cost Fury his positions in the world rankings including an IBF final eliminator bout which would have made him mandatory for a shot at the world title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/boxing/sport/story/258495.html|title=Fury: 'Scared' Haye never wanted to face me|website=ESPN.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref> Although doctors advised Haye to retire from boxing, he never officially announced his retirement.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mike Costello |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/24981216 |title=David Haye advised to retire after major shoulder surgery |publisher=BBC Sport |date=17 September 2013 |access-date=11 August 2014}}</ref>