The Fight That Buried David Haye's Career

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Published 2023-05-25
Welcome back to Boxing After Dark. In today's video we look back at a unification bout between Europe's best two Heavyweights, David Haye and Wladimir Klitschko, at the time being 8 years undefeated.

All Comments (21)
  • @alstone4253
    I remember I convinced my parents to watch this on ppv. They never forgave me.
  • @andyscullion
    Vatali & Wladimir Klitschko 100% gentleman of boxing.
  • @Adriatic880
    Klitschko brothers are example of great athletes, great fighters and gentlemans.. They will always be one of the greatest..
  • @ghawk933
    I forgot how embarrassing this was for Haye, throwing himself to the floor and at the end bleating about his little toe, pathetic.
  • @8ballphil150
    i am british . but i have always had the upmost respect for vladimir . the quiet man .
  • @dutchvan4503
    Broken toe, twisted ankle and i got my ass kicked because I'm not in Klitschko's class. This is what happens when you believe your own hype.
  • @syncmonism
    Haye saying that the fight "is going to be as one sided as a gang rape" is one of the more distasteful things I've heard a boxer say about an opponent, and that's really saying something.
  • Nobody give klitchko the credit he deserves. He is a legend, one of the greatest boxers of all time. He wasn’t exciting or something special, but he was as big a man as ever boxed, he was also textbook perfect. He was a great traditional boxer, worked a heavy jab and could go the distance, it’s almost impossible to win against such a patient fighter with that ability and size. It’s why Lennox walked away when he did, he’d have had to fight this guy over and over, he beat his big brother and retired, he was old but wasn’t by any man’s struggling like others his age, it was the wisest retirement in history. Klitchko was a boxing machine and Lennox wouldn’t have gained anything by fighting him. Lennox retired at the right time before he became a punch bag like so many before him.
  • @TerminusHostilia
    One of the purest examples of how much of a dirty, sloppy fighter that jerk actually was.
  • @bookaufman9643
    David Haye is just about the perfect example of overrated. The man was amazing at making excuses as well.
  • @androlibre9661
    I remember thinking Haye had a shot.....until I saw Haye in the ring waiting for Wlad to walk in......and in his EYES I saw a man that talked his way into fight he wasn't ready for. His mouth wrote a check he KNEW he couldn't cash.
  • @Ozzpot
    He was a great cruiserweight, but didn't have the size to match his confidence against the elites of the heavyweight division. Usyk has shown it can be done, but takes exceptional skill and grit. Haye just had more talk than he could consistently back up in the ring at the top level.
  • @purpleslug7187
    I was disgusted by Haye's trash talking beforehand. He fought like a drunk in a pub car park and got a schooling. He then came out with numerous bullsh*t excuses as to why he lost. He then went on to fight three no-hopers to boost his massive ego, before getting hammered twice by Tony Bellew.
  • You know you're dealing with a loser when he immediately starts making excuses rather than simply admitting defeat.
  • @jeromejamison9885
    "The small man with the big mouth", both hilarious and accurate!!
  • @user-pk3zw7mb8w
    "Well respected at the time,Audley Harrison". WTF. He was the joke of British boxing and nobody said he deserved to fight Haye.
  • @shimmeister1062
    Give Hay some credit - brutally knocked down a dozen times and kept getting up. He also showed pure guts for getting in the ring only weeks after hurting his little toe. He definitely showed why 'in his mind' he was the best in the world.
  • @Breakbeats92.5
    Haye looked like a last minute fill in as opposed to a legitimate contender.