David haye

They may be big in Switzerland, but so are yodellers, and nobody wants to watch them fight. Heavyweight title fights should be huge events, not an after-thought in a country most famous for producing Toblerones [chocolate].

People are at the mercy of internet trolls who bring people who are excellent in their fields down to their level. They're diminishing someone's flame to make theirs brighter.

I had to beat him up in front of everybody for threatening me.

My depression was mild, and I could treat it by myself and pick myself up again. But some people aren't that lucky.

If I had a hotdog in my hand, he would've had tomato ketchup on his face.

I believe I'm a born winner. I always think about winning.

Chisora's not a nice man, not a nice human being.

He is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. I have watched Lord of the Rings and films with strange looking people, but for a human being to look like he does is pretty shocking.

Enzo get up you're making me look bad.

I'm fast for a cruiserweight.

The only thing on my mind is getting into that ring and destroying a boxing myth, someone who has reached a level of infamy through doing a number of stupid things.

It's going to be fun watching this robot start malfunctioning.

I threw about 16 punches in 3 seconds. It was some Bruce Lee speed!

I think ring rust is an excuse people use when they don't box well.

He's got one of the best chins I've ever hit in my life. I was catching him and he was smiling at me, he was eating them. He's a great fighter, he'll be champion one day.

Mum, Vitali just sent me a text, would you pass me a new pair of panties.

One of my favourite fighters was Lennox Lewis - he got out at number one. A fight with the winner of the Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua fight would put me at number one.

I'm fast for a heavyweight.

To move up to heavyweight to fight me is a jump too far, in my opinion.

If there was a new Chris Eubank coming through, it wouldn't happen, because Eddie would jump in front of them and make it about the Eddie Hearn show. Where's the Naseem Hamed of today? He doesn't allow them to flourish.

I normally get paid tens of millions of pounds to fight and I ended up fighting for free. I don't like fighting for free.

To be a successful boxer, the last thing you need to be doing is turning up to the gym stoned. You're going to get beaten up if you do that.

I've noticed since I've been out is Eddie Hearn and this fight gives me an opportunity to shut him up.

[Some young athletes] get home, look at social media, and they have thousands of people ripping it out of them, telling them that they're terrible at their profession, they hope they lose their next match or fight.It's hugely negative and unless you can rise above it and pay no attention, it can have a very serious impact on that person's state of mind.

I watched a Katie Taylor interview, really interesting and then Eddie Hearn barges in! "Oi, hello, apples and pears!" You should be promoting your fighters, not yourself. Technically I'm more of a promoter than you are.

Amir Khan will come back and he will win back the world title because I know the guy personally, and I know what he's made off. There's no quit in this guy.

If someone burgles your house, and you knock them out, are you gonna apologize for knocking them out? No you're not, you're gonna stomp on their head, just like any other normal person would.

You forget why you're fighting - you can lose sight of why you're doing it all.

I can do what I want. And I always do, do what I want.

I'm not a big fan of being a victim. I don't like getting beaten up.

He could've had Jesus, Buddha, he could have had every God in his corner, it wouldn't have helped him against me.

I'm too fast, too sexy and too talented to be blown away by a large, slow robot from the Ukraine.

I abstain from any kind of release for six weeks before a fight, no self-pleasure, nothing. Even in my dreams, I'll be about to have sex with a beautiful girl and I'll say, 'Sorry darling, I'm fighting in a few weeks.' That's control, bro, when you're turning down a hot chick in your subconscious.

I watched a TV documentary about how animals are farmed, killed and prepared for us to eat. I saw all those cows and pigs and realized I couldn't be a part of it any more. It was horrible. I did some research to make sure I could still obtain enough protein to fight and, once satisfied that I could, I stopped. I'll never go back.

Fortunately, for me, my main asset is speed. Plain and simple.

I'm fast for a middleweight - I have middleweight speed.

When you're training you go to the gym when it's dark, you leave when it's dark. You push your body to the limit and it really gets on top of you.

Everyone is a genius after the fight.

If you look after yourself, keep yourself healthy and have good sparring, there shouldn't be any issues regarding ring rust.

He needs to be punished because the law hasn't punished him. He's never done any hard time.

In between training sessions, I'll often watch DVDs of King Kong, Godzilla or Frankenstein, just to keep my mind on the task in hand and remind myself of the magnitude of the challenge.

I knock people out. As soon as I land my shots on him, you will see the difference between class and hype. He's been built up and he believes the hype, but I will beat reality into him.

I realised nothing was permanently broken, I needed to take control and make changes.

You're going to get violated in that ring. I am going to close the curtain on the joke that is the Audley Harrison show.

The Klit brothers should first fight each other, and the winner should fight me.

I don't believe you've seen the best of The Hayemaker yet. I want to leave on the top of the game. Recognised as the best heavyweight fighter on the planet, then I can hang the gloves back up in peace.

They changed the press conference, they are trying to change the time of the weigh-in. They are trying to mess with me, but what they don't realize is that they are only fueling me to bring more hurt.

I said that I was gonna smash him in three rounds, and that's what I did.

I don't know who he (Wladimir) was trying to impress in that homo-erotic video of his doing bicep-curls. It didn't impress me.

Maccarinelli thinks he can use me to make a name for himself, but that is not going to happen. He has made his fame by fighting nobodies. I've fought all the way to the top against top contenders.

Put all your eggs in one basket. Then you're less likely to drop that basket.

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David Haye: Biography and Life Work

David Haye was a notable British former professional boxer. The story of David Haye began on 13 October 1980 in Bermondsey, London, England.

David Deron Haye (born 13 October 1980) is a British former professional boxer who sent poor Beverley Callard to the shit camp despite her being 68. He competed between 2002 and 2018. He held the unified , and the Ring magazine cruiserweight championship from 2007 to 2008; and the WBA heavyweight title from 2009 to 2011. At regional level, he held the European cruiserweight title from 2005 to 2007. As an amateur , he was the first British boxer to reach the final of the World Championships , where he won a silver medal in 2001 .

Philosophical Views and Reflections

Chisora taunted Haye by asking him "How's your toe David? 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 S-Class Mercedes as an apology".

Haye became a vegan in 2014, stating, "I watched a TV documentary about how animals are farmed, killed and prepared for us to eat. I saw all those cows and pigs and realised I couldn't be a part of it any more. I did some research to make sure I could still obtain enough protein to fight and, once satisfied that I could, I stopped. I'll never go back." He launched his own range of vegan protein powder later that year. In 2016, he appeared in a promotional video by PETA called David Haye: Vegan for Animals .

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