What’s Next for David Haye?

David Haye captured the WBA Heavyweight Title… Now what?
In beating WBA titlest Nikolai Valuev, David Haye breathed some much-needed life back into the heavyweight division and became the darling of the British sports pages. With so much attention focused on the London native, the natural question is “what next?”
Haye’s boasting to the contrary, he will not be squaring off with either of the Klitschko brothers in the near future. On the same night that Haye out-boxed Valuev, former WBA titlest John “The Quiet Man” Ruiz knocked out journeyman Adnan Serin. Ruiz is the #1 contender and mandatory challenger for the WBA strap, and according to the terms of his agreement to step aside and allow Haye vs. Valuev to go forward, he was guaranteed a shot at the title by May 2010. BBC is reporting that Haye wants to hold his next fight at a major London venue, so Haye vs. Ruiz could happen before a roaring hometown crowd as early as February 2010.
Although he weighed in for his fight with Serin at a trim 227 lbs., John Ruiz is now 37 years old. He was never much of a world-beater in the first place, and his career has been built around the left-right-clutch-hold style of heavyweight boxing. While it is true that this boring style ages very well, it still doesn’t look promising for a match-up with Haye. Haye is much faster, and his hitting power will score better against a small heavyweight like Ruiz than it did against the Russian behemoth. Ruiz could make that a very ugly night if he comes to survive rather than to win, but either way it is hard to see Haye losing.
After Ruiz, surely Haye will challenge one of the Klitschko’s? Don’t bet on it. A Haye vs. Klitschko fight would be a big moneymaker, but no one should forget that Haye backed out of fights with first Wladimir and then Vitali earlier this year. Both Klitschko’s are furious with Haye’s business tactics and his trash talking. That will only strengthen their resolve to get the lion’s share of the purse for any fight with Haye, and it is unlikely that Haye will settle for anything less than 50-50. Furthermore, Haye knows that beating a Klitschko is a much bigger challenge than the plodding Valuev. He may seek to bide his time and hope that one of the brothers will start showing their age before moving in on them. Odds are very good that either the Ukrainians or the Hayemaker will cause negotiations to break down, in which case David Haye will be looking for a dance partner for late summer or early autumn 2010

David Haye: I need to change

David Haye says he will have to adapt his style in order to conquer WBA heavyweight champion Nicolai Valuev on November 7.
The former unchallenged cruiserweight champion has always looked easy to hit, with low hands and a jutting chin, although a 21-1 record with 20 stoppage wins suggests otherwise.
However, against 7ft 2in Valuev the Brit recognises the need to be wary of getting caught by the Russian, who will be keen to make his massive physical superiority count.
"Come out there i expect there and actually try to assert his size on me, lean on me and use his very effective jab, which he's been working on a lot, and that's become a very effective tool for him," he said.
"So I expect him to come out there using those ramrod jabs, soften me up and throwing his trademark right upper cut and get me out of there.
"I'm expecting the best Nicolai Valuev to turn up and I've got a solution to anything he throws at me.

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Make sure you don't miss David Haye's bid for heavyweight glory live on Sky Box Office.
The Londoner takes on WBA champion and man mountain Nikolai Valuev on November 7 as he bids to become Britain's first world heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis.
Haye is hoping it will be a question of second time lucky after his first heavyweight world title challenge against Wladimir Klitschko was postponed due to damage in June.
Nicknamed the Beast from the East, Valuev stands at a whopping 7foot and is the tallest and heaviest world champion in history.
For his last fight, a successful defence against Evander Holyfield in December 2008, he weighed in at 310¾lbs,while Haye tipped the scales for his November KO of Monte Barrett at 226lbs.
Valuev has only lost one of his 52 pro fights and is in his second stint as WBA boss. His impressive record includes current wins over Barrett, John Ruiz (twice), Jameel McCline and Holyfield.
The action will be live from the Nuremberg Arena in Germany from 9pm on Saturday November 7 - with a full undercard still to be announced.

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Says our mole: "David's a huge Jay-Z fan and was pretty starstruck when they met.
And Jay-Z was equally bowled over and tried to get David a drink but he's teetotal in the build up to a bout. Jay-Z's now preparation on flying over for the fight in November."

'David Haye is a faker', Vitali Klitschko suggests

Vitali Klitschko has questioned whether David Haye was actually injured when he pulled out of boxing his brother, Wladimir.
Haye, 28, claimed a back problem led to him disconcerting his fight against IBF-WBO world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.
He also pulled out of talks to fight Vitali, rather striking a deal to challenge Russian Nikolai Valuev for his WBA version of the world title, in Germany on November 7.
WBC champion Vitali, 38, said: "Haye is not a dangerous fighter. I doubt he had an hurt when he gave up the fight against Wladimir.
"We gave Haye the same contract he got with Wladimir to fight me. Against me, Haye had little opportunity to take the title and that's why he didn't take the fight. I don't think about him any more."