Following the news that he may be forced to retire, we take a look back at the career of David Haye.
A look back at the career of David Haye after his announcement that he may be forced to retire from boxing due to injury
Following the news that David Haye may be forced to retire, we take a look back at the Londoner's boxing career.
1980: Born October 13, in Bermondsey.
2001: Reaches final of the World Amateur Championships in Belfast, losing to Cuban Odlanier Solis in the third round.
2002: Turns professional and wins first fight in December, beating fellow Englishman Tony Booth.
2004: September - Loses for the first time, beaten by former WBO champion Carl Thompson at Wembley Arena in an IBO cruiserweight title fight.
2005: December - Wins EBU European cruiserweight belt, beating Alexander Gurov in Bracknell.
2006: Retains European title with wins over Lasse Johansen, Ismail Abdoul and Giacobbe Fragomeni.
2007: Begins his year with a heavyweight fight at Wembley Arena, and a first-round knock-out of Poland's Tomasz Bonin.
2007: November - Wins WBA and WBC cruiserweight titles with victory over Jean-Marc Mormeck in France by seventh-round stoppage.
2008: March - Beats Welshman Enzo Maccarinelli in the second round at the O2 Arena and adds WBO title to his collection. Reveals he is to move up to heavyweight division on a permanent basis, and later gives up his cruiserweight titles.
2008: November - Wins first fight as a full-time heavyweight, with a fifth-round TKO victory over Monte Barrett in London.
2009: June - Pulls out of planned fight with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko due to injury.
2009: November 7 - Takes on WBA champion Nikolai Valuev in Nuremberg and wins on points, with two judges favouring Haye and another scoring the fight as a draw. Lands first world title as a heavyweight.
2010: April 3 - Retains WBA world heavyweight title after John Ruiz's corner throws in the towel in the ninth round in Manchester.
2010: November 13 - Beats Audley Harrison by third-round stoppage to retain WBA title for a second time.
2011: July 2 - Beaten by Wladimir Klitschko on points in world heavyweight unification bout in Hamburg.
2011: October 11 - The British Boxing Board of Control general secretary Robert Smith reveals Haye has emailed the board stating he does not wish to renew his fighting licence.
2011: October 13 - Haye officially announces his retirement on his 31st birthday, a date he always maintained would signal the end of his career.
2012: February 19 - Commentates on Dereck Chisora's points defeat to Vitali Klitschko in Munich and becomes involved in a fight with Chisora at the post-match press conference following comments relating to his loss to Wladimir Klitschko. Haye's manager Adam Booth is cut in the fight and a camera tripod is thrown.
2012: May 8 - Signs deal to come out of retirement and fight Chisora. BBBoC refuses to sanction the fight, with neither fighter holding a license due to Haye's retirement and Chisora being banned for the fracas after the Klitschko fight.
2012: May 18 - The fight is announced as a WBO and WBA title bout and licensed by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation.
2012: July 14 - Beats Chisora by fifth-round stoppage.
2013: May 14 - Pulls out of scheduled bout with Germany's Manuel Charr due to a hand injury.
2013: September 21 - Fight against Tyson Fury is cancelled after Haye suffers a deep cut while sparring. The fight is rescheduled for February 8, 2014.
2013: November 17 - Cancels the Fury fight again and reveals he has been advised to consider retirement after surgery on a shoulder problem.
