Haye na Klitschko kutwangana Julai pili
Haye na Klitschko kutwangana Julai pili
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Mbu
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ROUND ELEVEN
Right, it's now or never. The roar in Hamburg has graduated to a pregnant screech. The Germans are absolutely loving this from Klitschko. It hasn't been boring, it's been inspired. Haye just hasn't been able to counter it. He slips over again... but referee Rodriguez is giving him a count! Ridiculous. Final round to come, and Haye needs the knockout. He absolutely needs a knockout!
ROUND ELEVEN
Right, it's now or never. The roar in Hamburg has graduated to a pregnant screech. The Germans are absolutely loving this from Klitschko. It hasn't been boring, it's been inspired. Haye just hasn't been able to counter it. He slips over again... but referee Rodriguez is giving him a count! Ridiculous. Final round to come, and Haye needs the knockout. He absolutely needs a knockout!
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David Haye vs Wladimir Klitschko...........David Haye atandikwa kwa Pointi mpambano umeisha.......
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ha ha ha, atajifanya anataka revenge uingereza!....harudii tena huyu.
beaten flat and squarely!
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[h=1]David Haye loses big fight to Wladimir Klitschko but blames broken toe[/h] • British boxer says he broke his little toe in training
• Injury prevented him pushing off on right leg
• Injury prevented him pushing off on right leg
- Jamie Jackson at the Imtech Arena
- The Observer, Sunday 3 July 2011 Article history
David Haye displays his broken little toe to the Sky Sports cameras after his defeat to Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg. Photograph: Sky Sports
Wladimir Klitschko was the man who could at least smile in the rain after taking a unanimous decision over David Haye in their disappointing world heavyweight unification title clash, with the Bermondsey fighter revealing afterwards that he had broken the little toe on his right foot in training.
Haye's decision not to cancel the contest will be questioned, as once he entered the ring it was his reputation and WBA crown on the line, whatever problems he was carrying.
The 30-year-old stated he could not push off on his right leg due to the injury. This may explain, a little, his disappointing display during 12 rounds that did nothing to improve the sinking reputation of this division.
Klitschko was as culpable in this. To his IBO, WBO, IBF and Ring magazine belts he now has added Haye's WBA belt. But the 35-year-old cannot be proud of his own lumbering part in this piece. The judges returned a score of 117-109, 118-108, 116-110 for Klitschko, and it was difficult to argue with their verdict. Coming to Germany Haye knew he required a knockout, or 12 rounds rammed with the stardust punching he has displayed throughout his career.
Instead, the 30-year-old spent too little time squeezing the angles to find a path to Klitschko's chin, and too much slipping to the floor, for which he will no doubt cite the toe problem.
The downpour that lashed the Imtech Arena ahead of the bout continued once the bell finally sounded to start a contest that had been threatening to happen since 2009, when the original clash was cancelled due to a back injury suffered by Haye.
Haye had predicted that he would end the bout by the sixth round. But that juncture had long gone when, in the 11th, he found himself in the deepest trouble he would have to negotiate.
This is a relative statement though: the standing count given by Genaro Rodriguez, the referee, occurred only because Haye slipped under some hardly punishing action from Klitschko. Haye had also predicted that his opponent would come out quicker than the usual stationary approach that had taken him to the 55 wins, of which 49 had been knockouts, his record showed before this outing.
Yet in the first round Klitschko ambled out and squared the ring off while Haye fell over swinging at his opponent, establishing the pattern of the evening. The Ukrainian boxer may have got his jab working instantly but just could not pin Haye down.
For the second, Haye again attempted to unload the feint-then-roundhouse-right that would be his only attacking strategy throughout. Later he did connect with the bigger man with a left, but moments after that he was yo-yoed back by a clip from Klitschko that drew a cheer from the home man's supporters.
The third round had Klitschko pawing the air in front of Haye with that jab. But the pair spent much of the three minutes in the centre of the ring still largely shadow-boxing before Haye launched fire that rocked Klitschko with a right, and the roles were reversed as the taller man then worried the 30-year-old. A clubbing right, then two lefts, hurt Haye – though he would come up smiling, and goading, Klitschko.
In the fourth, Klitschko did the greater work at the start. He managed to keep motoring Haye back, and also left a heavy arm dangling on him that sapped his strength, before the clinch was broken up by Rodriguez.
Haye's camp had objected to the Chicago official beforehand, claiming that he allowed Klitschko too much leeway with this roughhouse stuff in the previous bouts he had officiated. But, overall, there would be scant sign of the tactic on the night.
In round five again action was once more a difficult commodity to find, each boxer apparently not wanting to make a first mistake that could leave them open. Klitschko again edged the three minutes, which featured the by-now regulation Haye slip when the Ukrainian had him dancing back from a right that stung before he could escape.
Haye had promised to find the gaps to avoid the Klitschko cattle-prod left-jab but so far he had failed to do so. And he failed throughout. The rain, having abated a little, was again hurling down, while around the canvas during the sixth round a first smattering of boos were heard. As the pugilists walked to their corners for the closing bell, Adam Booth, Haye's trainer, was surely informing him to move up a level.
In the seventh Haye, again, sniffed canvas as more stumbling footwork had him careering to his knees, though Klitschko did have a point docked for pushing him there during a 180-seconds that were the worse of the fight.
A roundhouse right from Haye commenced the ninth round but after this, the pat-a-cake fists of each man resumed. After a word from the referee, Haye did manage to harry Klitschko with some work. But still he could not find, and test, the 35‑year‑old's chin.
Klitschko began the final stretch of the bout trying to button Haye's nose back with the jab, but he found only clean air where nostrils should have been.
The final round had the pair a touch more frantic, trying to land the telling blow, particularly Haye who knew he desperately needed it.
But despite marginally more action, when the bell rang it closed what had been a dire offering of heavyweight fare.
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[h=2]World heavyweight unification title fight[/h] [h=1]David Haye v Wladimir Klitschko - as it happened[/h] It went 12 rounds but David Haye was outclassed by his taller, stronger opponent who jabbed his way to victory in Hamburg
- Gregg Roughley
- guardian.co.uk, Saturday 2 July 2011 20.28 BST Article history
Wladimir Klitschko holds aloft just two of the four belts he now owns. Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images
Preamble: Evening. We've had to wait about 375 years for it, but we finally have a world heavyweight title fight worth getting excited about. Both boxers have remained unbeaten for seven years; Klitschko's last defeat (he's been beaten three times) coming against Lamon Brewster in April 2004, while a completely out-of-sorts Haye suffered his only loss against Carl Thompson at cruiserweight in September of the same year.
Since those losses (both knockouts) Haye's ascent and Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko's dominance has largely been down to gradual improvement and the stagnation of the heavyweight division. Haye's step up a weight was a canny one; his quick punching and fast feet have been too much for many of the lumbering giants (or "fat guys" as he once called them) that he's been pitted against, the embarrassing Audley Harrison being an obvious example. But it would be foolish to include Klitschko in that category. He can be one-paced at times, but that's his strength – and the reason for much of Haye's trash-talk in my opinion.
The Ukrainian's best work is done behind his granite jab. He doesn't like to cut loose. When he is in control he can dominate, leaning into his smaller opponents and not allowing them to get power-punches off. Haye's pre-fight antics, including the release of an iPhone app in which users can experience 'knocking Klitschko's head clean off', have been at once distasteful and tactical. He hopes to ignite the fire in the bigger man (in the physical and moral sense) and get him swinging – and when he tires, attack him from the angles, stepping to the side and landing hooks. I'd wager this is why Haye has backed himself to win by KO in round six. The Brit will not want to rely on a points decision with a fight away from home. So perhaps it's the best strategy to use.
My prediction: Haye in round eight.
8.40pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-2 It's been lashing it down in Hamburg today, as you can see from the picture of David Haye turning up at the Imtech Arena earlier this evening. Apparently the stadium's not been coping well with the downpour.
8.45pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-3 You can see both Klitschko's strengths and weaknesses for yourself in this handy career recap.
Much of the pre-fight previews have focused on how Haye can beat Klitschko. This handy gallery, replete with the advice of those boxers who have done so, does the job pretty well. But if we spin it round and focus on how the Ukrainian can beat Haye there's an obvious weakness.
Haye's biggest worry, as far as I can see, is his tendency to drop his left arm. While this makes it more difficult for his opponents to see his jab coming, it's a risky strategy against a boxer with such a devastating straight right. Unless Haye's feet are at their quickest, one little lapse could be all it needs for Klitschko to shut Haye's mouth and put his lights out. The Brit reckons he has a decent chin, he better be right. In his first title defence against a bloated and long-since-past-his-best John Ruiz, some of Haye's combinations were devastating, but he also left himself open. A fitter fighter, such as Klitschko, would have tried to expose this.
8.51pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-4 Let's hope the main event lasts longer than Ola Afolabi v Terry Dunstan on the undercard. Afolabi has taken little more than two minutes of the first round to put the 43-year-old Dunstan to sleep with a ferocious right hook, knocking his gumshield halfway across the ring and leaving his opponent stone cold.
8.56pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-5 More on the weather. This from our other man in Hamburg, Jamie Jackson. 'The rain isn't stopping at #davidhaye. Fighters due to start the business at 10.15 English time.'
8.59pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-6 You've read my tuppence worth, but I'm only a middleweight. Here's some of the Guardian's heavyweights on the big fight.
• Paul Hayward: 'The Hayemaker is in his harvest year and a kind of greatness beckons, despite the thinness of his record'.
• Donald McRae ventures into the shady railway arches where David Haye trains to meet the man himself.
• And here's Kevin Mitchell on why there may have been some method to David Haye's trash-talk madness.
9.05pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-7 An email: "Wladimir's brother Vitali is really the one with the 'granite jaw'," writes Jan-Eivind Rys Hauge, whose name makes writing Wladimir Klitschko seem simple. "Vitali has never been knocked out (one loss because of arm injury and one loss against Lewis because of his cut) whilst Wladimir has been on the canvas 11 times. He can be hurt." No-one doubts he can be hurt Jan, but he's no mug. Haye will have to work hard to open him up.
9.06pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-8 Jan-Eivind Rys Hauge is back again with a kind of contradictory email: "I'm hoping for Haye, but Klitschko looks in supreme condition. It's not often you see such a big fighter looking so lean and cut. Haye better have a good game plan or he will get destroyed if Klitschko is allowed to dominate like he usually is." Are you done Jan?
9.10pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-9 Klitschko will effectively be fighting a vegetarian if Haye's earlier tweets are anything to go by.
'Just woke up, feeling ready for a tear up!!! 🙂 Porridge and fruit is being eaten...A warriors breakfast!. And did the warrior have for tea? 'Final meal just eaten. Brown rice and steamed veg. Leaving hotel in 30 mins 🙂 it's nearly TIME!!!!'
That kinda makes Haye a bit Guardian in my opinion. Maybe Angela Hartnett can give him some more veggy recipes so he can mix it up a bit.
9.15pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-10 Here's my editor and sometime sparring partner in the gym near Guardian Towers, Sean Ingle, on the fight: 'Most pundits on my timeline are predicting an early-mid round KO in #HayeKlitschko but I'm not so sure ... ... worth remembering that five of Klitschko's last six fights have gone at least nine rounds ... ... while Haye has come in light and will sure try to box fast on the outside ... ... of course, both heavyweights with big punches/questionable chins so could end early ... but reckon SJ evens for ov 7.5 rnds interesting'.
So Sean is kind of in my round eight camp.
9.18pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-11 Axel Johann has emailed to say Haye's tweet about his "final-round meal" mightn't be the best sign. But here's a question for you: What was the last truly exciting heavyweight fight? I'd say the nasty buildup to the Lennox Lewis v Hasim Rahmen rematch made for a tasty scrap. And while the fight itself never went further than four rounds, Lewis's vicious combination on 1min20sec to avenge his defeat to the Baltimore boxer was worth the hype.
9.22pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-12 The Germans do everything better. "For all those miffed at pay for view should just move to Germany as it is free on the German ITV equivalent," writes Ian Copestake. "You only have to put up with almost hearing what George Foreman and Tyson are saying before they are dubbed into incomprehension."
9.24pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-13 Barry McGuigan is talking us through Haye's defeat to Carl Thompson in 2004 which I mentioned earlier. Haye burnt himself out after four rounds and resembled the "fat guys" he's bad-mouthed as he stumbled through the fifth before being stopped. It really is surprising seeing Haye so statuesque. He relies so heavily on his movement.
9.27pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-14 Here's Paul Hayward in Hamburg with a tweet which may or may not make you feel a little happier to be following this MBM instead of being among the fans in Hamburg. 'You'd swear England were playing here tonight. Millwall and Doncaster Rovers among club names on cross of St George flags.'
9.29pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-15 Vitali Klitschko has just been into David Haye's dressing-room to watch the Brit wrap his hands. I imagine that would probably pump Haye up for the fight more than intimidate him. It's a bit embarrassing sending your big brother in to stand up for you. Apparently Emmanuel Stewart takes 30 minutes to wrap each of Klitschko's hands. When I wrap mine I take about three minutes!
9.34pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-16 "Evening Gregg," chirps Phil Sawyer. "I think Haye's a more intelligent boxer than he's given credit for. After breaking his fist on Valuev's iron jaw in the first round he had the wherewithal to completely change his gameplan and still get the victory. I also agree with you about the trash talking but I think Klitschko's too intelligent to fall for it. I'm squirming with excitement at the prospect of this fight. Or I may have worms." I hope not Phil. That thought's gonna make me wriggle through this fight.
9.37pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-17 It seems Rupert Murdoch isn't as popular as some twerps would have you believe. "Looks as if Sky have messed up on this one," harrumphs Philip Bougeard. "Phone lines totally engaged for the last two hours. Paid for fight on line but still no sign of it! Good one Rupert!" To be fair, I didn't have to pay for this. So a sincere nice one Rusbridger!
9.40pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-18 Good news for common people. 'The richer you are the wetter you'll get here. The ringside seats have become the plastic poncho enclosure. In the stands, the poor are dry,' tweets Paul Hayward.
9.45pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-19 It looks like the fighters are about to make their entrances.
9.46pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-20 Mike Tyson has just popped up on the big screen at the stadium and introduced Lennox Lewis and George Forman. Are they gonna have a scrap? That'd be pretty entertaining.
9.50pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-21 Boo! It seems the two legends of the ring aren't going to have a fight. And furthermore, everything they are saying is dubbed in German so I have no idea what just happened. It was all pretty pointless unless you're German. I If you are let me know what they said. I can tell you that Lewis was wearing a nifty little porkpie hat, though.
9.52pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-22 "Watching the link to Lennox Lewis' stunner of a knockout it was also interesting to hear him after the fight reason why he refused to allow
the media access to his dressing room minutes before the fight (Rahmen himself was also refused, who wanted to say hello for some reason)," says Ian Copestake. "He cited the need to focus. Haye has done the same and refused TV access to his dressing room while Klitschko has been welcoming guests as if he is in training to be the next Terry Wogan." That's an odd image you've presented there Ian.
9.54pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-23 Carl Froch's legs are x-ratedly apart as he's sat in his chair doing a boxing equivalent of Jamie Redknapp. I really hope the fight starts soon so I don't have to look at this much longer.
9.56pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-24 At last! Here comes Haye.
9.56pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-25 Paul Hayward is right on the money here. 'The moments before a big heavyweight title fight are still the most wrenching in sport'
9.57pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-26 No surprises. That's not the song that greets Haye, but the images of Beefeaters and red telephone boxes that precede the Brit's entrance.
9.58pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-27 Lennox Lewis has gone to the entrance door to greet Haye in some kind of toe-curling set-up, but he's not there. This is a bit embarrassing as Ain't No Stoppin' Me Now winds to a close.
10.00pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-28 Haye is going to keep everyone waiting for another 10 minutes apparently. The fans are not loving this. You don't make yourself popular by turning up late in Germany. Anyway, I'll have a dig around in my inbox.
10.02pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-29 "My boy Jesper has just stunned me by informing me that David Haye's son is called Cassius! Can this be true? Anyway, a good big one always beats a good small one. Klitschko in 10," predicts Gary Naylor.
10.03pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-30 Ian Copestake sums this nonsense up better than I can: "I hope the fight is not as corny as the TV preamble. Utter staged rubbish. Boxing is indeed back." As if to prove the point Boris Becker has just compared boxing to tennis and enlightened us to the fact that it will be "man on man". Maybe he thinks he's somewhere else.
10.04pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-31 Lennox Lewis is still standing by the little door waiting like a shunned girlfriend. he's got a semi-smirk on his face as if he might fancy swinging at Haye himself. Barry McGuigan reckons this is the last part of Haye's gameplan. if it is, it's daft and annoying for MBMers.
10.07pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-32 'Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now' quivers through the evening air again and Haye finally appears ... in an England away kit. He has to put some ugly plastic bags over his boots to stop the rain getting in which is a bit embarrassing.
10.10pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-33 I think his 10-minute wait has backfired on him. His relaxed smile disappears as he gets jostled on his way into the ring. Probably by some miffed fans.
10.11pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-34 Haye's safely in the ring now, looking a little less relaxed than he would have been if he had turned up on time. Here's a gallery of the buildup to the fight so far, if pictures float your boat.
10.13pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-35 "This young man is not mature as a man or a boxer. He wears young man's clothes." That's what Dr Steelhammer has to say about Haye on the big screen before he makes his entrance. This is fantastic comedy. Second only to Stewart Lee this year.
10.17pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-36 This is ludicrous. Vitali Klitschko turns George Foreman away from the dressing room, as he goes to open the door for the Ukrainian. My colleague Penny Woods has it spot on: "It's like a school play going badly wrong." But with the world watching and fireworks popping off left, right and centre.
10.17pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-37 Klitschko finally walks in to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. The morons who wanted to take a swing at Haye are held back this time. Klitschko looks focused and pretty mean.
10.19pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-38 David Haye prowls the canvas while God Save the Queen is sung pretty well by a rather attractive lady. In stark contrast the Ukrainian anthem is sung at only a through octaves deeper than middle earth by a suited and booted tough guy as if it's a funeral.
10.22pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-39 "A good big man beats a good small man?" tootles Mark Taylor. "They said the same thing and equally gave him no chance before Manny Pacquiao mashed De La Hoya. For the record I backed Manny, and I'm backing Haye, but I don't feel as confident, I just want to see him do it because he's one of ours."
10.23pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-40 "Let's get reeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaady to ruuuuuumble," growls John McDonald. I think we're finally ready to get this on ladies and gentlemen. For the record, Haye is 15st3lbs and Klitschko is 17st9lbs. I'm a bit sweaty of palm myself now. I'd better hold this together.
10.25pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-41 Klitschko is not taking his eyes of Haye as the Brit gets changed in the corner. I've got to say, he is one frightening looking guy when he's got those eyes on.
10.26pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-42 They touch gloves and here we go!
Round one: Ding ding! Klitschko immediately forces Haye back into the corner, waving his jab at Haye and trying to crowd his space. Haye dances around him and tries a right hook, only to be tossed to the canvas by the giant Ukrainian, who wants to make it clear who is the stronger boxer. The Brit is stung back into action and tries a couple of left-right combinations. With 20 seconds remaining Haye sends a big right bouncing off Klitschko's gloves to show his opponent that he has power too. Not a classic round, but interesting and even.
My unofficial scorecard: Haye 10-10 Klitschko
Round two: Ding ding! Klitschko lands a heavy jab in the centre of the ring as he starts to use his power and not allow Haye to get inside him. Haye is not getting this his own way. The Ukrainian is controlled and not angry as Haye had hoped. Haye swings wildly with his right from distance. The Brit finally lands a left jab to the fans' delight. Haye lets his gloves drop and Klitschko lands a good, clean right hand. Another left-right combination from the Ukrainian sends Haye stumbling towards the ropes at the round's end.
My unofficial scorecard: Haye 9-10 Klitschko
Round three: Ding ding! Haye finally finds his range and lands a heavy right hand which shakes the boots of the Ukrainian. He isn't hurt but that will give Haye credit with the judges. It allows Haye to have a 30-second spell in which he is the boxer in control. Haye ducks a left hook from Klitschko and then lands a quick left-right that does seem to hurt Klitschko on this occasion. The big man shoves Haye over at the end of an exciting round as if to make a point. But the points are Haye's, in my opinion.
My unofficial scorecard: Haye 10-9 Klitschko
Round four: Ding ding! Haye looks more confident as he comes out in the fourth round. Klitschko lands a full-blooded right hand, but Haye takes it well, drops his hands and plays a game of stare with his opponent. Haye looks the man with the better chin if the early exchanges are anything to go by. The Brit's footwork and headbobbing is fantastically quick. It's all very impressive but he isn't landing any shots himself. Oh! Hang on. Haye waits until the very last seconds of the round before catching Klitschko's right eye. A good clean shot which was overdue.
My unofficial scorecard: Haye 10-10 Klitschko
Round five: Ding ding! Manny Steward has psyched up his man here. Klitschko comes out looking fierce. Jabbing with improved workrate, but not landing. Haye ducks his jabs and looks to land his right hand, but Klitschko's defences are strong. The cheeky Brit taunts Klitschko, but doesn't do anything himself. Klitschko hammers home a right hand and makes Haye regret his showboating. He doesn't go down, but he is bloodied. A retort is too late and he loses the round.
My unofficial scorecard: Haye 9-10 Klitschko
Round six: Ding ding! This is the round that Haye said he would knockout Klitschko, but it is the Ukrainian who comes out swinging his big right looking to end the contest early. This is a measured performance from the big Ukrainian. Haye tries to land a straight right from distance but Klitschko shoves him to the canvas again. Haye needs to change his tactics and work more laterally. Klitschko lands a right hand, and as Haye tries to swing his big right over the top, Klitschko steps backwards and sends him swinging past him like an angry child.
My unofficial scorecard: Haye 9-10 Klitschko
Round seven: Ding ding! Klitschko has a point taken away very early on after shoving Haye to the deck again. He's scoring psychological points with that tactic even if he has been penalised for doing it. Haye lands a solitary right hand after a left-right combination. Again no fireworks, but Haye at least wins a round.
My unofficial scorecard: Haye 10-9 Klitschko
Round eight: Ding ding! Klitschko is proving fitter and faster on his feet than Haye imagined. The Brit is having to strain every sinew to find the reach to land a punch on his opponent. A blistering left-right combination lands cleanly and forces Klitschko back, but he is back in Haye's face jabbing ceaselessly and proving an immovable and troubling object for the Brit. Haye slips and goes down again. It's not doing him any favours, only making him look weaker. Haye is frustrated, he knows he is going to have to find a knockout blow to win this already.
My unofficial scorecard: Haye 9-10 Klitschko
Round nine: Ding ding! Haye's frustration works its way out of his body with a big right which Klitschko takes with a wry smile. The Ukrainian measures his left jab and retorts with his own powerful right. Haye's arms are low, as usual. Klitschko's shot doesn't land cleanly, but it lets Haye know that he's not shaken, or tired, as Haye believed he would be, late in the fight. Haye swings wildy trying to win the round in the last 20 seconds, but I call it even.
My unofficial scorecard: Haye 10-10 Klitschko
Round 10: Ding ding! I have Klitschko by three rounds as it stands so Haye really needs to find something special. Klitschko takes a heavy right from Haye and shoves him to the floor, as if to prove that he is the controlled fighter and expose Haye's unbalanced approach. Klitschko lands a couple of straight jabs in the centre of the round, forcing Haye back towards the ropes. Buoyed by that, he comes forward again and lands his best jab to date, rocking Haye's head backwards and winning the round again.
My unofficial scorecard: Haye 9-10 Klitschko
Round 11: Ding ding! Haye swings wildly and is pushed down by Klitschko. It's embarrassing for Haye. The referee ludicrously calls it a knockdown and gives Haye the count. Perhaps doing so because he's annoyed with Haye's constant slips. the British fans chant Haye's name, but he needs more than support, he needs inspiration. Klitschko continues to jab away with an air of authority that makes Haye look foolish again as he tries to land a 'Hayemaker' and instead falls to his knees again. Klitschko's been the better boxer all night.
My unofficial scorecard: Haye 8-10 Klitschko (because of the 'knockdown')
Round 12: Ding ding! The two boxers touch gloves, which perhaps proves that the whole trash-talking nonsense was in fact nonsense. Haye tears into Klitschko and rocks him with a huge right, piling into the Ukrainian and flinging another right hook at the side of Klitschko's head. He shoves Haye down, but this time to get a breather, not prove a point. Haye swings wildly again with the two boxers looking extremely tired. The big man's defences are too strong though. Haye's workrate is good but he doesn't land cleanly again and the bell sounds. It will go to the judges. And the fight will go to man who boxed better and was more controlled all night: Wladimir Klitschko
My unofficial scorecard: Haye 10-9 Klitschko
11.17pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-55 Klitschko is smiling broadly. He knows he's got this one. Haye's pre-match jibes were as confused and off-the-mark as his punches were tonight. The Brit is pacing around showing the edginess of a man who knows he's lost. Both boxers are bloodied.
The verdict:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-56 Wladimir Klitschko is the new unified heavyweight champion of the world. The points went 117-109, 116-110 and I missed the final score. The mic at the stadium was fuzzy I'm afraid. I'll see what I scored it in a minute.
My scorecard:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-57 113-117 to Klitschko, for what it matters. It will be interesting to hear what Haye has to say about the fight afterwards. If he is honest with himself he will have to admit that being the smaller man was a huge problem on this occasion. Gary Naylor called it right before the fight when he said a good big man will always beat a good small man. Klitschko proved this.
11.26pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-58 Lennox Lewis reckons Haye needed to get inside more, but Klitschko didn't give him a chance to. He was holding Haye back by 6ft the whole time, giving him too far to swing.
11.28pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-59 Haye has just revealed that the reason he lost was because he broke his right toe three weeks ago and he couldn't "explode" off his right leg and land his right hand. He shows his swollen right toe to prove that he's not lying and reckons he would have pulled out if it wasn't for the fact he would have been letting down 50,000 fans.
11.30pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-60 "I'm in absolute agony," says Haye. His toe that is, not his swollen face. "All credit to Wladimir, he's a great fighter." Haye admits that his trash-talk was aimed at getting Klitschko to come out and swing at him. The Haye team say that their man could not follow up his jabs so one-two combinations were hard to land. Adam Booth says he is "disgusted" with the referee for giving Haye a count for being pushed. It sounds like this is sour grapes. Adam Booth reckons Haye will still retire on the 13 October.
11.34pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-61 For the record, Haye's big toe looked like it was broken but the adrenaline would surely have numbed the pain in a big fight.
11.35pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-62 Klitschko says "Haye was very cautious." He didn't feel like he was a threat. Haye was like "all of his other opponents. Haye was disgraceful in the way he behaved before the fight." He says Haye "was more cautious than other fighters" who he has previously criticised. "Our dream comes true," he says. "I am sharing all of these belts with my brother. The British fans gave great atmosphere to the stadium." He's being gracious, but that's pretty easy when you've more belts than you could find in John Lewis.
11.40pm:http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/02/david-haye-wladimir-klitschko-live#block-63 Here's a puntastic email from George H: "Is it fair to say Haye was 'toe-tally outclassed'?" Yes it is. And with that I think I will call it a day. Thanks for all your emails and tweets.
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WBA champion David Haye arrives to much applause, and a few umbrellas
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David Haye finally arrives at the ring. He seems a bit happier now he's there as he was jostled by fans on his way into the arena
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Eventually the IBF, IBO and WBO world champion Klitschko arrives in the ring
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Round one starts with Klitschko trying to dominate. He shows Haye who's the bigger man by throwing him to the floor