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By Thomas Gerbasi - The retirement of David Haye didn’t last long, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t enjoy it while it was happening.
“I had a big retirement party in London that everybody came to, and that was really nice,” said the former heavyweight and cruiserweight champion of his walk into the proverbial sunset following his 12 round decision loss to Wladimir Klitschko on July 2, 2011. “They were playing all my old fights on the big screen and everyone was getting drunk and enjoying it, and celebrating my victories and what I’ve done in the ring. It was nice.”
Boxing has a way of getting its claws into you though, and almost immediately, Haye, still a young man in his physical prime at 31 years old, was haunted by the specter of a return. A post-Klitschko visit to heavyweight legend Lennox Lewis’ place in Jamaica didn’t help matters either.
“He’s a great guy and he’s also retired but people keep telling him to come back,” recalled Haye. “He said you do what you’ve gotta do.” [Click Here To Read More]
“I had a big retirement party in London that everybody came to, and that was really nice,” said the former heavyweight and cruiserweight champion of his walk into the proverbial sunset following his 12 round decision loss to Wladimir Klitschko on July 2, 2011. “They were playing all my old fights on the big screen and everyone was getting drunk and enjoying it, and celebrating my victories and what I’ve done in the ring. It was nice.”
Boxing has a way of getting its claws into you though, and almost immediately, Haye, still a young man in his physical prime at 31 years old, was haunted by the specter of a return. A post-Klitschko visit to heavyweight legend Lennox Lewis’ place in Jamaica didn’t help matters either.
“He’s a great guy and he’s also retired but people keep telling him to come back,” recalled Haye. “He said you do what you’ve gotta do.” [Click Here To Read More]
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