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WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew (29-2-1, 19 KOs) is looking for some more gold, this time in the heavyweight division. Last Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, Bellew moved up to the heavyweight division and pulled off what many felt was impossible by stopping his domestic rival David Haye in eleven rounds.
Last Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, Tony Bellew caused a huge upset by moving up to the heavyweight class and stopping an injured David Haye in the 11th round in a gripping, all-British fight. Haye, in the third bout of his boxing comeback, hurt his right Achilles as he skipped back in the sixth round but continued despite being an apparently easy target.
Former two division world champion David Haye (28-3, 26 KOs) fully backs the decision of his trainer, Shane McGuigan, to stop last Saturday's fight with WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew (29-2-1, 19 KOs).
Last Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, Tony Bellew believes that he humbled his bitter British rival David Haye with a shock 11th-round win in a non-title heavyweight fight. Former World Boxing Association world heavyweight champion Haye suffered a torn Achilles tendon in the sixth round, leaving him an easy target as he stumbled and limped around the ring for second half of the fight.
Tony Bellew admits only a huge opportunity will get him "out of bed" to fight again. In the aftermath of his eleventh round TKO victory over two-division champion David Haye, having stepped up to heavyweight for the bout at the O2 Arena, the Liverpool boxer raised the prospect of retirement.
SAN DIEGO--This past Saturday, Tony Bellew scored a stunning 11th round stoppage over David Haye in a bout that was seen exclusively in the United States on AWE-A Wealth of Entreatment & www.klowdtv.com
David Haye has called on Tony Bellew not to retire so they can meet for a second time in a repeat of their heavyweight contest after the first bout ended with a stoppage in favour of the Liverpool fighter. Haye, who suffered a torn Achilles and was forced out of the O2 Arena fight when his corner threw in the towel in the 11th round, believes he will be back in action in six to nine months.
Tony Bellew has said he may call it quits after his defeat of David Haye. The 34-year-old WBC cruiserweight champion beat the former world heavyweight champion at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday. Bellew, who earnt a career-high purse after the Sky Sports Box Office showdown, is likely to have plenty of lucrative options on the table after upsetting Haye, but he insists it will take something special to tempt him back into the ring.
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In an early candidate for upset of the year, WBC cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew, who was in the latest "Rocky" film, flipped the script by exploiting a leg injury by former two division champion David Haye midway through the sixth by scoring one knockdown in round six and another in the 11th before Haye's corner threw in the towel.