8 Nov 2009

Haye wins WBA crown

1:20 pm on 8 November 2009

The British boxer David Haye has won the WBA heavyweight championship by surprising Nikolai Valuev on a majority decision in Nuremberg.

The brash British boxer used his superior quickness over the huge Russian, who still has never been knocked down but was close in the 12th and final round.

Haye, a former cruiserweight world champion, won his third heavyweight fight to improve to 23-1 with 21 KOs.

His first defence of the WBA belt will come against American John Ruiz, who earlier today beat German Adnan Serin in the seventh round by TKO.

Valuev's record dropped to 50-2 with 34KOs.