A look back at the life and times of David Haye who has now called time on his boxing career.
Former WBA heavyweight champ calls time on career
Skysports.com takes a look back at the life and times of David Haye after he announced his retirement on his 31st birthday...
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.
November - Wins WBA and WBC cruiserweight titles with victory over Jean-Marc Mormeck in France, winning by technical knock-out in the seventh round.
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.
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.
November 7 - Takes on WBA champion Nikolai Valuev in Nuremberg and wins on points after an attritional contest, 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 of their fight in Manchester.
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.
October 11 - The British Boxing Board of Control general secretary Robert Smith tells
BBC Radio Five Live that Haye has emailed the board stating he does not wish to renew his fighting licence.
October 13: - Announces his retirement from boxing on his 31st birthday, just as he had promised to do. In doing so, he turns down the chance to extend his career to fight Vitali Klitschko at the start of 2012.
