The bomber wins again!! Tony Bellew has pulled yet off another surprise victory over David Haye, in the pair's rematch at the 02 Arena. Scenes.
In the opening rounds, Bellew looked relativity comfortable with Hayes shots. Bellew made Haye work and allowed him to come forward and wear himself. Then, out of nowhere, a right hook from Bellew took Haye down. There was pandemonium at the 02 Arena.Then the Liverpudlian took him down once again.
Haye made it to the fourth. In this round, Bellew took the fight to Haye, who was backing away and really looking in a world of trouble. In the fifth, in a almost a carbon copy, Haye went down once again, but the referee stopped the fight after Bellew landed a flurry of punches.
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Records show that around 70% of rematches between British heavyweights since 1981 have had a different result in the rematch, but Bellew has bucked that trend tonight, defeating the Haymaker for the second time.
The Liverpool-born fighter surprisingly beat the Haymaker last year at the O2 Arena, stepping up two weight classes to do.
However, during the bout, Haye injured his right Achilles in the sixth round and had to fight on courageously to the 11th round, where 35-year-old Bellew on by technical knockout.
And Bellew has shown that he's no one-trick pony here tonight.
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Haye said that he would hang up his gloves if was to achieve anything other than a stunning knockout on Bellew. This defeat has thrown his boxing career into major doubt.
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