Wladimir Klitschko 243 lbs beat David Haye 211 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12
Date: 2011-07-02
Location: Imtech-Arena, Altona, Hamburg, Germany
Referee: Genaro Rodriguez
Judge: Stanley Christodoulou 116-110
Judge: Michael Pernick 118-108
Judge: Adalaide Byrd 117-109
International Boxing Federation Heavyweight Title (10th defense by Klitschko)
World Boxing Association Super World Heavyweight Title (3rd defense by Haye)
World Boxing Organization Heavyweight Title (6th defense by Klitschko)
International Boxing Organization Heavyweight Title (10th defense by Klitschko)
The Ring Magazine Heavyweight Title (3rd defense by Klitschko)
Promoter: Klitschko's K2 Promotions
Aired On: RTL (GER), Sky Box Office Pay-Per-View (UK), HBO (USA), Inter (UKR)
Wladimir Klitschko 55-3 (49 KOs) vs. David Haye 25-1 (23 KOs)
Klitschko entered as world heavyweight champion and the # 5 pound-for-pound fighter, according to The Ring Magazine. Haye, a 1.75/1 betting underdog , was ranked as the # 2 contender by the same publication, behind only Wladimir and his brother Vitali.
Haye had signed to fight Wladimir in June 2009, but pulled out shortly before the fight. Later in 2009, he negotiated a deal with Vitali, but did not sign the contract he had agreed to and instead secretly negotiated to face Nikolay Valuev, the titleholder Haye eventually outpointed to claim the WBA Heavyweight Title.
In preparation for the bout, Haye primarily sparred with the 6'8 and then-unbeaten David Price.
Klitschko and Haye agreed to a 50-50 split of the purse and Haye was allotted 7000 seats at the venue.
Ticket prices for the bout ranged from 50-1500 Euros (Official Ticket).
William Hill were expecting to turn over £5million for the fight.
The crowd was reported to be over 61,000.
An estimated audience of 500 million viewers worldwide watched the main event.
The fight averaged 15.56 million viewers in Germany with 67.0 market share. It peaked at 16.28 million viewers with 75.7 share.
The fight was watched by a total 21 million people in Ukraine.
It also drew record-breaking 1.17 million PPV buys in the United Kingdom.
In Poland, the bout averaged almost 3.4 million households, which translates to roughly 5-6 million average viewers.
The event reportedly had a $25 million gate.
Both Klitschko and Haye earned $24 million for the fight.
HBO's Harold Lederman scored the bout 117-109 and ESPN's Dan Rafael 118-108; both in favor of Klitschko.
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