This is just the start, says Haye

DAVID HAYE has vowed to “clean up” in the heavyweight division and unify the titles after ripping the WBA belt from the waist of Russian giant Nikolai Valuev.

In only his second fight as a fully-fledged heavyweight, the Englishman produced a technically sublime performance to beat champion Valuev on a majority points decision in Germany on Saturday night.

Haye, 29, only faced Valuev after being forced to pull out of a challenge for Wladimir Klitschko’s IBF and WBO belts in the summer due to injury before negotiations with Klitschko’s brother Vitali, the WBC champion, broke down.