David and Goliath face off tonight

David Haye attempted to pull off an upset of gargantuan proportions by snatching Russian giant Nikolai Valuev’s WBA heavyweight title in Germany tonight.

Londoner Haye, 29, carried a record of 22 wins (21KOs) and one defeat into the contest against the 7ft 2ins champion, who had also suffered just one defeat in his 52 fights with a total of 34 knockouts.