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Haye vs Bellew: Live streaming results and round by round coverage

David Haye faces Tony Bellew today in London, as the press war goes to the ring.

This afternoon at 2 p.m. ET on Sky Box Office and AWE, David Haye and Tony Bellew main event a card from the O2 Arena in London, in a 12-round heavyweight grudge match.

Haye (28-2, 26 KO) returned from a three-and-a-half year retirement last year to defeat Mark de Mori and Arnold Gjergjaj with ease, but Bellew (28-2-1, 18 KO) hopes to present a tougher challenge. The reigning WBC cruiserweight champion, Bellew is the underdog and there are fears he’s simply too small to fight as a heavyweight, but he is at the very least a better fighter than de Mori or Gjergjaj, and Haye hasn’t faced a capable opponent since 2012.

On the undercard, welterweights Sam Eggington (19-3, 11 KO) and Paulie Malignaggi (36-7, 7 KO) will meet in a 12-round fight for a minor WBC belt; Ohara Davies (14-0, 11 KO) takes on Derry Mathews (38-11-2, 20 KO) for the WBC silver junior welterweight title; IBF featherweight titleholder Lee Selby (23-1, 8 KO) will take on Andoni Gago (16-2-2, 5 KO) in non-title action; and Katie Taylor (2-0, 1 KO) will face Monica Gentili (6-6, 1 KO) in a six-round fight.\

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ROUND BY ROUND

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DAVID HAYE vs TONY BELLEW

Round 1: Haye kinda loses his balance a little and Adam Smith loses his mind. It was out of an aggressive clinch but hey why not. Bellew and Haye both throwing bombs. Bellew with a right hand. Haye lunging a lot, keeping his hands moving. Haye missing constantly and getting pecked with little counter shots. Body shot from Bellew. Haye is fighting incredibly recklessly. Bellew 10-9

Round 2: Haye lands a long right, Bellew shrugs. A little less lunging from Haye, trying to jab a tad more. That leaves Bellew without as many counter chances. Haye again missing with wild, loaded up shots, and Bellew takes advantage. Haye resets. This is a technically miserable effort from Haye so far. I did like Haye this round for some of his early work. Haye 10-9, 19-19

Round 3: Haye just misses on a right hand counter bomb. Cagier fight as it goes along and Haye settles down some. Now we start to think of stamina issues both could have. Haye hasn't had a real fight in years, and Bellew is carrying a lot of extra weight. Haye throws after the bell but misses badly anyway. Not a busy round. Bellew 10-9, 29-28

Round 4: Haye with a couple decent shots halfway into the round. Actually set that up with a jab. Now a wild right uppercut, Bellew dodges that. Bellew clearly wants to drag this out into the later rounds before he possibly takes a chance to open up. This was a more measured round from Haye and it suited him. Haye 10-9, 38-38

Round 5: More boxing from Haye as this goes on, and that's working for him. He's getting to Bellew a bit more consistently now, even if nothing terribly flashy or eye-catching. It's the obvious better work. Bellew cut on the bridge of the nose. Haye 10-9, 48-47

Round 6: Bellew with a nice little right hand. Moments later Haye is hurt out of nowhere! Now it's a brawl! Haye's legs are gone! His leg is hurt. He's just got no balance. Goes down and called a slip but he can't move to avoid the streetfight anymore. Haye down with 20 seconds left in the round! We make the end of the round but this might be over. Bellew 10-8, 57-56

Round 7: Haye is trying to fight on, but he's got nothing. He's physically injured and Bellew is all over him. Haye just laying against the ropes trying to land a big shot. He’s like an old Roy Jones now. He's surviving, but that's about it. Clean right from Bellew. Haye absorbing shots. Bellew may be punching himself out while literally in an ass kicking contest with a one legged man. Bellew 10-9, 67-65

Round 8: Haye simply can't generate any power with his current predicament, but he is somehow surviving. This is an all-heart performance right now from David Haye. He absolutely refuses to lose to this guy by giving up even with what appears to be a shot knee or ankle. Bellew 10-9, 77-74

Round 9: Bellew struggling to put away a one-legged man is no good. Bellew gets cracked even, hurt a little, and then there's a low blow that breaks up the action. Clear accident. Haye hobbling around on one good leg. I actually gave a one-legged Haye the round here. Unreal. Haye 10-9, Bellew 86-84

Round 10: The story we're seeing develop here is amazing. The crowd is going pro-Haye in real time, like some kind of danged drama movie. He's eating shots again this round, though, but by gum, he's trying. Bellew 10-9, 96-93

Round 11: Haye has no power on his shots. Bellew finally catches him off the ropes a bit. Haye gets knocked through the ropes BUT WITH GUTS OF A DAMN BEAR GETS UP! Corner throws in the towel! BUT HE GOT UP?? A hug between the two after the fight. Bellew TKO-11

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