Champion status just hitting
BOXING giant-killer David Haye returned to Britain last night after defeating the "Beast from the East", and admitted: "I can't wear my belt – it's too big."
The 29-year-old Londoner saw off the colossal Nikolai Valuev to become Britain's first world heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis's retirement from the ring in 2003.
Arriving back from Germany at Stansted Airport to a rapturous reception from more than 100 fans, he said the reality of becoming world champion "has only just hit me".
Haye, who showed off a badly disfigured hand, said:
"It was like hitting bricks but it was a small price for being heavyweight champion of the world."
Prime Minister Gordon Brown acclaimed the new champion, saying: "Congratulations to David Haye for his superb, courageous and determined performance."
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