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Article: What do you think, Mum? DAVID v GOLIATH NEW WORLD CHAMP.(News)

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The Mirror (London, England)
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November 9, 2009
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Byline: LAURA ARMSTRONG; STEPHEN MOYES

HERO boxer David Haye was on top of the world yesterday - after keeping a promise he made to his mother when he was THREE.

The battling boxer took the WBA heavyweight title after 12 tough rounds against 7ft 2in Russian giant Nikolai Valuev.

And after beating the man-mountain, the superstar heavyweight was desperate to make one special phone call... to his mum Jane.

'Speaking straight after the fight from his dressing room in Nuremberg, Germany, he asked her: "What do you think, then?"

He ...

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