British Jamaican more recent times David Haye has become the new face of British Jamaican boxing, Haye has won numerous titles and in 2009 beat Nikolai Valuev to become the WBA Heavyweight Champion (the fifth Briton to do so, and the third British Jamaican – the other two being Britons of Nigerian origin).. Dillian Whyte is another well established British boxer who was born in Jamaica. John Barnes is the most capped English Jamaican to have played for the England national football team, and a number of the current national team players have origins in Jamaica, including Darren Bent, Aaron Lennon, Raheem
Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye he had inherited the mandatory status from Chagaev as the next highest ranked contender. He would later agree to face the winner of Valuev vs Haye. Haye was able to out move and out box the much slower Valuev by using a circle, stick and move strategy which would give a majority decision victory. The win made Haye the fourth brit to win a major heavyweight title, after Bob Fitzsimmons, Lennox Lewis, and Frank Bruno as well as only the second former cruiserweight champion to win a heavyweight title after Evander Holyfield. Valuev would retire after the fight, while Haye