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Haye clinches WBA heavyweight title with win over Valuev

Briton David Haye clinched the WBA world heavyweight title with a points win over holder Nikolai Valuev of Russia on Saturday. Skip related content

Haye, who became Britain's first heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis retired six years ago, scored 116-112 points on the scorecards of two judges, the third giving it a 114-114 tie.

(Writing by Karolos Grohmann; editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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