Haye to meet and greet fans this Saturday (July 24) in Selfridges

World heavyweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye will hold an autograph signing session on Saturday, 24th July at WHSmith in Selfridges on Oxford Street, in order to officially announce the widespread release of HAYEMAKER, the boxer’s 192-page glossy sports publication and bookazine.

Haye will be on hand to meet and greet the public from 3.30pm, and copies of the summer issue of his bookazine will be available to buy on the day from WHSmith, who have secured an exclusive distribution deal for volume one. The champion’s bookazine is now available to purchase in over 400 WHSmith stores nationwide, and can be found in the bookazine section for a price of £9.99.

The first edition of HAYEMAKER includes bumper interviews with Manchester United centre-back Rio Ferdinand, England rugby fly-half Danny Cipriani, top British boxers Amir Khan, Carl Froch and George Groves, UFC superstar Georges St-Pierre, as well as Britain’s fastest ever athlete Linford Christie. The summer issue also includes behind-the-scenes pictures and accounts of Haye’s boxing career to date, and is a must-have item for any fan of ‘The Hayemaker’, boxing or sport in general.

Speaking of the widespread release, Haye said: “I’m delighted to be able to get the bookazine out to the British public, as this is a project I’m extremely proud of and one I had a big hand in producing. We started out with the intention of making a magazine, but WHSmith felt the final product was far too in-depth and weighty for a magazine, so decided to stock it as a bookazine.

“I actually did many of the interviews myself, in between training sessions ahead of my last fight. This project, therefore, has an extremely personal touch, and turned out exactly the way I wanted it to.

“This is the only official publication available to buy that deals with my career and life, so it’s a worthwhile read for any boxing fan. The interviews are exclusive and in-depth, and many of the articles that deal with my career cannot be found anywhere else, as they are very much behind-the-scenes accounts. This is the definitive read on my career so far.”

Champion Haye rose to the top of theheavyweight division last November, when he famously toppled 7-feet-2-inch ‘Beast From The East’ Nikolai Valuev to lift the WBA world heavyweight title. Haye then successfully defended the belt in April of this year with a ninth-round stoppage victory over number one contender John Ruiz. ‘The Hayemaker’ will make the second defence of his heavyweight championship later this year.

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