Former boxing world champion David Haye has been accused of failing to pay almost £600,000 in debts as HMRC won a hearing to probe his Hayemaker Boxing Ltd firm
David Haye has been accused of failing to pay almost £600,000 in debts as the HMRC takes him to court. The former boxing world champion, who was nicknamed the Hayemaker, failed to settle corporation tax bills over three years.
He is said to have racked up the huge debt from 2010 to 2013. During that time his career was booming as he won several big fights but also suffered a world title defeat to Wladimir Klitschko.
HMRC reportedly won a hearing at the county court in London to probe David’s firm, Hayemaker Boxing Ltd. Court papers seen by the Mirror have shown that the HMRC believes the firm deliberately tried to avoid tax. “It is alleged that the company’s profits were deliberately understated,” a restoration order document said.
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According to reports, David also faces interest payments and penalty fines. David is believed to have banked an impressive £20million from his boxing career.
However, his business empire has crumbled as in 2023 it was revealed two of his firms had gone bust. They reportedly owed over half a million pounds.
David’s sports firm named The Undercard London is in £280,400 debt and faces closure. In recent years, David has found his love life hitting the headlines over his ring antics.
David and girlfriend Sian Osborne have seen intrigue in their romance as they have been swept up in throuple rumours. They have been together since 2020, with reports suggesting they have welcomed other women into their romance.
Last year, the couple decided to turn to the aid of celebrity dating app Raya to help find a third person to join them. However, those who stumbled across the profile found some stark warnings in the details.
A screenshot of the profile page emerged online – appearing to show it was written by David and said he is “enjoying the game we call life”. The profile made it clear he already has a partner – but said they were open to “connect” with a third partner.
Fans had their eyebrows raised when The Saturdays singer Una Healy was linked to the couple in 2023. But the All Fired Up singer said she was ‘hoodwinked’ into the three-way romance.
She told the My Therapist Ghosted Me podcast: “Dating him is the right term because that’s how it was, it wasn’t a throuple. We had a lovely relationship.”
Una claimed that she had been “hoodwinked” into joining the relationship and said David was the one pushing the “throuple” narrative. She insisted that she’s still friendly with him and harbours no “bitterness” towards him.
Last year, former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan confessed she had fallen for the former professional boxer, but she struggled with not being the only woman in his life.
Speaking on Celebs Go Dating, she said: “He had a girlfriend and an open relationship. I didn’t mean to fall in love with him, but I did. We did have this amazing connection together – we were like fire.
“It was weird – I think he does love his girlfriend and he loves me as well. It just brings me to a part in my life that was quite dark.” After being quizzed about claims she was in a throuple, she said: “No [it wasn’t]. I was in love with him. I wouldn’t have enjoyed watching the man I was in love with have sex with another woman, that’s not for me.”
The Mirror has contacted David’s representatives for comment.
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