David Haye expected an easier ride after swapping boxing for poker

Interview with former heavyweight boxer David Haye as he discusses his foray into professional poker. When David Haye agreed to swap the boxing gym for a poker table and challenge the world’s best, the former heavyweight and cruiserweight world champion admits he did not know what he was letting himself in for. Haye’s attempt to mix it with the big guns at the biggest live poker tournament outside Las Vegas, Grosvenor Casinos Goliath 2019, is the subject of the new documentary David vs Goliath, released on Amazon Prime this Friday. “They said to me, if they gave me a year of training with the best poker players in the world, the best coaches in the world, how well do I believe I could do?” Haye told the PA news agency. “With my confidence in my own abilities, I thought I’d win it easily. Genuinely. I thought if I was doing it for a year, figuring it all out, understanding it, as long as I’ve got the best teachers I’d win it. “But it soon became apparent poker is not something you can pick up in five minutes.”