BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2010- David Haye

With the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony on Sunday, Chris Mayer takes a look at each nominee over the coming week. Today we focus on WBA World Heavyweight Champion David Haye

This year has been a breeze for the WBA Heavyweight Champion, David "The Hayemaker" Haye.

Following on from last year's defeat of giant Russian Nikolai Valuev in Nuremberg to claim his first heavyweight title, Haye has made short work of all challengers for his belt.

Haye has demonstrated with consumate ease the step-up from cruiserweight to heavyweight. What he lacks in brute strength, he gains in style, speed and finesse over his much larger opponents.

His first defence of his title came against American John Ruiz at the MEN Arena, a homecoming for all the fans that had supported him during his career.

Haye signalled his intent early in the fight, knockking Ruiz down in the first round. Haye's speed dictated the fight as he ground down the lumbering American.

Eight rounds of pummeling followed before Ruiz's teams threw in the towel in the 9th round, after a barrage of solid right hands from Haye.

The convincing performance of Haye clearly sent out a resounding signal to the Klitschko brothers for a multi-million pound unification fight. But they weren't answered.

Next up for Haye was Olympic Gold medallist and bitter rival Audley Harrison. Harrison had scraped through his previous fight against Michael Sprott with a last minute knockout, despite being outboxed for the majority of the fight.

Harrison, who had just turned 39 before the fight made proclamations to the media that he would 'school Haye in the art of boxing'. He also claimed that his story 'resonated with people' and was 'building to a crescendo'.

The fight was heavily plugged as the Battle of Britain between two of the country's biggest boxers. But the fight turned out to be a swift and drab affair as Haye made quick work of Harrison, ending the fight in round 3.

All talk but nothing to show in the fight, and the nicknames 'Fraudley' and 'A-Farce' were banded around soon after. Harrison managed one punch in total, as Haye toyed with the aging boxer.

Two convincing victories in 2010 for the Hayemaker, but that fight with a Klitschko brother still to be pencilled in. Haye has said well in advance that he has little left to achieve and plans to retire in October 2011. This time next year, we could well see Haye go out in a blaze of glory with more gold around his waist.

Odds of winning - 100/1

Verdict - Haye was indeed dominant in his two defences, but the opponents provided little to challenge him. Boxers always go strong in the voting but this could be a fight too far.