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[GRAPHIC Photo] David Haye’s ruptured achilles ‘felt like I stepped on a bear trap’

David Haye fought WBC cruiserweight champ Tony Bellew this past weekend at the O2 Arena in London. After a pretty even match up earlier on, Haye sustained an achilles injury, and was subsequently knocked down. He continued to fight for 5 rounds, until his cornermen eventually threw in the towel and stopped the fight in the 11th.

"It was a strange situation - I was getting into my flow and it felt like I stepped on a bear trap," Haye told BBC.

"I knew it was completely ruptured - the pain was terrible, when I put my foot down I could hear it crunching, but the adrenaline is so high when you're fighting you can conjure up the energy from somewhere to keep going.