BOXER David Haye told me he’s enjoying his retirement at the Action For Children Sport Dinner on Friday night.
The Hayemaker, who held multiple world championships in two weight classes, was interviewed on stage by STV’s Peter Martin but mingled readily with guests.
He told me: “I officially retired a few weeks ago so pipe and slippers are in full effect and I’m not smashing it as hard. I can eat and drink what I want now.”
David, who cautioned off a personal training session on the night, couldn’t stop giggling as Peter, whose humour is often close to the bone, took the mickey out of main sponsor Poonam Gupta OBE who owns the hugely-successful PG Paper company.
Poonam and her husband Puneet managed to help raise over £100,000 on the night, no doubt helped by Puneet bidding £15,000 for a personal portrait session with Scots artist Gerard Burns who has painted Nicola Sturgeon, Billy Connolly and Ewan Mcgregor amongst others.
Gerard who was there admitted it takes a lot of effort to paint portraits so he was thrilled his donation had gone for such a great price.
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