Daniel

Daniel "The Honey Badger" Hayes


Daniel Hayes is a top ranked middleweight boxer. A gifted athlete, he began playing basketball at the age of 8, and developed an agility in multiple sports, including soccer, football, track and field, baseball, and swimming. As a high school senior, he was recruited to play basketball for NCAA Division 1 and 2 schools. Dan attended Thompson Rivers University on an athletic scholarship, changing his major from kinesiology to theatre after an acting class ignited a new passion. Having been a published print model since 17, he was no stranger to the camera. Furthering his studies at prestigious acting schools, he was featured in popular And1 and Nike commercials. Dan became a mixed martial arts fighter, earning belts in four martial arts, and eventually landing a spot on Trinidad & Tobago’s national boxing team. Currently on his World Championship journey, he fights out of the world famous Wild Card Boxing Club and is launching a boxing fitness and recovery studio in Los Angeles.