The BBC has updated its cookie policy. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. This includes cookies from third party social media websites if you visit a page which contains embedded content from social media.

Such third party cookies may track your use of the BBC website. We and our partners also use cookies to ensure we show you advertising that is relevant to you. If you continue without changing your settings, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the BBC website.

However, you can change your cookie settings at any time. These are external links and will open in a new window. And, as Lennox Lewis' former manager Frank Maloney explains, a world champion boxer can expect to make money from a number of revenue streams.

Meanwhile, Barry Hearn, chairman of sport promotion firm Matchroom Sport, believes it is the TV money that is most important. And, although he is the underdog, Haye is proud that as a result of his negotiations, he will walk away from the Klitschko fight with half the money on Saturday night.

Many within the industry believe he has deliberately stalled during previous fight negotiations with Klitschko, in and , in order to raise his profile and earn a bigger share of the eventual prize. A large chunk of that will come from gate receipts at the 57,seat Imtech Arena fight venue, home of German football club Hamburg.

If this business model, also in use at London's O2, was used in Germany, then those from the Haye and Klitschko camps are likely to see the majority of ticket monies. No big fight these days is complete without pay-per-view television coverage, another potential big earner for the two fighters' camps. However, pay-TV is by no means a guaranteed source of mega-bucks, with viewing numbers liable to fluctuation, as past experience shows.

In June , the bout between Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson got , pay-per-view buys in the UK. But according to the British Audience Research Board, only , viewers paid to watch Haye beat Audley Harrison inside three rounds in November And while Haye has been making noises about the pay-TV viewers for his bout outdoing that of Lewis v Tyson, others are less convinced. According to Rafael Tenorio, professor of economics in the business school at DePaul University, Chicago and freelance boxing journalist, we should not take such remarks too seriously.

Sky Sports, broadcasters of the fight via Sky Box Office, are not revealing how many people are signed up. Although the bout could earn Haye his largest pay cheque to date, some suggest he has not maximised his prospective earnings, having not taken advantage of the US market. The fight, although screened by US channel HBO, is not on US pay-per-view, a medium which Lennox Lewis and Ricky Hatton have proven can be potentially lucrative for a British boxer.

He said the US was always hungry for heavyweight boxing, and that any fighter who could get past the one million pay-per-views mark was on target to be big box office.

Yet by not having a promoter, Haye will earn significantly more money, regardless of the pay-per-view count, and may even end up with more money than Klitschko once all costs are paid. Both Haye and his manager-trainer Adam Booth handle fight negotiations as well as the boxing preparation.

By avoiding paying fees to a promoter for acting as an intermediary with television and other parties, Haye and Booth will each get an extra slice of the revenues. Haye has followed the path of Oscar de la Hoya, former multi-weight champion and founder of Golden Boy Promotions, who has been the most successful example of a boxer who has chosen to represent himself.

David Haye - Wikipedia

Mr Glen from Cranfield explains a scenario Haye might have faced at the start of his career, before going it alone. Haye has chosen to look after himself since early , shunning what he has referred to as a system of "employee" and "boss". Meanwhile, he has said on numerous occasions he would like to retire before his 31st birthday on 13 October.

If he defeats Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday night, Haye will undoubtedly press older brother Vitali - holder of the WBC heavyweight title - for a contest to determine who is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.

Should such a fight come about and be Haye's swansong, then a showdown in front of a US audience, with US pay-per-view, could earn him riches beyond whatever Saturday may offer. King Salman has replaced the previous heir to the throne - his nephew - with his year-old son.

David Haye v Wladimir Klitschko: How the £50m superfight was made - Telegraph

Cookies on the BBC website The BBC has updated its cookie policy. Continue Change settings Find out more.

This is how much David Haye earned from his two-round KO destruction of Arnold Gjergjaj | umisifuy.web.fc2.com

Accessibility links Skip to content Accessibility Help. BBC navigation Home Home News News Sport Weather Shop Earth Travel Capital iPlayer Culture Autos Future TV Radio CBBC CBeebies Food iWonder Bitesize Travel Music Earth Arts Make It Digital Taster Nature Local Menu. Search Search the BBC Search the BBC. BBC News News navigation Sections. Business selected Market Data Markets Global Trade Companies Entrepreneurship Technology of Business Business of Sport Global Education Economy.

Haye set for heavyweight payday against Klitschko By Zahid Lalani Business producer, BBC News. These are external links and will open in a new window Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Share this with Messenger Share this with Messenger Share this with Email Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link http: Such a sum would be Haye's biggest career purse to date.

Haye has missed out on extracting the really big money because he didn't have access to the North American viewers with cable John Glen, Cranfield School of Management.

Cranfield School of Management. Top Stories Saudi king ousts nephew for son King Salman has replaced the previous heir to the throne - his nephew - with his year-old son. UK Home England N.

Ireland Scotland Wales Politics. Business Home Market Data Markets Global Trade Companies Entrepreneurship Technology of Business Business of Sport Global Education Economy.

BBC News Services On your mobile On your connected tv Get news alerts Contact BBC News. Explore the BBC Home Home News News Sport Weather Shop Earth Travel Capital iPlayer Culture Autos Future TV Radio CBBC CBeebies Food iWonder Bitesize Travel Music Earth Arts Make It Digital Taster Nature Local.

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.