David Haye Donates £100,000 To Nick Blackwell

David Haye has made a generous donation to former professional boxer Nick Blackwell.

Blackwell was placed into induced coma after suffering a bleed on his skull following his grueling British title fight with Chris Eubank Jr back in March. The boxing community rallied together to support the 25-year-old with Adam Etches setting up a crowdfunding page, while Haye has donated an incredible £100,000.

Haye had pledged 10% of tickets sales from his recent bout against Arnold Gjergjaj to fund Blackwell's life post-retirement. A gesture which the stricken boxer is extremely thankful for;

"It's amazing, he's been so good to me. I didn't know him before at all, but he's texting me every other day, seeing how I am. He even 'facetimed' me from Miami. I'm so lucky, it's given me a real start and I'm really grateful to him. It's more than I got paid for any fight except the last one, against Eubank."

The former unified cruiserweight world champion has even helped him in looking for new career avenues;

"He's offered to help me find investments, looked into help-to-buy schemes and that, and recommended mortgage advisors."

Nice touch, David.

'The Hayemaker' is expected to make his ring return in September or October facing American Shannon Briggs as he bids for another shot at world glory.

Topics: David Haye, Boxing

Nasir Jabbar

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