Haye donates $135,000 to retired boxer Blackwell

David Haye has donated almost £100,000 to Nick Blackwell to help the former British middleweight champion prepare for retirement.

Blackwell, 25, was placed into an induced coma after suffering a bleed on the skull in March’s fight with Chris Eubank Jnr.

Nick Blackwell had made a full recovery but will never fight again after his career was ended in March.

Haye pledged to donate 10 per cent of ticket sales from his May fight with Arnold Gjergjaj.

“It’s amazing, he’s been so good to me,” Blackwell said. “I didn’t know him before at all, but he’s texting me every other day, seeing how I am.”