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Haye's antics have been a boon for ticket sales for the bout at the hulking Veltins-Arena, the football ground where England's 2006 World Cup hopes came to an end. Fans queued for more than an hour when tickets were made available on Friday and 47,000 were gone when sales were frozen over the weekend to enable television production to do a site survey. Depending on the demands of television, a crowd of 70,000 could be present on the night, a figure that Bernd Bönte, Klitschko's manager, was confident would sell in a matter of days.
“The biggest fight [in Germany] after the Second World War,” was Bönte's slightly unfortunate claim, a statement harking back to the bouts of Max Schmeling in the 1930s, rather than the conflict itself. The bout is also likely to be watched in more than 100 countries. Little of which will make any difference to Haye, who will be earning nothing from the ticket sales or the worldwide television rights, apart from part of the fee paid by Setanta Sports in Britain.
“The biggest fight [in Germany] after the Second World War,” was Bönte's slightly unfortunate claim, a statement harking back to the bouts of Max Schmeling in the 1930s, rather than the conflict itself. The bout is also likely to be watched in more than 100 countries. Little of which will make any difference to Haye, who will be earning nothing from the ticket sales or the worldwide television rights, apart from part of the fee paid by Setanta Sports in Britain.
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