By Sean McDaniel: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) is poised to get his biggest payday yet in his fight on Saturday night against 39-year-old Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) in their fight at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. Haye, 30, has agreed to take a cut of the pay-per-view sales rather than a flat fee, according to thesun.co.uk. If the fight brings in 700,000 PPV buys, that will bring Haye £3.5m [$5.6 million]. Haye will then receive an additional £1.5m [$2.4 million] for selling out the 22,000 seat M.E.N. Arena.

The fight is already sold out, so that’s guaranteed money for Haye. Harrison will also get a big payday, making £1m [$1.6 million] for the fight. Haye and Harrison could wind up with even more money if the fight surpasses 700,000 buys, but it’s unclear whether it will get much past that mark, if it even makes it to 700,000. The fight is interesting to some fans, while others aren’t interested in paying to see the fight because they see Haye as pulling a fast one on fans by taking on a lower level fighter rather than someone that would have a good chance at beating him like the Klitschko brothers or one of the top contenders in the heavyweight division.

Harrison is ranked near the bottom of the WBA at the number 14 spot, and he only recently made it into the top 15 after stopping Michael Sprott in a come from behind 12th round knockout win.

With Haye getting a huge payday to take on a guy like Harrison, it’s no wonder that Haye isn’t interested in taking on the Klitschko brothers.