Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn has snubbed Haye's offer for a world title shot but Haye warns that strategy is risky for the unbeaten heavyweight
Showdown: Will Haye and Joshua take to the ring?
David Haye has warned Anthony Joshua he could blow their huge payday if he loses.
Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn has snubbed Haye's offer of a money-spinning clash to pursue a world title shot for the unbeaten heavyweight prospect.
The former WBA heavyweight champ says Hearn's strategy is risky because the Joshua fight would lose its box office appeal if he were to suffer a first pro defeat.
"It would hurt his plans, it would be a setback," said Haye, whose next fight is on May 21 at London's O2 .
"It would make a fight with him not as interesting and not worth as much money.
"At the minute, people are giving him a shot against me. That's what makes it interesting. But if he loses to someone, how interesting would it be then? People would see his flaws and maybe not want to see him fight me.
"If he gets the opportunity to fight in an eliminator for the world title, I'll be there supporting him as much as anyone.
"Anything that makes our fight bigger, I'm all for."
Joshua has been offered an IBF title eliminator against Carlos Takam for Charles Martin's belt, and Haye says that would be a dangerous fight for the 2012 Olympic champ.
"I had Carlos Takam over as a sparring partner for a couple of months before with my fight with Dereck Chisora and the guy is a right handful, he's a really solid contender," he said.
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"He would be by far the best opponent Anthony Joshua has fought if they fight.
"I'm not sure whether Eddie Hearn will go for that and if they are going to go for tricky guys, why not just fight me?"
Haye, 35, fancies his chances against Joshua, who is nine years younger, and feels his greater experience would give him the edge over the British and Commonwealth champ.
"You've got remember what stage of our careers we're at," he said.
"I'm 35 years of age, the world heavyweight title fights I've had, European title fights and so on.
"I've been out injured longer than he's had his professional career. I was world heavyweight champion before he had even started boxing. I'm way further in front of him in terms of development and experience. He can't catch up on that in one year.
"I've been a pro 12 years. I'm not sure what he's going to learn in the next year-and-a-half which will catch up on that."
"I've been a pro 12 years. I'm not sure what he's going to learn in the next year-and-a-half which will catch up on that." thats serious though.
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