By Jim Slattengren: In looking at the size differences between the 6’3″ 215 pound David Haye and 6’7″ 245 pound IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, it’s hard to see this fight as being anything other than a terrible mismatch on June 20th at the Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

I’m thinking that if Haye were fighting smaller heavyweight that weren’t as tall and as heavy as fighter like Wladimir, his brother Vitali and fighters like 6’7″ Alexander Dimitrenko, then Haye would have a fairly good chance of being the heavyweight champion in the division. However, against super heavyweights like the Klitschko brother and Dimitrenko, I think it would be nearly impossible for Haye to ever beat these types of fighters unless they drop their hands and let Haye tee off on them.

When you have a heavyweight like the Klitschkos and Dimintrenko who have 30 pounds in weight and five inches in reach over someone like Haye, it puts the smaller fighter at a tremendous disadvantage against them and almost guarantees that Haye will take a lot of serious trauma to the head in the process of fighting them.

Now, the lower weight classes have only four to seven pounds that separates the divisions from each other, whereas with the heavyweight division you can have fighters ranging from as low as 200 up to well over 300 pounds at times.

Yes, I’ve heard the saying about ‘speed is power’ and all that, but more often than not when you have a talented bigger fighter like the Klitschko brothers matched up against a talented fighter who weighs 30 pounds less than them and is shorter in height and reach as well, the Klitschkos are going to win almost every time because of their superior size.

Take away the size from them, and I can’t imagine either of the Klitschko brothers being able to beat a talented fighter with the quickness and speed of David Haye. He’s too fast and too powerful for heavyweights his own size or smaller to beat him unless they have a great chin and a ton of power to fire back on him.

If you remove the bigger heavyweights from the equation, then Haye would absolutely rule the heavyweight division with an iron fist for years to come because of his unnaturally fast hands and great power.

This is perhaps why their needs to be a separate class for the super heavyweights to fight in, because it will never be fair for smaller heavyweights like Haye and Chris Byrd to have to compete with these monstrous sized heavyweights.

At the same time, by making a separate class for heavyweights like the Klitschko brothers it would save smaller heavyweights like Haye from taking unnecessary beatings like the one that Haye will no doubt be suffering on June 20th against Wladimir.

This fight won’t be close because Haye is too short, and too light and not experienced against bigger fighters. If you look back in history, it’s a rare thing for a smaller heavyweight to beat a talented bigger one. Evander Holyfield was only able to beat Riddick Bowe once in their three fights and took terrific punishment in two of the bouts.

Lennox Lewis toyed with smaller heavyweights like David Tua, Francois Botha and Mike Tyson. The same thing will likely happen in the Klitschko vs. Haye bout. Wladimir will go out, hit Haye on the head from long range and Haye will drop for the ten count and the fight will be over.