By Scott Gilfoid: It seems like every time I see a thread involving a heavyweight, I see comments from British fans saying that WBA heavyweight champion David Haye can beat this guy or that guy.

It doesn’t seem to matter who the heavyweight is. They think that Haye would beat them. It’s kind of interesting to see the different heavyweights that they feel that Haye can beat. The recent favorites are the Klitschko brothers.

I have no idea what would make British boxing fans think that Haye could beat the Klitschko brothers. I’ve seen nothing from Haye’s past fights that would lead me to believe that he would do anything other than get destroyed by the Klitschko brothers. It’s not that I don’t think Haye is a good heavyweight and wouldn’t have a chance to beat them.

I think Haye would have a slight chance, say 1% if either of them were to suddenly keel over from a heart ailment during the fight. But apart from that, I can’t see Haye ever beating the Klitschko brothers. It doesn’t there, though. I’ve seen threads where Haye’s fans are saying that he could beat a prime George Foreman without any problems.

It’s hard to believe anyone could think that. The thought of Haye fighting a prime Foreman is sickening. I wouldn’t want to watch it. I think the fight would last about one round. As soon as Foreman connects, it’s over. I don’t mind boxing fans having a favorite fighter and all, but some of the adoration for Haye is somewhat off putting to me. It seems like some of his fans aren’t really grounded in reality. I see Haye as a good heavyweight.

I think he’s definitely a top 20 heavyweight. I don’t see Haye as a top 5 heavyweight, though. And I personally see him as a paper champion right now. I think he gets destroyed if not by an old 38-year-old John Ruiz, then by the next opponent Haye fights unless he goes after an old and small 45-year-old light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins next.

Don’t get me wrong, I think Haye was a good cruiserweight, one of the best in the division. I would rate him in the top five for that division. However, had Haye stayed in the cruiserweight division, I think he would have been beaten by Tomasz Adamek, Steve Cunningham, O’Neil Bell, Marco Huck and Ola Afolabi. So I think it’s a good thing that Haye moved up in weight before he ended up losing to those fighters, if he ever stepped it up and fought them, that is.

Again, I think Haye is a good top 25 heavyweight, but not top tier guy. It’s nice that Haye was given a high ranking by the sanctioning bodies and then matched softly in a fight against the slow, aging Nikolay Valuev and 38-year-old Monte Barrett, but I personally don’t rate those fighters as top tier heavyweights. Now if Haye were to fight and beat the Klitschko brothers or some talented fighters like Odlanier Solis and Alexander Povetkin, then I would start to believe in him as a fighter. But he’s not fighting those guys for some reason.