By William Mackay: Klitschko brothers, Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, are trying their best to intimidate WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, but maybe their doing too good of a job judging by Haye not stepping up to fight them. As you can see, neither of the Klitschkos is getting close to getting a fight with Haye. Heck, they seemed better off back when they were saying nothing and letting Haye do all the talking. Haye was like a dog chasing both of them and looking like he had them where he wanted them.

I still remember Haye confronting Wladimir at a charity event and Haye, with his back up, had Wladimir looking confused and embarrassed as Haye called him out in front of a large group of fans and reporters. However, things have changed recently with Wladimir and Vitali actively going after Haye, promising to knock him out, beat him up and send him into retirement. It seems like it’s had an adverse effect. Instead of getting Haye in the ring, Haye appears to be going in the opposite direction, looking for easy marks like Audley Harrison.

If the Klitschko brothers really want to fight Haye, they’ve got to change their tactics a little bit. First of all, they need to stay quiet about Haye completely and let him do the talking. Haye seems to like it best that way and takes their silence as a sign that they’re afraid. It wouldn’t hurt for them to cower a little around Haye. Second, they need to start talking Haye when people ask about him and talk about how dangerous he is and what not. The object here is to show fear and go overboard with showing respect. Thirdly, the Klitschkos need to show some vulnerability in the ring. They have to let their opponent stick around for awhile, land some punches and maybe score a knockdown or two but not knock them out. Anything to show that the Klitschko brothers are flawed and vulnerable to being beaten. If they meet Haye in any capacity, they should try cringing and showing some fear.

If Haye feels that he’s in command with them, he’ll be much more likely to want to fight them and actually get in the ring with them this time around. I don’t think there’s much of a chance of the Klitschko brothers fighting Haye right now because they’ve been doing their utmost in trying to scare the life out of the guy and I think it’s working a little too well. The last thing they need to be doing is talking about how they want to retire the guy. You saw that Haye didn’t want to get in the ring with them last time around, so why would they try to intimidate him after that? That’s the worst thing they could possibly do if they wanted to land a fight with him. They need to back off completely and assume some other character for Haye if they want to ever get the ring with him, because what they’re doing now isn’t working and it doesn’t like it will work.