By Chris Williams: The reports that World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) is interested in fighting 38-year-old Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) are false. According to the 29-year-old Haye, he’s not interesting in fighting Harrison and is still looking to fight both of the Klitschko brothers. In an article at thesun.co.uk, Haye had this to say about the rumors that he’ll be fighting Harrison in November: “I looked on one of the boxing websites the other day and they even had a date for the fight. That made me laugh. At the moment, we’re talking to the Klitschkos, trying to make that deal. Audley’s just trying to get some headlines. If, by some miracle, I ended up in the same ring as him, I think everybody with half a brain cell would know what the result would be. I would go out there and mince him.”

Haye would likely stop Harrison, but with Haye’s weak chin, Harrison’s excellent left hand power and his huge size advantage in the fight, he could also knock Haye out if he loaded up with his shots and connected with something big. Haye is still not a big heavyweight and has been matched selectively in his limited experience at heavyweight.

Haye said previously that he wanted to fight both Klitschko brothers, unify the heavyweight titles before he retired at the age of 31. He also said he wanted to clean up the heavyweight division by taking on the best fighters. Thus far, Haye has only fought 38-year-old Monte Barrett, 36-year-old Nikolay Valuev and 38-year-old John Ruiz in the past two years while campaigning as a heavyweight.

That’s not exactly the kinds of fighters that you think would lead to Haye cleaning up the heavyweight division nor the kinds that would make you think that Haye is a new breed of heavyweight. For Haye to set himself apart from the other heavyweights, he has to fight the Klitschkos and other top heavyweights like Odlanier Solis, who already stopped Haye in the amateur ranks, Alexander Povetkin, Samuel Peter, Denis Boytsov, Tomas Adamek, Ruslan Chagaev, and Chris Arreola.

Haye says “The way I see it, I’ve got to beat both Vitali and Wladimir at some stage. They have different strengths and different assets, so I’d have to treat each fight differently. Both are fighters I feel I could beat but even if I was to do exactly that, there would be someone else. There always is. They you’d have to beat him and there’d be another one coming though, no matter what you do. I’ve always said I would retire at the end of next year. I started boxing when I was 10, and said then I would retire from boxing when I was 30. That’s still the time restraint I’ve set myself.”

Of course, there would be another heavyweight that boxing fans would want Haye to beat if he was to get past the Klitschkos. That’s the way boxing is. However, what makes it more so in this case is that Solis, the former 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist for Cuba, already stopped Haye in the past in the amateur ranks and is looking good as a pro. Naturally, fans would like to see Haye fight Solis at some point before Haye retires from boxing. But the chances of Haye beating either of the Klitschko brothers is very slime, despite what he says. He hasn’t looked sensational at heavyweight, and struggled to beat Valuev last year. This suggests that Haye is probably in over his head against either of the Klitschko brothers.

Haye might be able to increase his chances slightly by waiting them out until they age more and then trying to pick them off and get a win. However, with Haye looking to follow the dream he set out as a 10-year-old to retire by the time he reaches 31, that probably won’t be nearly old enough for the Klitschkos to have aged enough for him to beat either of them. Even at 40, Vitali would likely be far too much for the weak-chinned 6’2” Haye.