By William Mackay: It’s been well over two months now since World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) last fought and Haye still hasn’t selected how his next opponent will be. At this rate, it could be four or five months before Haye fights again. The last we heard from Haye is that he was “resting” from his hard fight with 38-year-old on April 3rd.

Haye dominated Ruiz in that fight and stopped him in the 9th round of a fight that Haye was rarely hit. Haye was supposed to be looking to fight a unification bout against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko next. However, Wladimir has been upset that Haye isn’t stepping up to fight him. Wladimir’s manager Bernd Bonte says that Haye was offered a 50-50 deal with no options, but he still hasn’t taken the offer.

The 50-50 deal was what Haye’s trainer/manager Adam Booth had asked for going in the door for the negotiations. But even though it was reportedly offered to Haye, he has taken Wladimir up on the fight. There’s talk that Haye could fight 38-year-old former 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Audley Harrison at some point in the near future.

This is a fight that only the UK would be interested in seeing, because Harrison doesn’t have a following in the United States and isn’t well thought of by many boxing fans. But it’s a fight that Haye could make a good deal of money if he decides to take it. Right now, it’s anyone’s guess what Haye is going to do but his silence to Wladimir’s offer isn’t a good sign right now.

Haye said he was the new breed of heavyweight and that he was going to shake up the boxing world by taking on the best opponents. Unfortunately, if Haye moves forward and takes on Harrison, you have to believe that Haye is no different from a lot of the past heavyweights that, once in possession of a title, have tended to try and milk their titles for as long as possible against beatable fighters.

Haye hasn’t gotten to that point yet, because he had no choice but to fight John Ruiz in his last fight because he was his mandatory challenger. But if Haye takes on Harrison next, then you might think he’s not willing to take the tough fights that he said he would. If Haye does fight Harrison, he’s going to be really busy after that fighting a rematch against former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev, who has a rematch clause in his contract with Haye, and then his mandatory challenger Ruslan Chagaev.

It may be difficult for Haye to find any time to fight either of the Klitschko brothers after that. When Haye first moved up, boxing fans said he was a “breath of fresh air.” My, how things have changed suddenly now that Haye doesn’t appear to fighting Wladimir Klitschko next. In a way, you can’t blame him for wanting to avoid fighting him because Wladimir has the size, and experience advantage.

However, Haye was the one calling Wladimir and his brother Vitali Klitschko out for the longest time, and it looks a little strange that Haye doesn’t want to fight Wladimir after all that talk. But who knows? Haye could come out of his slumber in a month or two and say that he’s ready to fight one of the Klitschko brothers. Let’s hope so, because it’s not going to be interesting to watch Haye fight guys like Harrison, Chagaev and Valuev after all the talking that Haye has done about wanting to fight the Klitschko brothers.