By Dan Ambrose: Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson feels that World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) isn’t ready to take on either of the Klitschko brothers at this time in Haye’s career. Tyson, who at one time was the best heavyweight in the world, thinks Haye needs to get more experience before he steps it up and faces the Klitschkos.

However, with Haye talking about retirement by the end of 2011, he’s not likely to get enough experience to beat the Klitschkos. That’s the one problem. Audley Harrison, Haye’s opponent this Saturday night, isn’t going to do much to prepare Haye for what he’d be facing if he fought the Klitschkos.

Harrison is a couple rungs down the heavyweight latter. Haye might have been better off looking at fighting someone that could help him improve enough to at least be competitive with the Klitschkos. Harrison probably isn’t the guy because he has no jab and has much fewer offensive weapons compared to the Klitschko brothers.

Speaking to Sky Sports News, Tyson said this about Haye: “Yeah [it’s the right decision]. Don’t fight [the Klitschkos] right away, get a couple more fights under your belt.”

Haye recently said he’ll be fighting the Klitschko brothers next year, but then mentioned the rematch clause that they insist on, and that’s going to be a problem for Haye. He doesn’t want to fight both of them, even though he said in the past that he wanted to fight them both before retiring. It looks like Haye just wants to fight one of them and then either retire or continue to milk his title.

Tyson says “He’s [Haye] not ready right this second. You have to analyze your situation and say ‘right, I’m not ready for them now’ – but that’s not to say you won’t be ready for them at some time down the road.”

Maybe Haye could be ready for the Klitschkos if he waits them out until they get older and start to lose it. In the case of Vitali, Haye could maybe pick him off in three or four years when Vitali deteriorates some more. At 39, he could be old and feeble enough by them for Haye to beat him. Right now, I think Haye would be slaughtered by him and I see the same thing happening a year from now.

Haye is just too small, too weak of chin and too timid and flawed to beat Vitali unless the guy gets incredibly old. As for Wladimir, he’ll probably not age fast enough for Haye ever to beat him. If anything, Haye will age faster and start to lose his hand speed. He already has slowed down dramatically since moving up to the heavyweight division. With his wild pot shots, he’d be a sitting duck against Wladimir. I don’t think Haye stands a chance after three fights like Tyson says. More like 30 or 40 fights.

Tyson thinks Haye can become a fringe star if he beats Harrison. He’s already a star in the UK, but elsewhere Haye is pretty much disliked by boxing fans and seen as a fake because of his avoidance of the Klitschko brothers. Tyson says “If he knocks out Harrison he has the opportunity to be a borderline star. He has great looks – he’s young, he’s vibrant – if he takes his time and fights the right guys, the guys the Klitschkos fought, then let’s compare the outcomes of those fights. I think he’d do better than he anticipated if he fought those guys.”

That probably won’t work because Haye doesn’t want to stick around beyond next year. What Tyson says makes sense, but Haye doesn’t want to fight long enough for him to improve much beyond what he is now. I can see Haye going downhill rather than improving. I think Haye looked worse in his last fight against John Ruiz than he did in his other bouts.