By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has been talking about wanting to capture all the heavyweight belts and unify them since he first moved up to the heavyweight division in 2008.

After capturing the World Boxing Association strap against paper champion 36-year-old Nikolay Valuev in 2009, it was thought that Haye would immediately go after one of the Klitschko brothers so that he put in action his dream of unifying the titles. But instead, we’ve seen Haye take on 38-year-old John Ruiz, and now 39-year-old Audley Harrison in his last two title defenses.

The good news is that Haye could be finally on the verge of facing Wladimir in April or May of this year if everything goes right with his negotiations with the big Ukrainian. But once Haye signs for the fight, he may be destined for failure. Alas, Haye is a small heavyweight with little to no jab and a weak chin.

He doesn’t have much of a chance to out-box Wladimir, and no real chance to win other than to try and knock him out. It’s basically an all or nothing fight for Haye. Either he knocks Wladimir out or he ends up losing to him. Haye’s ability to out-point decent fighters is poor to say the least. Haye barely defeated the big slow moving Valuev on points, and Valuev is much of a boxer. I actually scored the fight for Valuev by a close margin.

If Haye loses to Wladimir, that’s pretty much the end of Haye. It will take him too long to work his way back into another title shot, and due to his retirement promise, his career will effectively be over in October. That’s enough time to get another title shot if Wladimir knocks him cold in April. Because of that, this could be the end for Haye if he gets destroyed by Wladimir. It’s going to be a sad day for Haye fans.