By Scott Gilfoid: It’s nice how WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has made a name for himself since moving up from the cruiserweight division while still finding success weighing between 210 1/2 to 222 lbs. However, the kinds of opponents that Haye has been fighting are guys that even bottom ranked contenders in the top 15 could likely beat. Chris Arreola is ranked #15 by the WBA and Alexander Povetkin #15 by the IBF.

I would favor either of those guys against the heavyweights that Haye has fought – Monte Barrett, Nikolay Valuev, John Ruiz and Audley Harrison – since moving up to the heavyweight division in 2008. Haye has found success but his opponents haven’t been anyone to shout about. If Wladimir is the one that Haye ends up fighting in June or July, Haye is going to have some serious problems in this fight because of Haye’s lack of quality opposition.

Haye really needs a major tune-up or two against quality contenders before he faces a guy like Wladimir because Haye hasn’t gotten anything about of fighting the soft guys that he’s been matched up against. I see Haye as the equivalent of Amir Khan the way he’s been matched carefully against beatable guys. Haye has done Khan one better by talking his way into fights instead of fighting his way into them. There is no way Haye deserved a fight against Nikolay Valuev, and he didn’t appear to win that fight. I had Valuev winning that one and I’m a neutral as to who I cared to win the fight. I didn’t care who won it, but I don’t think Haye really did enough to take Valuev’s title.

Haye’s lack of experience against quality fighters and his bad habit of throwing his haymaker shots are going to get him beaten up and knocked out by Wladimir or Vitali. Those kinds of wild punches work against limited fighters, but not against a quality guy. I give Haye no chance at all of beating either of the Klitschkos. He’s too small, too unskilled and way too inexperienced to beat either of the Klitschkos. It’s going to be another one of those fast knockout wins for the Klitschkos when they do finally get in the ring with Haye.