By William Mackay: Showing perhaps that he’s still badly in need of advice in how to beat IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) for their July 2nd fight, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has turned to 89-year-old former Muhammad Ali trainer Angelo Dundee for help in trying to beat the huge Ukrainian. Haye is an underdog in the Klitschko fight, and few boxing fans are giving Haye much of a chance.

Haye has a punchers’ chance of winning but that’s about it. He’s facing a much taller fighter in Wladimir and Haye doesn’t have the boxing skills needed to get the job done. Indeed, Wladimir is not only the bigger heavyweight but the better boxer by far. In terms of power, they’re about equal with perhaps Wladimir having a little better overall power due to the leverage he gets from his large frame.

Speaking with supersport.com, Haye said “He [Dundee] came by yesterday and we had a good chat. He still knows his stuff. He was giving me some good advice, some tactics to implement when I get into the ring. I had a great game-plan before, but Angelo’s tweaked it.”

It’s pretty clear what Haye is going to do against Wladimir. Haye will use the same tired strategy that he somewhat successfully employed in his bout with the 7-foot Valuev in 2009 by moving around the ring in constant circles to avoid getting hit with jabs and hard shots. It barely worked against a slow plodding Valuev, though, because Haye won a questionable 12 round majority decision in that fight. I had Valuev out-working Haye. All the movement that Haye used in that fight caused it to be a real stinker and limited the action in the fight to just a trickle. I thought Haye should have had points taken off for his non-action.

As for as the upcoming Wladimir fight goes, every once in a while, Haye will look to land one of his looping shot in hoping to stun Wladimir. If Haye can’t hurt Wladimir with that one shot, Haye will back away quickly and continue with the movement. It’s a strategy that would have given Wladimir some slight problems earlier in his career around 2001 when he fought his first mover in Charles Shufford. However, Wladimir has long since learned how to pick off fighters that move a lot like Haye with hard jabs and negate their movement.

Haye will only tire himself out by moving in big circles and will still end up with a red and swollen face. Haye would be better off making an all out charge at Wladimir in the first four rounds and just let his hands go and hope for the best. At least with that strategy Haye might be able to take Wladimir with a flurry of shots before he’s able to really get warmed up properly. However, I can’t see Haye doing that. He’s kind of timid in the ring and hates getting hit, period. Against Wladimir, Haye will be getting hit hard, so I can’t see him rushing Wladimir the way he needs to in order to get the win.