By William Mackay: There has been a lot of speculation recently about whether the September 10th fight between WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) and his Polish challenger Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) would be cancelled if Vitali’s younger brother IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) loses to WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) in their July 2nd unification bout in Hamburg, Germany.

Haye is hoping that if he beats Wladimir, Vitali will cancel his fight with Adamek to fight him before the end of the year and before Haye’s retirement in October. This is the scenario that Haye wants to happen, but the chances of that occuring are pretty slim because of Haye’s lack of size, experience and boxing ability at the heavyweight level. Bernd Boente, the manager for the Klitschkos, spoke about this question in an article at fightnews.com today, saying “It will not happen. There’s no possibility that Adamek-Klitschko could be cancelled. And just another thought: Wladimir will not be defeated by Haye.”

So there it is. It looks like Haye won’t get the chance of fighting Vitali no matter what. If Haye loses to Wladimir, then there won’t be a Vitali fight, and if Haye beats Wladimir, Haye won’t get a fight with Vitali because of Haye’s desire to retire in October when he turns 31. If Haye wants the Vitali fight, he’ll have to alter his retirement plans.

As for the Klitschko vs. Adamek fight, it’s good news that it won’t be cancelled for any reason, particularly if Wladimir loses to Haye. It’s up to Haye if he wants to stick around long enough to fight Vitali. If he doesn’t, it will just make Haye seem as if that was a fight that he never truly was serious about. After all, Haye is the one that chose Wladimir to fight because of Vitali because he felt that Wladimir was the more vulnerable of the two. By retiring rather than facing Vitali, it would be pretty much academic that Haye didn’t want any part of the 6’7″ steel chinned Vitali. Sure, Haye could say he was merely sticking to his retirement promise but I’d venture to guess that most boxing fans would see it as Haye ducking Vitali to retire on a strong note rather than on what would likely be a knockout loss to Vitali.