By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) said on his blog hayemaker.com that he has a “Plan A, Plan B and Plan C” to use to beat IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko next month in Hamburg, Germany. It’s no secret that one of the strategies will involve Haye using a lot of lateral movement along with occasional pot shots like he did in his fight against WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev in 2009.

That plan is no doubt going to be Haye’s Plan A. Haye has been fighting with that mode in virtually all of his fights since moving up to the heavyweight division in 2008. In guessing what Haye’s Plan B will entail, it’s very likely that one will be a strategy where Haye opens up with shots in close when Wladimir attempts clinches. Haye doesn’t like to be clinched and tends to take advantage of these attempts at a tie up by his opponents by tagging them with shots in close.

Haye is very dangerous with his rabbit punches while being held and that might actually be Haye’s best chance of winning the fight. The long distance pot shots are something that Haye could have problems finding success with because they’ll have to travel so far to make contact with Wladimir, and he’s much better defensively compared to Haye’s last opponent Audley Harrison.

The last strategy that Haye will probably employ against Wladimir will probably be one where Haye desperately attacks him all out in a risky all or nothing gamble. This will obviously be the plan of last resort because Haye will be at his wits end by then after eating massive amounts of jabs and having his face cut up. Haye might want to throw away plan A and B and go straight to plan C, because Haye’s best chance of winning may be one where he just goes right at Wladimir and tries to take him out in the first two rounds with a flurry of shots the same way that Mike Tyson used to get most of his knockouts. Haye’s best assets are speed and power. He doesn’t have the size or reach to beat Wladimir over the long haul. As such, Haye needs to immediately go after him and try to take him out as quick as he can.