By William Mackay: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s) already has his next fight picked out for him after he dispatches the short and badly over matched Dereck Chisora next month on February 18th.

Vitali wants former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye in the summer and plans on knocking him cold. Vitali doesn’t care where the fight takes place and is even willing to fight Haye in the UK if it makes sense financially.

Vitali told the BBC Sport “David Haye touched me personally with his bad words; he touched my family, my brother. My goal is to fight David Haye, and after the fight he won’t have any excuses why he loses. I’ll knock him out. It’s my goal. We talked to him but we’re miles away from signing a contract…It’s not just money. It’s so many points. I would be happy to fight him any place in the world – England, Germany, the South Pole. I want to fight him and I want to knock him out because I was happy and unhappy that Wladimir beat him.”

Haye wants the Klitschko fight as well, and he’s going to need to be fighting soon because he’s been out of the ring since July of last year when he was easily beaten by Wladimir Klitschko. Thus far, Haye has only missed out on one fight date since that time. But if he goes beyond the summer, Haye’s skills will likely start eroding from inactivity.

I don’t know if it really even matters if he were at the very top of his game or not, because Vitali is a very good super heavyweight, whereas Haye is nothing more than a pumped up cruiserweight. He’s small for a heavyweight and would likely be giving away close to 40 pounds and five inches in height to the huge 6’7” 250 pound Vitali. The size alone would be too much for Haye, but when you factor in Vitali’s superior skills and power, it would mean a sure loss for Haye.