Why Haye must fight Klitschko

Haye will be looking for more title belts

David Haye is currently the most talked about boxer in Britain. He is the heavyweight champion of the world, a superb athlete and a true gentleman. But, there is one thing that he needs to do before hanging up his gloves and that is fight one if not both of the Klitschko brothers.

Haye has already suggested that he is planning to retire by the end of this year and time looks to be running out in his attempts to take on the Ukrainian brothers. Haye currently holds the WBA heavyweight championship so a showdown with IBF/WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko or WBC champion Vitali Klitschko would give him the chance to unify the titles and become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.

It sounds simple, why doesn’t Haye just fight both men and earn his place as one of Britain’s greatest ever fighters? Well you see, it’s not that easy. Haye and both Klitschko’s have been in talks for over two years now and they still haven’t been able to come to an arrangement.

Some say the brothers are scared to fight Haye, while others predict it’s the other way round. It’s also been reported that Klitschko wants a bigger share of the prize money and also he wants to choose the venue for the fight. This has also been argued that Haye wants to promote the fight himself on his terms.

All of these arguments seem very childish and I am sure most of us just want to watch these men fight. Boxing shouldn’t be about the money, it should be about pride and success. One thing I know about David Haye is that he is one of the most passionate and success-fuelled sportsmen out there. The claims about him being worried or having him as a promoter aren’t true in my mind because I know he wants this fight more than anything.

I have watched Haye for many years now and have followed his rise from the cruiserweight division to heavyweight. He is an extraordinary boxer as he isn’t one of the biggest heavyweights but his speed and agility is something that can’t be stopped. He does have arrogance about him but great fighters can be arrogant, just like Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather.

The Klitschko’s have been running away in my book. Haye has been calling for these fights for some time and they always have a way out. Haye was set to finally face Wladimir Klitschko this summer in July but once again the Ukrainian decided to pick another fight against average Englishman Derek Chisora.

Haye needs to keep battling to make one of these fights happen, preferably against Wladimir as he is known as the better of the two brothers. This would be a huge event for British Boxing and would also bring a lot of the British public together too support one of our best fighters.

Negotiations with Wladimir Klitschko are back on.

It would also be the perfect way for Haye to finish his career, as the undisputed champion and as a British icon. It would also be fair for fight fans because we have now been waiting far this fight for too long.

The good news is that Haye has recently stated that negotiations with Wladimir Klitschko are back on after the Ukranian pulled out of his fight with Chisora. Hopefully this huge clash will take place this summer and I am confident that Haye will win.

If he does get the victory, he will then have conquered the heavyweight division giving him a place in British Boxing history and surely there can be no better motivation to make this fight happen then that.

Take a look at this video from 2008, where Haye spots Wladimir Klitschko in London, very funny.