I think the win over Valuev was commendable and certainly deserved. Granted, Valuev didn't really have the title (chag beat him and didn't lose it) but you gotta follow the rules, (or else chaos ensues), and Haye beat a titleholder........ And aside from merely wobbling Valeuv, Haye beats everyone of his heavyweight opponents in dramatic fashion. Granted, Ruiz, Barrett, and Audley is no *who's who list*, but...............LOL
Haye resume at CW isn't as bad as some are making out. Enzo was known as a legit CW at the time - the fight was valid. Many were even picking Enzo to dismantle Haye, instead found himself being destroyed in two rounds. Haye could have fought Adamek or Cunningham though, I'll admit that, but he wanted to move up to heavyweight so I'll give him a pass. Haye has a poor resume at heavyweight, with a questionable win over Valuev, and didn't win in impressive fashion either. But at the end of the day, we're finnally going to see how good Haye is.. He might end up destroyed vs Wlad. On the other hand, a Win over Wlad and his past wins will all be forgetten about. Haye is testing himself to the limit with this one, and I think he might be found out as a blown up CW trying to compete with th big dogs at heavyweight. Anything in the pass is irrelevant when it comes to fight night. Haye is either the real deal or was a build up fraud at heavyweight.
Haye won a number of belts and championships, the amount of fights and quality of opposition isn't very deep though.