How do you rank valuev h2h?

depends on what era..obviously he will present problems for other smaller era fighters,hes certainly better than Carnera..however a guy much smaller with skill who hits harder like Haye is clearly to much for him.H2H thers many guys who would beat him..Valuev himself has a poor k.o record,he would have been good in the 60' and and so but 70's forward boxers would eat him up.

 

I don't rate him. At all.

 

He's tougher head to head than people think. He was never knocked down. He was stunned a time or two but not that badly. He had decent fundamentals. It's hard to assess him because his resume is not at all deep...we didn't see him against enough top tier guys. But I think he's a threat to many past champs because of his durability...you definitely need to pack a lunch if you're fighting him.

 

Think he definitely gets underrated a bit.... But yeah he's no great. His resume isn't actually that bad. He arguably beat Haye, robbed Holyfield though.... For a man his size/frame he did everything he could.

 

Sugar Nicky Valuev is the man! An underrated master and legend of the sweet science! :admin

 

Valuev had great size (height, weight, reach) and iron chin.

That's more than enough to be dangerous even with poor skills and zero speed.

Ustinov is another example (though not as tall)

Tye Fields was shorter and had glass in his chin, so he failed when he stepped up.

 

I think going into the Chagaev fight he was top 3

 

In fact when was the Chagaev fight? Going into that my knowledge of boxing history was ****e, I thought Valuev was gonna be a great due to his record.

 

not bad. a contender in every era, a fringe contender in the best ones, but a brief titlist in the worst ones like today.

 

The one time he actually impressed me was the Liakovic fight. He looked quality that night.

 

For his size he was very good. But that's about it. In the scheme of things he was nothing special.

 

An interesting question. Valuev fought in the absolutely largest era ever seen for heavyweights. Had he fought 30, 50, or 100 years ago his size would be an even bigger advantage.

Valuev had some skill, a pretty good chin, an all right jab, and enough power to hurt you.

I think this would be enough for him to be in the top ten in any decade, but I don't think he beat the better champions. He would however have a chance to upset the better champs with less than stellar chins.

 

1. Tucker
2. McCall
3. Valuev
4. 4man
5. Holyfield
6. Tua
7. Vitali Klitschko
8. James Smith
9. R!dd!ck B0w3
10. James Douglas

11. Mitch Green
12. Lawrence Holmes
13. Lennox Lewis
14. Tim Witherspoon
15. Pinklon Thomas
16. Tony Tubbs
17. Lamon Brewster
18. Ikemefula Ibeabuchi
19. Cautious Play
20. Gregorio Peralta

21. Ross Puritty
22. Ray Mercer
23. Nate Tubbs
24. Corrie Sanders
25. Wolodomir Klitschko
26. Gary Bell
27. Jameel McCline
28. Andrezj Golota
29. Dominick Guinn
30. Joe Frazier


31. Michael Grant
32. Joe Mesi
33. Max Baer
34. Joe Louis
35. Oscar Bonavena
36. Lance Whitaker
37. Corey Sanders
38. Oleg Maskaev
39. Hasim Rahman
40. D Collier

41. Mark Wills
42. Marion Wilson
43. David Haye
44. Sam Peter
45. Mike White
46. Mariusz Wach
47. Renaldo Snipes
48. Trevor Berbick
49. David Bey
50. Bert Cooper

51. Orlin Norris
52. Chris Byrd
53. George Chaplin
54. Greg Page
55. James Broad
56. Jose Ribalta
57. James Tillis
58. Tyrrell Biggs
59. Jesse Fergusson
60. Donovan Ruddock


61. Mike Koranicki
62. Nick Wells
63. Larry Alexander
64. Mike Weaver
65. Carl Williams
66. Michael Dokes
67. Levi Billups
68. Everett Martin
69. Garing Lane
70. Gerrie Coetzee