If Chavaev had not fought Valuev

Please Barrett had his moments and lasted 11 rds with this joke, Donald beat him and a near 50 yr old Holy whipped his ass too.

 

and don't forget Bidenko too...

 

Agreed. He's a protected fighter and his ring record is probably the best thing about him. Then again, the ring record was the best thing about Brian Neilsen when he was around and building up that lofty record of his as well.

Whenever evaluating fighters I like to consider who was around and available to fight and what actual matches transpired. If you don't do that, you get overly impressed with numbers and on paper accomplishments like Valuev or a don Steele and the ko string of Lamar Clark and such.