Is Valuev the WORST P4P?

Pound for pound, Valuev is pretty amazing. Very, very few, if at all, 7 foot 300 pound fighters could do what Valuev is doing. In addition, his hand speed is pretty amazing for his size.

 

His endurance is pretty good too, for a lumbering mammoth of a man.

Never seems to completely gas out.

 

I can't believe the stupidity of the OP.

 

Erm, no. It works both ways you know. You can say he's only got where he has because of his size, but at the the same time its the reason he's so ****ing slow and ponderous which is disadvantageous.

Even if he was smaller, he'd still have a jab, good work-rate, okay chin. There are far worse fighters at the top level, Ponce De Leon for example

 

I don't like Valuev, he isn't exciting to watch, isn't a very good fighter (though improving and with a good jab, especially for such a freak of nature), and I also think he lost more fights than his record indicates (Larry Donald, Ruiz I). He would never have become a belt-holder but for these robberies. And Ruiz II and Bergeron were very close fights, could have gone either way.

BUT I will say something positive about Valuev here now: he is an active fighter and fights about three times a year. Maybe not always top competition, but that's Sauerland and Kings decisions. That's more than Wlad or Peter, or Chagaev for that matter...

 

Well, maybe his post just points out the stupidity of P4P? Pavlik is the home town lad, yet I get a kick out of boxrec.com having him listed #1 P4P. Just waiting for the "Do you think Mayweather can potshot his way to victory over Valuev........" thread.

Certainly you can have some VERY athletic big men. Look at the NBA. But physics win. They won't be the same type of fighter.

 

Motha****a looks like a sasquatch

 

LOL, go hug him with his shirt off.

 

Yes, he's a big uggo who is not the most exciting fighter, but I think the matchups are interesting. He is a bit of a novelty, but hasn't boxing always been a bit of a circus?

 

maybe

 

the shape of his skull is like a caveman!! its well weird, is he technically a giant?

 

The higher the weightclass the less important weight difference is.

 

Post-Sergei Liahovich he was billed as a new and improved monster

Now after a fight against Ruiz, he's awful.

Could it be Ruiz is just a spoiler in the sense of Hopkins and Cory Spinks?

 

Maybe it was just because Lyakhovich, who actually was a very talented fighter once, was terribly ring-rusty and out of shape...