Nikolai Valuev was/is he any good?

The thing his, Valuev in the past has actually looked GREAT.

In his fights against Ettienne, Levin, Beck, he looked like a pure killer. He used his height amazingly, had surprisingly fast hands, threw a lot of punches, and had a punch variety.

However, something clicks in the guy's brain, it seems. Maybe he trains too much on the same thing...he eventually gets stuck into jab-jab-right hand and never changes things up. It cost him against Ruiz (who i thought won) and Chagaev, as well as made him look bad against McCline.

But if he gets a better trainer or gets to his old form, he could be champ again IMO.