Nikolai Valuev- What would it take for him to be an ATG?

If we went on size alone he'd be more than an ATG.. He'd be the greatest!!!

 

Just one requirement.Talent.

 

I don't think that he would ever have had what it took.

 

Hahaha The rock would use Valuevs love spuds as speed balls !!! All the fighters you mentioned would outclass Valuev and stop him.

 

Charles, Rocky, Walcott and Moore would embarrass Valuev. He might be way bigger, but he's way, way slower.

 

He was big, awkward, slow, one dimensional, and not of very much talent. He couldn't dominate in his own era. Narrowly lost to a 33/36 year old Ruiz, 46 year old Holyfield, and actually lost to David Haye and Chagaev. I can't see him cleaning out a division full of guys younger than that (considered old) and holding a belt hostage while KOing prime Patterson at the end of his career. Not with as shallow of a resume as he has along with not passing the eye test. More than likely he is a foot note of the 40s and 50s as some big slow contender who maybe gets a one up over a couple other contenders but overall is seen as a pituitary giant with no real significance.

 

Valuev was a freak show who picked up a belt during a weak time in boxing

He never had what it took to be an ATG and he wouldn't do well in the Marciano era either

 

If size is the only qualification for greatness in that era, then why didn't Ewart Potgieter become champion, or at lest contest the title at some point in his career?

The truth is that size alone will only get you so far.

 

Divine intervention

 

Not losing to Ruslan Chagaev would have helped

 

A miracle

 

Would have needed to beat both the Klitschkos.

 

He held a major belt, so he can walk away with his head held high.