No he's not, Peter is. Peter beat Maskaev in convincingly fashion and held his own with Wlad. That's more than Chagaev has done.
He's a very good cruiserweight, but maybe we should let him have some real fights at Heavy before proclaiming him the best. And yes, Chagaev is the biggest threat to Wlad at the moment, he doesn't get nearly enough run on here.
What? Haye really is a great HW and Chageav isn't incredibly underrated? Or is the guy who lost big to Wlad even after hurting him a bigger threat than the guy who hasn't already lost big to him?
Neither one is exactly a favorite Chageav is at least an unknown, Peter had the perfect set up to beat him and lost cleanly, if you can't win on youre best night your not gonna win the second time.
So he went from "green as hell" to the best HW in the world in 2 and half years? Didn't know it was that easy.