Wlad and Chagaev was a fight where both fighters should have been congratulated because it happened on short notice. Haye backed out of a fight vs Wlad and Valuev refused to fight Chagaev due to Ruslan's hepatitis (or the fact that Chagaev beat him once before, either way) and so both of those guys having put in full training camps decided to make the fight happen.


Chris Byrd is NOT a bad heavyweight and NOT a bad champion. Byrd put together some very good fights despite not having that much power. Sam Peter was ruined by Wladimir, I believe had Sam Peter not fought Wladimir he would have been champion for longer, that loss devastated his career.