Who is the worst heavyweight titleholder since 2000?

[mikeeod]

My vote is John Ruiz. Seldon, Kirk Johnson, and Sam Peter are up there as well. Rahman also, but he was actual champ (not just Titlist).

[nuggetdotcom]

My vote is John Ruiz. Seldon, Kirk Johnson, and Sam Peter are up there as well. Rahman also, but he was actual champ (not just Titlist).

Never seen such bollox pretending to be a title fight ....EVER

[SlimTrae]

Valuev belongs in this group.

[SlimTrae]

Valuev belongs in this group.

Correction: Valuev belongs in this group EXCEPT his fight with Monte Barrett.

He beat the guns off dude.

[ono]

There's been a few. Martin is up there, although it's impossible to tell how bad he actually is.

[Syntax Error]

Seldon was before 2000.

Since 2000, it's Charles Martin if you're talking about trinket holders & Hasim Rahman if you're talking about linear champions.

[p4pking]

Shannon Briggs, and Liakovich were also really really poor. I'm not sure either of those guys the night they fought each other would be clear favourites over Charles Martin

John Ruiz wasn't that bad. Yes he stunk to watch and was never near the top guy, but he was also a perennial contender who knew how to handle himself and was consistently good over years. He looked worse against Jones and Toney because he wasn't a puncher and just couldn't box with them, but he was effective against some bigger and stronger guys than himself, at the very least he was a solid pro. I'm pretty sure I scored both Valuev fights(along with maybe every Valuev fight I ever watched for that matter) against the giant freak, who is also a good mention for this really.

Basically everyone since Lewis aside from the Klits and with the exception of a few hopefuls now, has been fairly poor to have been called a HW champion.