If Barrett takes it to Valuev then he deserves to lose, he should be watching the Donald fight and make Valuev plod forward and just outbox him like Donald. Thing is Donald's slicker than Barrett.

Even though I don't think I can force myself to root for Barrett I can't really disagree with superheavyrhun's post, having Barrett become champion wouldn't do anything good for boxing. Can you imagine how many people would be lining up to get a shot at the belt if Barrett won? At least Valuev's got the almost sideshow appeal, no offense to him but that's what its gonna be to casual fans. But if Valuev keeps on fighting mediocre opposition in his defenses then what good does that do.