Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny View Post
Valuev will end up tarnished by his management and gift decisions, just as Primo Carnera was.
Say what you will about how bad Carnera was (he was bad) but he went up against the BEST. Valuev will NEVER fight the best heavyweights because he will get humiliated...Nicolay Valuev, John Ruiz, AND Evander Holyfield have turned the WBA Heavyweight title into a joke. Sure Evander is a great fighter but he's nowhere near Joe Louis' class.

Joe Louis is the greatest heavyweight of all-time he successfully defended his title 25 times, sure he lost to Schmeling but he also avenged that loss in brutal fashion.

As for Joe Louis' "weak competition": Max Baer, Jim Braddock, Joe Walcott, Ezzard Charles, Max Schmeling, Rocky Marciano, Billy Conn, and Jack Sharkey....that's pretty good competition as far as I can tell.