I don't see how anyone can say he won that fight easily. Aside from rocking him in the 12th round neither fighter did anything!
It was the most pants fight I've ever seen.
And he didn't fight a perfect fight. He performed no better than John Ruiz or Evander Holyfield did, in fact I think they both beat Valuev better than he did, but neither was an attractive proposition for the heavyweight division so they both got robbed on the scorecards.
Valuev has only fought 4 fighters who wern't complete bums and all four of them beat him, but only Haye and Chagaev got the decisions because Holyfield and Ruiz are unpopular champions for the image of heavyweight boxing.
Valuev was a manufactured champ like Primo Carnera, who got the belt because he's a freakshow and people wanted to see him.
Now Haye has come along and is more marketable so he gets the win over Valuev despite doing a worse job than Ruiz and Holyfield against him.
I don't object to Haye winning, Valuev should have 4 losses on his record at least I just don't think Haye should get much credit for it.
It is less impressive than Amir Khan beating Andreas Kotelnik or Barrera imo.
Valuev is a garbage fighter.
John Ruiz will be a tougher test for Haye.
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