True point, aside from that damaging last round blow Haye's performance over Valuev was less impressive than Chagaevs, and no more impressive than Ruiz in the first fight and Holyfield.
He won the belt but looked like mediocre to me. Against Ruiz he didn't look like a world beater either.
I don't think he would beat many of the current top 10.
I'd fancy both Klitschko's, Thompson, Arreola, Chambers, Povetkin, Solis and Juan Carlos Gomez to cause him all kinds of trouble.
Even guys like Adamek and Kevin Johnson might be able to get to him.
He's a legit belt holder and so deserves his spot as the number 1 contender, but he's not beaten a top 10 heavyweight yet.
Valuev had already been beaten 3 times every time he stepped up.
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