Yeah Valuev's considered something of a freakshow and it's generally held that if he fought any of the best heavyweights (Klitschkow aside that's something of an oxymoron these days) he'd lose. For all his bulk he's a pretty weak puncher and generally wears his opponents down with his bulk and clubbing punch's rather than clean shots.
Having said that he's got a pretty good jab on him and it'd be interesting to watch him fight one of the other title holders. I'd be happy to see him shut up that loudmouth Briggs after he got lucky in beating Lykovich in the last few seconds of R12 the other week
KO Up until then all the HW title holder were from the old USSR.