NICOLAI VALUEV

The largest-ever heavyweight champion stood seven-feet tall and is best remembered for being called "a circus freak show" and "big, hairy and ugly" by David Haye prior to their fight in which Valuev weighed-in a whopping eight stone heavier than his opponent. He never escaped the perception that he was an ogre but, deep down, Valuev is described as a gentle giant and a philosophical thinker by those who knew him best, who hope his true purpose may be in his current guise as a politician.