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Nikolai Sergeyevich Valuev (vah-LOO-yeff, Russian: Никола́й Серге́евич Валу́ев, IPA: [vɐˈlujɪf]; born 21 August 1973) is a Russian politician and former professional boxer.
Sidon faced Nikolay Valuev in only his second fight. Sidon suffered two standing eight-counts in the first round. Valuev also dominated the second round. The referee wanted to stop the fight in the third round, although there seemed to be no reason for a stoppage at that moment.
However Valuev managed to rock Ruiz with a left in the eighth and edged the final round with right-left combination that wobbled the American. The two of the three judges scored the bout for Valuev 114–116 and 113–116 while the third scored it 114–114, giving Valuev a Majority Decision victory, becoming the first-ever Russian world ...
Chagaev became the mandatory challenger for a shot at Nikolai Valuev, the WBA heavyweight champion at the time. Valuev was sat ringside and believed Chagaev was the rightful winner. [92] [93] At the conclusion of 2006, Chagaev was ranked No.9 heavyweight in the world by The Ring; Nikolai Valuev was ranked 8th; John Ruiz was ranked 10th. [94]
Valuev or Valuyev (Russian: Валу́ев) is a Russian surname.Notable people with the surname include: Grigory Valuyev (? - after 1623), Russian voyevoda; Nikolai Valuev (born 1973), Russian boxer and member of the State Duma
Valuev was sat ringside and believed Chagaev was the rightful winner. [ 7 ] During his training camp ahead of bout, Chagaev's trainer Michael Timm had a special podium built, on which he stood up so Chagaev could get used to punching up to someone with a big height advantage.
This even surpasses the WBA heavyweight championship between Nikolay Valuev (2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) at 146.2 kg (322 lb; 23 st 0 lb)) and Jameel McCline (1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) at 121.7 kg (268 lb; 19 st 2 lb)), [6] which is considered a record in boxing in terms of physique. Valuev and McCline brought together 267.9 kg (591 lb; 42 st 3 lb) and 4.11 m ...
Valuev kept Ruiz at a distance using his left jab, preventing Ruiz from landing more than one punch at a time. [6] Valuev was deduced a point in the 10th round for pushing Ruiz down. At the end of 12 rounds all three judges scored the bout for Valuev the cards reading 116–113, 116–111 and 114–113 (although the 114–113 was originally ...