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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. He competed in boxing from 1993 to 2009, and held the WBA heavyweight title twice between 2005 and 2009.
Valuev was in his second reign as WBA heavyweight champion, having defeated John Ruiz to claim the vacant title in his previous fight. As in virtually every fight he had been in, the 7 foot, 310-pound Valuev had a distinct size advantage as he was ten inches taller and nearly 100 pounds heavier than Holyfield.
Most of his sparring partners, such as Julius Long, were between 2.00 metres (6.56 ft) and 2.16 metres (7.1 ft) tall. Timm also had a Panasonic TV with a 2.5 m diagonal installed so they could study Valuev's style in full size. [8] Valuev entered the ring as a 5 to 1 favourite.
When he beat the “Beast from the East”, the name given to Nikolai Valuev, to win the world heavyweight title, he weighed just 2lb heavier; Valuev was 10 inches taller and 99lb bigger.
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 ...
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 ...
According to his Florida profile, he was 6-foot-1 at just 8 years old, and was 6-foot-11 by the time he was in sixth grade, roughly four years later. He'd shot past the 7-foot mark by the start of ...
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