Nikolai Valuev
Nikolai Valuev lost after his world title fight against David Haye
Nikolai Valuev (Russian Николай Сергеевич Валуев, Nikolay Valuev English transcription; born August 21, 1973 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR ) is a retired Russian professional boxer and former world champion of the WBA heavyweight.
Life
Valuev, who started his athletic career as a basketball player and discus thrower, with officially 2.13m body length and up to 150 kg weight fight the biggest and heaviest heavyweight champion, the there has been. He has size 52 By his own account his height was at the age of twelve years already 1.96 m. After high school he studied in St. Petersburg at the University Sports, without a degree.
Valuev is married to Galina Borisovna Walujewa ( born Dimitrova ). The couple has three children: Gregory (born 26 February 2002), Irina (born 2 March 2007) and Sergei (* July 30, 2012 ). He lives with his family in St. Petersburg, but also about five months a year in Berlin. As hobbies he calls SUV driving, fishing, hunting and reading.
Along with sports journalist Konstantin Osipov 2007 he published his autobiography entitled " My Twelve Rounds ". In addition, Valuev played in the movies 7 Dwarfs - The forest is not enough Kamennaya Bashka and put with.
Since December 2011 Valuev is a deputy of the Duma of the ruling United Russia party.
Amateur
Only at the age of 20 years Valuev began with the sport of boxing. He only had a brief amateur career with less than 15 fights. He participated in the 1994 Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg part, but lost in the first fight just his compatriot Alexei Lesin. In addition, he managed a second place at the Russian Championships.
Professional career
His first professional fight Valuev denied on 15 October 1993 in Berlin. Seriously, that is, However, with regular battles, he began his career until the end of 1996, at that time for Klaus -Peter Kohl's Universum Box-Promotion. In January 1999 he won the title of Russian Champion in the heavyweight division. In the same year he played in Prague a fight against Andreas Sidon, who remained without judgment. In 2002 he defeated in Seoul Taras Bidenko on points.
Walujew belongs since 2003 to the boxing stable of the promoter Wilfried Sauerland. Since 2004, he defeated former WBC cruiserweight titlist Marcelo Domínguez, the Nigerian silver medalist at the 1992 Olympics Richard Bango, Paolo Vidoz, the then-undefeated American Gerald Nobles, Attila Levin and Clifford Etienne.
At the World Championship eliminator Valuev the WBA is the mandatory challenger position erboxte on 1 October 2005 in Oldenburg against Larry Donald by a controversial victory with 114:114, 117:112 and 114:113 points.
Through a concise and also controversial points victory against titlist John Ruiz in Berlin's Max -Schmeling-Halle is Valuev could save the world heavyweight title after version of the WBA on 18 December 2005. Ruiz was out at any independent trade magazine as the number one and was regarded as a pupil of Don King.
His first defense of the title he succeeded on June 3, 2006 in Hanover by TKO in the third round against Owen Beck, also a protégé of Don King. On 7 October 2006 Valuev defended in Chicago, Illinois (USA), his belt against Monte Barrett by TKO in the eleventh round. In the following, Basel's St. Jakob Halle discharged heavyweight world championship bout, he defended on 20 January 2007 his heavyweight title against Jameel McCline, who had to give up the fight prematurely due to a knee injury. At the end of the third round of the Americans came after a kneecap him was tripped to the ground. The title defense was having a combined weight of 268 kg, the heaviest title fight in the history of professional boxing.
Valuev - Tschagajew
On April 14, 2007 Valuev lost the first mandatory defense of his title against undefeated Uzbek boxer Ruslan Tschagajew in the Porsche- Arena in Stuttgart in a balanced fight on points, his first defeat in 48 professional fights. Then he separated from his longtime trainer Manuel Gabrielian and undertook in June 2007 Alexander Zimin as their new coach.
More fights
His first fight after losing the WBA title he won on 29 September 2007 in Oldenburg, against the French-Canadian Jean -François Bergeron, who was undefeated in 27 professional fights, by unanimous decision. As against Donald and against Ruiz also the judgment of the judges is considered controversial, but this time what in particular referring to the height of the point of victory. Valuev was on two point labels, each with seven points and in third with six points forward. The acting as ARD boxing expert Henry Maske criticized the height of the point of victory in front of cameras.
On 17 February 2008 Valuev in Nuremberg won a superior eliminator of the WBA Association against former WBO heavyweight champion Syarhey Ljachowitsch, thus securing another World Championship opportunity. The rematch against Tschagajew should take place in Oberhausen on 31 May, but was postponed to July 5, 2008 due to a disease of Tschagajew. As Tschagajew then suffered an Achilles tendon injury a week before the fight date and his mandatory defense due to this severe and protracted injury could not fulfill the Uzbeks of the WBA title was stripped. Tschagajew instead he had the status of a " champion in recess" (World Champion -in-waiting ), which allowed him to be able to challenge the then reigning WBA champion until June 26, 2009.
Second Cup against Ruiz
The WBA then ordered to a bout for the vacant WBA heavyweight title between Nikolai Valuev and John Ruiz, which took place in Berlin on August 30, 2008. Valuev won that fight and was thus for the second time WBA heavyweight champion. First, a victory with 2-1 judges votes was announced that one but then corrected to 3-0 since WBA supervisor Bob Mack had the evaluation of the twelfth round of the Japanese points judge mistakenly granted Ruiz Valuev instead. In protest of the Japanese judge points the score was subsequently corrected.
His last title defense, which he won on points ( 114:114 116:112 115:114 ), Valuev denied on December 20, 2008 in Zurich against the 46 -year-old former world champion Evander Holyfield. After multiple protests, the WBA announced on 29 December 2008, to review the verdict.
Next, Valuev was to start again against Ruslan Tschagajew to determine the sole WBA champion. The Uzbek had recovered from the Achilles tendon injury and could now successfully fight a match against Carl Davis Drumond. The fight was scheduled for 30 May, 2009 Helsinki, but also the third heading was canceled one day before the fight. This is due to the hepatitis B disease of Tschagajew, where he has been suffering for several years and in a possible risk of infection is by Finnish law. Therefore, the Finnish boxing federation refused to fight him permission in Finland.
A week later, Valuev received an offer to play against IBF, IBO and WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko. Reason for this was that on the 20th of June 2009, sat in the Veltins - Arena fight of Klitschko against David Haye has been called off due to an injury of the British and one was looking for a high-class replacement opponent; because already 57,000 tickets had been sold, was the organizer does not cancel the fight night. However Valuev did not adjust within two weeks on a different opponent and refused the offer.
Loss of WBA title against Haye
After the former British cruiserweight champion David Haye had also canceled a scheduled bout against WBC champion Vitali Klitschko due to disagreements regarding the contract, the management of Haye then went to great to organize a fight against Nikolai Valuev. Walujews promotional company Sauerland Event showed their agreement. The fight against David Haye lost Valuev on 7 November 2009 after points. ( 114:114,112:116,112:116 )
End of career
The contract Walujews with his promotion company expired at the end of 2011 and was not renewed. He says that he has besides his political activities no more time for the sport.