News - Nikolay Valuev

"He is a big man and it's very important for a 120-kilo (260-pound) man to keep his balance, but he couldn't," Valuev said. McCline rocked the Russian with a hard left in the first round and they traded a lot of blows, although Valuev appeared to be gaining the upper hand. "It's terrible the way this ended, but it could have been worse," Valuev said. "I got used to his style. If this injury hadn't happened, I would have knocked him out by the sixth or read more ...

Nikolai Valuev won't duck through the ring ropes to defend his WBA heavyweight title. The seven-foot fighter will step over them. But in the ring Saturday, the 330-pound Russian will finally be picking on someone close to his own size. Valuev fights Jameel McCline of the United States, who stands six-foot-six and weighs 270 pounds. Depending on Friday's weigh-in, these two boxers could tip in for a combined 600 pounds, which promoters say is a record for a title fight. read more ...

WBA heavyweight challenger Jameel McCline arrived a little late for his public workout in Basel, Switzerland today. However after having his hands carefully bandaged, "Big Time" did two rounds shadow boxing and two rounds of padwork that made an explosive impression. "I have never trained so hard in my life," said McCline. "Valuev has sometimes said that I am the biggest and heaviest opponent he has ever has boxed against. What he hasn't read more ...

The WBA has ruled that the winner of Saturday's Nikolai Valuev-Jameel McCline WBA heavyweight title bout bout in Basel, Switzerland, is required to fight mandatory contender Ruslan Chagaev by April 15 in their next bout (unless another date is mutually agreed to). If bout contracts between the winner and Chagaev are not received by the WBA by February 9, the WBA Championships Committee will issue a purse bid announcement read more ...

Just one week until Nikolai Valuev, the biggest and tallest heavyweight champion of all time, will be stepping over - not through - the ropes to face fellow giant Jameel McCline in Basle, Switzerland. The third defense of his WBA belt will be the toughest fight of his career, he said in an interview with Boxen.com. The Russian Giant also shared his thoughts on a potential showdown with Wladimir Klitschko read more ...

- Jameel, how does this fight impact your opportunity to fight for the 5 million dollars in the Superfighter tournament ? JM - This unfolds very simply, if the Superfighter fight comes through I would love to be a part of it. The first business at hand is to fulfill my dream of becoming heavyweight champion of the world, although it is for considerably less money read more ...

WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev will travel to Switzerland on 20 January to defend his title against American Jameel McCline. The unbeaten Russian, 33, will be a strong favourite against McCline, who has lost six of his 47 fights. At 7ft and 147kg, Valuev is the tallest and heaviest champion of all time. read more ...

Those were the words uttered by Monte “2 Gunz” Barrett when he took the podium at the post fight press conference of the highly anticipated “Red October” card. Earlier that night, WBA Heavyweight Champion Nikolai Valuev retained his title by pounding Barrett and prompting his corner to stop the fight in the eleventh round. Barrett expressed disappointment with the results, but assured everybody that his preparation was exceptional read more ...

After four rounds, challenger Monte Barrett was ahead on one card and even on another against WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev. However, after that it was all Valuev as the seven-foot, 328-pounder moved out to a 98-92, 96-93, 98-91 lead on the official cards before knocking out Barrett in the eleventh read more ...

Nikolai Valuev wanted to make a good impression. Well, this wasn't bad. Rather obscure despite his size and title belt, Valuev retained the WBA heavyweight championship Saturday night when he stopped Monte Barrett in the 11th round to remain undefeated. read more ...