News - Nikolay Valuev

Promoter Don King staged a noon-time, open-to-the-public weigh in staged in front of the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, the Sears Tower in Chicago's downtown Loop, for his "Big Red October" event Saturday at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., and live on HBO at 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT. WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai "Giant Russian" Valuev "tipped the Toledos" at a scale-busting 328 lbs. while his challenger Monte "Two Gunz" Barrett registered over 100 pounds less at 222.5 lbs. read more ...

Heavyweight Monte "Two Gunz" Barrett faces World Boxing Assocation heavyweight champion Nikolai "Giant Russian" Valuev on Saturday at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill. Barrett gave his thoughts on the upcoming bout just before departing for Chicago from his camp in the Catskill Mountains of New York. "I don't think this fight is going to be that hard for me," Barrett said. "Big man can bring whatever he wants to the table. read more ...

On October 7th Nikolai Valuev (44-0, 32 KOs) will climb into the ring as the heavyweight world champion for the first time in America. The champion and his coach Manuel Gabrielian prepare for the forthcoming fight at the Allstate Arena in Chicago. In a boxen.com interview, the seven-foot Russian gives his impression of the U.S., his take on rubbing elbows with the likes of Donald Trump and the possibility of breaking the hallowed 49-0 career read more ...

Nikolai Valuev arrived today JFK Airport (New York City), making a stop at Rockefeller Center. Valuev's day begins with breakfast at the Regency Hotel with Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin; followed by King introducing the giant to longtime friend Donald J. Trump at Trump Tower; and a trip to the top of the famed Empire State Building. Already the tallest and heaviest world heavyweight champion in history, weighing in at an astonishing 325 read more ...

Looks like seven-foot WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev is coming to the Windy City. Promoter Don King has selected the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, for Valuev's October 7 defense against Monte Barrett according to the Chicago Tribune. Also fighting on the card are two Polish stars, drawing on the area's large Polish population. WBC light heavyweight champion Thomasz Adamek will face Paul Briggs and lightweight Matt Zegan takes on Nate Campbell. read more ...

Word on the street for quite some time has been that WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev would defend against Monte Barrett on October 7, but it was never officially announced until Saturday night by HBO, which will televise the fight. The co-feature will be a rematch between WBC light heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek and Paul Briggs. read more ...

Unbeaten WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev will have a minor surgery next week on his left knee miniscus. He had the same operation done on his right knee earlier this year. He is undergoing the surgery now as a precaution to avoid having surgery later when he is not in control of the timing. His fight schedule won't really be delayed, as he had planned originally to resume training after his KO win over Owen Beck on July 10th read more ...

WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev (44-0, 32 KOs) destroyed challenger Owen Beck (25-3, 18 KOs) by third round KO on Saturday in Hannover, Germany. Beck tried to crowd Valuev, smothering the seven-footer's punches, but Valuev had some success landing his jab and rocked Beck with a hard right in the first round. Valuev dropped Beck with a right hand late in the second round and nearly finished him off. Valuev dropped Beck again with a right read more ...

WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev weighed in at a relatively svelte 320.7 pounds in advance of his first world title defense on Saturday. Challenger Owen Beck scaled in at 242.5 pounds, a little on the high end for him. Below are the complete weights from today's weigh-in: Nikolai Valuev 320.7 vs. Owen Beck (WBA heavyweight championship) Sebastian Sylvester 159.6 vs. Amin Asikainen 159.6 read more ...

Both WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev (44-0) and challenger Owen Beck (25-2) were on their good behavior at the final press conference before their collision Saturday night at the TUI Arena in Hannover, Germany. "I had a very good training camp and an fit for my first title defense," said Valuev, who also congratulated Beck on his 39th birthday. The seven-foot, 330lb champion will have a ten inch height advantage and read more ...