Fight Nikolay Valuev W TKO 3 (12) Owen Beck

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 ...

88 pounds lighter and nearly eight inches shorter than the seven-foot champion, Beck is optimistic about his chances. "Naturally I want to take the belt back to America, and I believe that I'll do it," stated Beck. "I've not worried about Valuev's size, although it is impressive. I thought at first 'there's a basketball player coming.' However, this will be the fight of my life on Saturday." read more ...

Nikolai Valuev is one of those who made their dreams come true. In December 2005 he won the heavyweight world championship to become the first heavyweight world titlist from Russia and the first to be promoted by Sauerland Event. Moreover, he is the tallest boxing champion ever at seven feet tall, and heaviest ever at 330 lbs. (150 kg). Boxen.com spoke to Valuev, who will defend his title for the first time on June 3 against read more ...

The "Russian Giant" Nicolay Valuev will defend his WBA heavyweight title against Owen Bech on June 3 in Hannover, Germany. "The negotiations with promoter Don King are completed and we have reached a good agreement. Sauerland-Geschäftsführer Christian Meyer. "And with Beck, the fight might also be very interesting for the American public." The 29-year-old Jamaican Beck lives in Nashville and is trained by Aaron Snowell. He is 25-2 and is read more ...

Seven-foot, 330-pound WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev, the largest heavyweight champion of all time, says he's good to go after arthroscopic knee surgery in February. "I am 100% fit and I'm already one week into training," says Valuev from his hometown of St. Petersburg, Russia. "In the middle of April, I arrive in Germany to commence preparations with trainers Manuel Gabrielian and Ulli Wegner in Berlin." read more ...

JA: Do you feel that you have to go over to Germany and knock him out? OB: Well you know that is what it looks like because the fight is going to take place in Germany. I am not going to say that I am definitely going to knock him out. I just want to say that God really pulled a miracle in this fight coming about, I don’t know what it is but I will learn what God has in store for me read more ...