Name: Nikolay Valuev "The Russian Giant"
WBA Heavyweight Champion Dec 17 – 2007 Apr 14 & WBA Heavyweight Champion
2008 Aug 30 – present
- Defeated John Ruiz (W 12) & (W 12).
- Defeated Serguei Lyakhovich (W 12).
- Defeated Monte Barrett (TKO 11).
- Defeated Owen Beck (TKO 3).
- Defeated Larry Donald (W 12).
- Defeated Clifford Etienne (KO 3).
- Defeated Attila Levin (TKO 3).
- Defeated Pablo Vidoz (TKO 9).
- Defeated Dicky Ryan (TKO 1).
- Valuev is the tallest and heaviest man ever to hold a version of the World Heavyweight Championship.
- Valuev has written a book in Russian called "My 12 Rounds", with the help of a prominent Russian journalist, Konstantin Osipov.
- Valuev eats three kilos of meat daily.
- won 49 (KO 34) + lost 1 (KO 0) + drawn 0 = 51
rounds boxed 253 : KO% 66.67
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqz_uf2rImE
Favorite Book: "War and Peace" Leo Tolstoy
"There are other ways of preparing for the fight. Sometimes I go walking, read books and watch a few Russian movies. I like reading Leo Tolstoy."
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