Nikolai Valuev

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Haye beats Valuev for WBA heavyweight title

AP News 18 days ago

Haye beats Valuev by decision for WBA heavyweight title David Haye backed up weeks worth of boasting, winning the WBA heavyweight title with a majority decision over Nikolai Valuev on Saturday night. The brash British boxer used his superior quickness over the ...

I'll be first to knock out Valuev, insists Haye

AFP Global Edition 18 days ago

British challenger David Haye insists he will be the first fighter to knock out WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev here on Saturday. The brash Briton has only a handful of heavyweight fights under his belt since stepping up from cruiserweight, but insists ...

Germany Boxing Valuev Haye

AP News 19 days ago

Russian heavyweight boxer Nikolai Valuev, left, and British heavyweight boxer David Haye, right, pose during the weigh-in at a shopping center in Nuremberg, Germany, on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Challenger Haye will fight champion Nikolai Valuev of Russia for the WBA heavyweight ...

I'll bring home the title, insists Britain's Haye

AFP European Edition 19 days ago

British challenger David Haye weighed in seven stones (44kgs) lighter than WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev on Friday, but insisted he will bring the world title back to England. Haye, looking relaxed and lean, tipped the scales at the weigh-in, held at ...

Haye will eat his words, insists champion Valuev

AFP Global Edition 21 days ago

WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev said on Wednesday he will use challenger David Haye's own words as motivation to defeat the brash Englishman when the pair clash here on Saturday. The Russian plans to let his fists do the talking at the ...

Boxer Haye has sleeping problems ahead of Valuev clash

AFP Global Edition 22 days ago

British challenger David Haye on Tuesday admitted having a few sleeping problems ahead of his showdown with WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev here on Saturday night. Valuev, 36, takes on Haye at the Nuremberg Arena with former cruiserweight Haye eager to claim ...

Valuev unfazed by Haye antics ahead of title fight

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 22 days ago

BERLIN (Reuters) - WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev said he was unfazed by David Haye's pre-fight antics after the challenger switched hotels on Tuesday calling the choice of the organizers a "rancid lair." Haye, who takes a 21-1 record into the bout ...

Boxing champion Valuev vows to beat Haye

AFP Global Edition 23 days ago

WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev has arrived in Nuremberg ready for Saturday's fight with British challenger David Haye insisting he will leave Bavaria with his title. Valuev, 36, takes on Haye at the Nuremberg Arena with former cruiserweight Haye eager to claim ...

Valuev, heavyweight sledgehammer with poet's heart

AFP Global Edition 36 days ago

Nikolay Valuev is used to the looks and sniggers that his huge size has attracted over the years, but the comments from his latest challenger have been particularly caustic. David Haye, Britain?s former undisputed world cruiserweight champion, has declared he is only ...

Haye taunts Valuev as a smelly circus freak

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 44 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's David Haye expects world heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev to be an ugly opponent when they fight for the WBA title next month, but the smell also worries him. Haye, who fights the "Beast from the East" in Germany ...

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