Nikolai Valuev

Boxer

Nikolai Valuev was born in Saint Petersburg on August 21st, 1973 and is the Boxer. At the age of 50, Nikolai Valuev biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

  Report
Date of Birth
August 21, 1973
Nationality
Russia
Place of Birth
Saint Petersburg
Age
50 years old
Zodiac Sign
Leo
Profession
Actor, Athletics Competitor, Boxer, Deputy, Politician, Radio Personality, Television Presenter, Writer
Social Media
Nikolai Valuev Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 50 years old, Nikolai Valuev physical status not available right now. We will update Nikolai Valuev's height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, and measurements.

Height
Not Available
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Not Available
Eye Color
Not Available
Build
Not Available
Measurements
Not Available
Nikolai Valuev Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Not Available
Nikolai Valuev Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Not Available
Children
Not Available
Dating / Affair
Not Available
Parents
Not Available
Nikolai Valuev Career

Russian National Championships (+91 kg), Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 1994:

Goodwill Games (+91 kg), Saint Petersburg, July 1994:

Professional career

In 2005, Valuev squared off with WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz, and won a twelve-round majority-decision, becoming both the tallest (2.13 m or 7 ft) and heaviest (323 lbs) champion in boxing history.

The title defense was held on 14 April 2007. Chagaev defeated Valuev by a majority decision (117–111, 115–113 and 114–114).

Valuev changed trainers, from Manuel Gabrielian to Alexander Zimin, who coached the old Soviet Union amateur boxing team. On 29 September 2007, Valuev won against Jean-Francois Bergeron in Oldenburg, Germany, by a 12-round unanimous decision (118–111 on all three cards).

On 16 February 2008, in a title eliminator, Valuev defeated former titleholder Siarhei Liakhovich, winning every round at the Nuremberg Arena in Germany. The victory earned Valuev the right to face Chagaev for the WBA title again, the only man who had defeated him in his boxing career. He was scheduled to face Chagaev for his WBA title on 5 July 2008, but Chagaev pulled out with an injury. Valuev instead fought John Ruiz for the vacant title on 30 August 2008 and the WBA decided to make Chagaev "Champion In Recess". Valuev defeated Ruiz by unanimous decision to regain the WBA heavyweight championship, with Valuev and Chagaev set to fight no later than 26 June 2009 to determine whom the WBA regarded as their champion.

Valuev's first title defense of his second reign as WBA Champion was against the 46-year-old, four-time heavyweight champion of the world, Evander Holyfield, on 20 December 2008. Before the match, Valuev weighed 310.8 pounds (141 kg), nearly 100 pounds heavier than Holyfield at 214.3 pounds (97 kg). After a rather uneventful match with no knockdowns and few punches thrown by either fighter, Valuev won a widely disputed majority decision. In response to the controversial result the WBA announced plans to investigate the decision.

In his second defense on 7 November 2009, billed as 'David vs. Goliath', Valuev faced off against former unified and lineal cruiserweight champion David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) at the Arena Nürnberger Versicherung in Nuremberg. Valuev lost by a majority decision (114–114, 116–112, 116–112).

Valuev announced his retirement from boxing in a Russian newspaper three days after the loss to Haye on 10 November 2009.

In 2010, Valuev's doctor went on record saying that he is treating Valuev for "serious bone and joint problems". Valuev underwent two operations that required at least six months on the sidelines.

Valuev confirmed in 2013 that medical advice was one of the reasons he is not planning to make a comeback in boxing.

Source

Jarrell Miller, a former Anthony Joshua fighter, weighs in at a staggering 333 pounds for the Lucas Browne match

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 18, 2023
Jarrell Miller tipped the scales at an astonishing 333 pounds as he prepares to face former WBA world champion Lucas Browne on Saturday. The monstrous figure is a career high for the American, making him heavier than any heavyweight champion in boxing history based on their championship weight, including 7ft former David Haye opponents Nikolai Valuev. Miller's first appearance in 2023 and third since returning from a long absence from the sport after a failed drug test in 2019.

After being drafted to fight in Ukraine, Russian boxing champion Nikolai Valuev is rushed to the hospital

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 18, 2022
Nikolai Valuev (pictured during his boxing days right), 49, now a pro-Putin politician, was admitted to a Moscow hospital late Thursday after complaining of leg pains, according to Russian media. Valery Kuzenkov, the government's spokesman, released a bizarre denial, claiming that "no one broke [Nikolai's] legs" and that he is 'alive and well" at home. Valuev penned a note on Telegram, as well as a picture of himself (left), stating that "everything is fine" and that he would be on television commenting on boxing on Friday without denying that he was in hospital. Valuev revealed he had been sent to fight in Ukraine just weeks after Valuev revealed that he had been drafted to combat in the war. In 2010, he was forced to stop boxing due to a brain tumor.

Sebastian Fundora, 6 foot-6, is the subject of the boxing world's biggest paradox: a junior middleweight champion

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 6, 2022
Sebastian Fundora, a 6-foot-6 junior middleweight, has enraged younger opponents at the 154-pound mark and will face 5-foot-10 Carlos Ocampo on Showtime on Saturday, putting his undefeated record on the line. Fundora's long, sinewy frame has pushed some of his opponents into a slew of vicious battles, with some people avoiding his overwhelming reach, though his body and head remain well out of range. Nikolai Valuev, a seven-foot former heavyweight, had a slim height advantage over his opponents, but the 24-year-old Fundora is anything but heavy. Fondora is 'just' 6-foot-6,' a tall structure that is certainly not unprecedented in some corners, but not so uncommon in others. Fundora fights at the 154-pound weight limit, which is unusual, and this is why he towers over opponents. In fact, he may even drop to 147 pounds (147 pounds) if he wanted, which he doesn't. Sebastian 'The Towering Inferno' Fundora isn't a big fighter who bled himself down to 154, but rather, he's a natural junior middleweight with a longer reach than George Foreman. 'Fundora [is] a cheat code,' WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford tweeted in April after winning by TKO over Erickson Lubin for the WBC interim super welterweight championship.'
Nikolai Valuev Tweets