Nikolai Valuev

Career, Record, Stats

Nikolai Valuev (Beast from the East) is a 51-year-old retired Russian professional boxer. He is a former heavyweight world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 16 years and 23 days, Valuev amassed a record of 50-2, which includes 34 wins via KO, 3 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

Nikolai Valuev's Boxing Career

Nikolai Valuev was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on August 21, 1973. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on October 15, 1993 against John Morton. Valuev defeated Morton via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Valuev became a world champion at the age of 32 after 43 professional fights. He challenged John Ruiz for the WBA heavyweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round majority decision, winning his first world title.

Valuev's last fight was a majority decision loss to David Haye at age 36, on November 7, 2009, in which he lost his WBA heavyweight title.

Some of Nikolai Valuev's best fights have been against Jameel McCline, John Ruiz, Evander Holyfield (HOFer), Monte Barrett, and Clifford Etienne. For a complete list of Valuev's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Nikolai Valuev".

Valuev has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Nikolai Valuev Losses".

Nikolai Valuev's Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
53	Nov 07, 2009	36	David Haye 29 22-1	loss	MD 12
52	Dec 20, 2008	35	Evander Holyfield 46 42-9-2	win	MD 12
51	Aug 30, 2008	35	John Ruiz 36 43-7-1	win	UD 12
50	Feb 16, 2008	34	Siarhei Liakhovich	win	UD 12
49	Sep 29, 2007	34	Jean Francois Bergeron	win	UD 12
48	Apr 14, 2007	33	Ruslan Chagaev 28 22-0-1	loss	MD 12
47	Jan 20, 2007	33	Jameel McCline 36 38-6-3	win	RTD 3
46	Oct 07, 2006	33	Monte Barrett 35 31-4	win	TKO 11
45	Jun 03, 2006	32	Owen Beck	win	TKO 3
44	Dec 17, 2005	32	John Ruiz 33 41-5-1	win	MD 12
43	Oct 01, 2005	32	Larry Donald	win	MD 12
42	May 14, 2005	31	Clifford Etienne 35 29-3-2	win	KO 3
41	Feb 12, 2005	31	Attila Levin	win	TKO 3
40	Nov 20, 2004	31	Gerald Nobles	win	DQ 4
39	Oct 09, 2004	31	Paolo Vidoz	win	TKO 9
38	Jul 24, 2004	30	Richard Igbineghu	win	TKO 6
37	Apr 17, 2004	30	Marcelo Domínguez	win	UD 8
36	Feb 28, 2004	30	Dicky Ryan	win	TKO 1
35	Oct 04, 2003	30	Otis Tisdale	win	KO 1
34	Aug 16, 2003	29	Bob Mirovic	win	UD 8
33	Jul 18, 2003	29	Vitali Shkraba	win	TKO 4
32	Mar 15, 2003	29	Pedro Daniel Franco	win	UD 12
31	Oct 10, 2002	29	Kostiantyn Pryziuk	win	RTD 3
30	Jul 21, 2002	28	Taras Bidenko	win	UD 12
29	Jun 15, 2002	28	Yaroslav Zavorotnyi	win	TKO 3
28	Sep 28, 2001	28	Toakipa Tasefa	win	UD 12
27	Jun 30, 2001	27	George Linberger	win	TKO 1
26	Mar 06, 2001	27	Vitali Shkraba	win	TKO 4
25	Oct 29, 2000	27	Tone Fiso	win	TKO 1
24	Jun 06, 2000	26	Yuriy Yelistratov	win	UD 12
23	Mar 10, 2000	26	Yuri Nikolaev	win	TKO 2
22	Dec 15, 1999	26	Aleksei Varakin	win	KO 1
21	Jun 25, 1999	25	James McQueen	win	KO 1
20	May 07, 1999	25	Andreas Sidon	nc	NA
19	Feb 13, 1999	25	John Tupou	win	TKO 4
18	Jan 22, 1999	25	Aleksei Osokin	win	TKO 6
17	Dec 19, 1998	25	Evgeny Odolsky	win	KO 1
16	Jun 09, 1998	24	James Gaines	win	UD 6
15	Mar 14, 1998	24	Jim Huffman	win	TKO 2
14	Dec 06, 1997	24	Sinclair Babb	win	TKO 1
13	Nov 08, 1997	24	Alarim Uysal	win	TKO 2
12	Sep 27, 1997	24	Kevin Rosier	win	KO 1
11	Aug 21, 1997	24	Aug Tanuvasa	win	TKO 1
10	Jul 26, 1997	23	Rodney Harris	win	PTS 4
9	May 31, 1997	23	Terrell Nelson	win	TKO 2
8	May 09, 1997	23	Manao Navuilawa	win	TKO 1
7	Mar 21, 1997	23	Patrick Slade	win	TKO 1
6	Nov 26, 1996	23	Darren Fearn	win	RTD 1
5	Oct 08, 1996	23	Neil Kirkwood	win	TKO 2
4	Feb 16, 1995	21	Sergei Anikeev	win	KO 2
3	Apr 15, 1994	20	Aleksei Tsygankov	win	KO 3
2	Feb 22, 1994	20	Aleksandr Vasiliev	win	PTS 4
1	Oct 15, 1993	20	John Morton	win	TKO 2

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