On November 7, 2009, the 36-year-old WBA heavyweight world champion, Nikolai Valuev (50-1, 34 KOs), faced a 29-year-old British boxer David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Valuev came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 18 days. Haye was on a 12-fight win streak with a 91% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 23 days.
David Haye defeated Nikolai Valuev via majority decision and wins the WBA title. Haye improves his record to 23-1, while Valuev adds a loss to his record at 50-2.
On April 14, 2007, the 33-year-old WBA heavyweight world champion, Nikolai Valuev (46-0, 34 KOs), faced a 28-year-old Uzbekistani boxer Ruslan Chagaev (22-0-1, 17 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Valuev came in to the fight on a 46-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 25 days. Chagaev was on a 17-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 27 days.
Ruslan Chagaev defeated Nikolai Valuev via majority decision and wins the WBA title. Chagaev improves his record to 23-0-1, while Valuev adds a loss to his record at 46-1.