On May 14, 2005, Nikolai Valuev (40-0, 30 KOs) and Clifford Etienne (29-3-2, 20 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round heavyweight bout.
Nikolai Valuev is coming in to the fight on a 40-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round TKO victory over Attila Levin, 3 months and 2 days ago. Clifford Etienne is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 58% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round TKO loss to Calvin Brock, 3 months and 23 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Nikolai Valuev at 99-1 winning odds. Clifford Etienne really doesn't have much to present against Valuev.
Nikolai Valuev stopped Clifford Etienne via KO in the 3rd round. Valuev improves his record to 41-0 (31 KOs), while Etienne adds a loss to his record at 29-4-2.