On January 20, 2007, Nikolai Valuev (45-0, 33 KOs), the heavyweight WBA champion, defends his title against American challenger, Jameel McCline (38-6-3, 23 KOs).
Nikolai Valuev is coming in to the fight on a 45-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate; his last fight was a 11th round TKO victory over Monte Barrett, 3 months and 13 days ago. Jameel McCline is on a 6-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Terry Smith, 5 months and 30 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Nikolai Valuev at 99-1 winning odds. Jameel McCline really doesn't have much to present against Valuev.
Nikolai Valuev made easy work of Jameel McCline, stopping the challenger via RTD in the 3rd. Valuev improves his record to 46-0 (34 KOs), while McCline adds a loss to his record at 38-7-3.