On November 7, 2009, Nikolai Valuev (50-1, 34 KOs), the heavyweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs).
Nikolai Valuev is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Evander Holyfield, 10 months and 18 days ago. David Haye is on a 12-fight win streak with a 91% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO win over Monte Barrett, 11 months and 23 days ago.
This should be a confident win for David Haye at 99-1 winning odds. Nikolai Valuev really doesn't have much to present against Haye.
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.