Boxing Update: Valuev vs. Holyfield PPV Details Announced

ByBoxing Press

Wilfried Sauerland’s Sauerland Event and its Managing Director, Christian Meyer, in association with Don King Productions, present a PPV broadcast , distributed by Integrated Sports, from Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland on Saturday, December 20, 2008.

The main event features Nikolay “The Russian Giant” Valuev, 49-1 (34), the two-time and reigning WBA Heavyweight Champion from St. Petersburg, Russia vs. Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield, 47-9-2 (27), the four-time former World Heavyweight Champion from Atlanta, Georgia.

Also on the PPV are super middleweight Mads “Golden Boy” Larsen, 50-2 (37), a former IBO & WBF super middleweight champio from Berlin, Germany, who faces five-time world kickboxing and Thai boxing champion, Roberto Cocco, 9-2 (5), of Torino, Italy.

Highlights shown from some other fights on the card, time permitting, will be European heavyweight champion Francesco Pianeta, 17-0 (11) vs. Johann Duhaupas, 17-0 (10), WIBA flyweight champion Eileen “The Hawaiian Mongoose” Olszewski, 5-2-1 (0) vs. Nadia Raoul, 9-0 (3), heavyweight Oleg Platov, 26-1 (22), vs. Jason Gavern, 15-4-3 (8), cruiserweight Jimmy Kapanov, 8-0 (5), vs. Paolo Ferrara, 25-13-1 (7), heavyweight Timor Ibragimov, 24-2-1 (13) vs. TBA.

The PPV Broadcast will be distributed in the United States by Integrated Sports for live viewing at 3 PM/ET – 12 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, TVN and DISH Network for a suggested retail price of only $24.95. Same night replay at 9:00 PM/ET – 6:00 PM/PT.

PPV Announcers will be Nick Charles and Al Bernstein