© Chris Royle – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions With David Haye’s emphatic win over ‘The Beast from the East’ recently, we have a new heavyweight champion of the world, breathing a whole new life into the somewhat lacklustre division, and as some would say, a dying sport. When it was announced that Haye was…
Former two-time WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev felt compelled today to post comments on his company’s website regarding his decision to agree to make an optional defense of his crown against David Haye in Nuremberg, Germany, which Haye won by majority decision.
It was a historic night in the Arena Nürnberger Versicherung in Nuremberg, Germany Saturday night, as London’s David “Hayemaker” Haye became the first British-born Heavyweight World Champion since Lennox Lewis and joined Evander Holyfield as the only former Cruiserweight World Champions to own a heavyweight title.
By Per Ake Persson So was ex-heavyweight champ Nikolai Valuev exposed by David Haye and before that by Evander Holyfield and Ruslan Chagaev as “just” a giant, incapable of boxing? Some seem to think so, not me though. I think it´s a case of a fighter who´s getting old, simple as that.
© Chris Royle – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions England’s David Haye pulled off a major upset last night at Arena Verischerung in Nuremberg, Germany, taking the WBA heavyweight title from Nicolai Valuev via majority decision. It wasn’t pretty or particularly entertaining but Haye delivered the kind of mature performance many thought him incapable of…
© SE / Photo Wende After what seems like an eternity, David finally meets Goliath when David Haye challenges Nikolai Valuev for his WBA Heavyweight Championship in Nuremberg, Germany tonight. For Haye, this fight ends a year of inactivity. After unifying the World Cruiserweight championship in March last year, Haye set his sights on heavyweight…
WBA heavyweight Championship, 12 rounds Nicolai Valuev: 314.6 lb David Haye: 216.7 lb Heavyweights, 10 rounds John Ruiz: 226 lb Adnan Serin: 214.5 lb
The most interested spectator Saturday in Versicherung Arena for the WBA heavyweight title fight between defending Nikolai “The Russian Giant†Valuev and challenger David “The Haymaker†Haye will be former 2-time WBA title-holder John “The Quietman†Ruiz. Ruiz (43-8-1, 29 KOs), the WBA top contender, agreed with the promoters for Valuev and Haye to “step…
© SE / Photo Wende WBA Heavyweight Champion Nikolai Valuev has promised “something special†for David Haye when they clash in the ring on Saturday night.
Two of Don King’s top fighters have been added to Saturday’s card headlined by WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev his title opposing David Haye in Nuremberg, Germany, at Versicherung Arena. Former WBO heavyweight champion Sergei “White Wolf†Liakhovich (23-3, 14 KOs) will face dangerous veteran Jeremy “The Beast†Bates (22-16-1, 18 KOs), and undefeated cruiserweight…
World heavyweight title challenger David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye believes the sound of opponent Nikolai Valuev crashing to the canvas on Saturday, November 7 will surpass the noise generated by fireworks on Bonfire Night.
A brash, confident David Haye is going for a knockout Saturday against 2-time and reigning WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev in their 12-round title fight headlining the “David vs. Goliath†Pay-Per-View event being shown in North American live from Nuremberg, Germany. Haye, (22-1, 21 KOs), from London, ruled the cruiserweight division as unified champion –…