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Today is the 41st birthday of former heavyweight world champion Nikolai Valuev, and the World Boxing Association family sends its best wishes to the “Russian Giant” on his birthday. Valuev was born on August 21, 1973 in Saint Petersburg, and at age 20 started in boxing, after practicing disk launching …

By Per Ake Persson Sauerland has, according to Bild Zeitung in Germany, signed a million euro deal with promoters in Abu Dhabi, part of the wealthy United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf. The deal is for three years, with the first show likely to be staged in December. Nikolai …

“No more lies, K2,” Team Valuev said today. “No more posturing. No more subterfuge. No more deceit.” Team Valuev announced today that they will accept an offer made by K2 Promotions for former two-time WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai “Russian Giant” Valuev (50-2, 34 KOs), from St. Petersburg, Russia., to face …

The WBC heavyweight championship between Vitali Klitschko and Albert Sosnowski turned out exactly as all experts and fans had expected. The challenger from Poland didn’t stand a chance against the more powerful half of the dominating force in the heavyweight division. The older Klitschko brother once more wore down a …

On June 4th “The Black Panther” Juan Carlos Gomez (46-2, 36 kos) will return to action against Frankfurt based Turk Oezcan Cetinkaya (17-6-1, 11 kos) in Hattersheim, near Frankfurt, Germany. The former WBC cruiserweight champion and heavyweight championship contender (in March 2009 vs. Vitali Klitschko) will headline the „7th annual …

Don King Productions and Sauerland Event have countered K2 Promotions latest offer to former two-time WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai “Giant Russian” Valuev (50-2, 34 KOs) to face WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KOs) with a deal calling for a 60-40 percentage split. “They approached us with a $1 …

By Per Ake Persson Danish Palm Promotions won today´s purse bids for the fight for the vacant European super middle title between Mads Larsen and Brian Magee. Palm bid 303 303 EUR while Sauerland came in with an offer for 255 309 EUR. The fight goes ahead January 30 in …

Recently crowned WBA heavyweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye will be boxing’s sole representative when he battles it out with nine other British sports stars for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award on Sunday, December 13. The 29-year-old Londoner lifted the world heavyweight title on November 14, the …

What took David Haye and his braintrust so long to figure out that he was a lot better off fighting Nikolai Valuev for a world title than he was fighting a Klitschko? If David had come to this realization earlier he would have spared us the charade of pulling out …

The fight between WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko and Briton David Haye has been canceled. It was scheduled for September, 12, in the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. “First of all, I feel sorry for the team of the Commerzbank-Arena and for the boxing fans in the Frankfurt region,” said Bernd …

Team Ruiz believes a potential WBA title fight title between champion Nicolai Valuev and David Haye is nothing more than a matter of wishful arrogance. Team Ruiz has already contacted the WBA inform the organization’s Championship Committee that their mandatory challenger, 2-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (43-8-1, …

Former undisputed world cruiserweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye has signed a contract to meet current WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev on November 7, at a location yet to be decided. Expected to take place in Germany, The Hayemaker’s scheduled 12-rounder with ‘The Beast From The East’ will pair the …