Nikolay Valuev is coming to the Windy City to face Monte Barrett

Valuev-Barrett in Chicago!

Tuesday, August 15 2006

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...uqqGUYkhR.html

Looks like seven-foot WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev is coming to the Windy City. Promoter Don King has selected the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, for Valuev's October 7 defense against Monte Barrett according to the Chicago Tribune.

Also fighting on the card are two Polish stars, drawing on the area's large Polish population. WBC light heavyweight champion Thomasz Adamek will face Paul Briggs and lightweight Matt Zegan takes on Nate Campbell.

Nearly 10,000 fight fans attended the Fernando Vargas-Javier Castillejo clash at the same venue last year. Tickets go on sale next week.

Thoughts anyone?

I actually want to see this fight.

Will anyone care if Valuev loses?

Will anyone care if Valuev KO's Barrett when Rahman couldn't?

Who would you want to see Valuev face for credibility's sake?

A heavy weight title holder fighting any one but another heavyweight title holder... why am I not surprised?

Does anyone have the ambition to clear up the division rather than just hold and milk an alphabet title for the money?

i hope some new fresh talent comes in who have got some skills and are in shape because to be honest im sick of hw divison today its a disgrace they should be ashamed of there selfs

Monte has been out for a while, I hope he gets his spark back and supplies some shocking fireworks because he's going to have to KO Valuev to beat him (he's Don King's new cash cow)

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Originally Posted by AdamGB

A heavy weight title holder fighting any one but another heavyweight title holder... why am I not surprised?

Does anyone have the ambition to clear up the division rather than just hold and milk an alphabet title for the money?

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yeah. I will not watch another PPV of HW's until it's for unification. this p*ssy crap is for the birds!! Man up and defend! Wlad is talking about Unifying w/Oleg Maskieve

Wlad is the man to unify it, not that I think he is phenominal but the sooner the belts are brought together the better...

At the moment all you need to do is beat any one of the very beatable belt holders and then you can say that you're the champ with out having to beat the man just because you have a strap.

Looking on the bright side of Rahman's last fight Don King is sliding out of the picture.

I agree man. This crap is for the birds. I'm so sick of the heavy weight division is crazy. I really hope Wlad unifies or something so we can start to get some clarification in the HW division. I was hoping Brock was going to be the savior but he's just so damn boring to watch so he won't bring any draw to the sport. I don't know my hands are up in the air with the HW division right until something happens.

That's the great thing about the heavyweights you can be totally fed up with them and then all of a sudden we have a fight like Wlad vs another title holder and everyone will be happy as long as it doesn't end in a draw.