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valuev: "I will conquer America"
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Saturday, June 3 2006
"It was an important fight for me being my first title defense," WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev, who improved to 44-0 with 32 KOs after his three round demolition of Owen Beck. "I change my training after each fight to prepare for my opponent's skills. My trainer and I developed a good boxing plan tonight....Now I will go to conquer America." While fight fans in Germany and other countries have been able to follow Valuev's progress on television during his last three fights that included majority-decision wins over Larry "The Legend" Donald and against John "The Quiet Man" Ruiz [to capture the WBA crown] as well as tonight's triumph, viewers in America did not see these bouts from Germany as they were not broadcast there.
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Valuev's co-promoters, Sauerland Event from Germany and Don King Productions from America, were vocal at the post-fight press conference in support of Valuev. "Nikolai Valuev is one of the most underestimated boxers in the world," Don King said. "He is throwing more and better combinations as well as a devastating uppercut. I believe this man has the ability to become undisputed world champion." Wilfried Sauerland addressed America and Americans directly. "I have heard some of the Americans were skeptical of Nico in the beginning, only looking at his height and weight," Sauerland said. "What they don't know is how hard we and Nico have been working to improve his skills. He's always been a tremendous physical specimen. Now the Americans are going to see how much his boxing skills have improved."
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