SPORT & NOTE
Nikolai Valuev

Male

"The Beast From The East"
(Николай Валуе)
(Nikolai Sergeyevich Valuev)
(Никола́й Серге́евич Валу́ев)
Heavyweight, Russia, St Petersburg
Born: 21 August 1973, St Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height: 7ft 2in, mt 2,18 (7ft, mt 2,14)
Weight: 316, 324, 319, 321.5, 333, 320.75 lbs

as an amateur:
1994 St Petersburg Goodwill Games super-heavyweight
Lpt Alexei Lezin (Rus) 8-8, Lezin won 45-27 on countback


Amateur results

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1994
- July 26Alexey LezinSaint Petersburg, Russia LPTS +8:8
Saint Petersburg, Russia, Goodwill Games quarter-finals, +91 kg

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1993
+ Oct. 15John Morton Berlin, Germany TKO 2
1994
+ Feb. 22Alexandre Vasiliev St Petersburg, Russia W 4
+ Apr. 15Alexey Tziganov St Petersburg, Russia KO 3
1995
+ Feb. 16Sergei Anikeev St Petersburg, Russia KO 2
1996
+ Oct. 8Neil Kirkwood Battersea, Gt.Britain TKO 2
+ Nov. 26Darren Fearn Bethnal Green, Gt.Britain TKO 2
1997
+ Mar. 21Patrick Slade Parramata, Australia KO 1
+ May 9Manoa Navuilawa Bankstown, Australia KO 1
+ May 31Terrell Nelson Atlantic City, New Jersey TKO 2
+ July 26Rodney Harris Yokohama, Japan W 4
+ Aug. 21August Tanuvasa Bankstown, Australia KO 1
+ Sept. 27Kevin Rosier Moscow, Russia TKO 2
+ Nov. 8Alachin Uysal Frankfurt Oder, Germany TKO 2
+ Dec. 6Sinclair Babb Townsville, Australia TKO 1
1998
+ Mar. 14Jimm Huffman Moscow, Russia TKO 2
+ June 9James Gaines Moscow, Russia W 6
+ Dec. 19Evgeni Odolski St Petersburg, Russia KO 1
1999
+ Jan. 22Alexey Osokin St Petersburg, Russia TKO 6
(Won vacant Russian Heavyweight Title)
+ Feb. 13John Tupou Tokyo, Japan TKO 4
* May 7Andreas Sidon Praha, Czech Republic ND 3
+ June 25James McQueen Praha, Czech Republic KO 1
+ Dec. 15Alexey Varakin St Petersburg, Russia KO 1
(Retained Russian Heavyweight Title)
2000
+ Mar. 10Youri Nikolaev Novosibirsk, RussiaTKO 2
+ June 6Yuri Yelistratov St Petersburg, RussiaW 12
(Won vacant PABA Interim Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 29Tone Fiso St Petersburg, RussiaTKO 1
(Won vacant PABA Heavyweight Title)
2001
+ Mar. 6Vitaly Shkraba Moscow, RussiaTKO 4
+ June 30George Linberger Atlantic City, New JerseyKO 1
+ Sept. 28Toakipa Tasefa St Petersburg, RussiaW 12
(Retained PABA Heavyweight Title)
2002
+ June 15Yaroslav Zavorotny Donetsk, UkraineTKO 3
+ July 21Taras Bidenko Seoul, South KoreaW 12
(Retained PABA Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 10Kostyantyn Pryziuk St Petersburg, RussiaTKO 4
(Retained Russian Heavyweight Title)
2003
+ Mar. 15Pedro Daniel Franco St Petersburg, RussiaW 12
(Retained PABA Heavyweight Title)
+ July 18Vitaly Shkraba Minsk, ByelorussiaTKO 3
+ Aug. 16Bob Mirovic Nürburgring, GermanyW 8
+ Oct. 4Otis Tisdale Zwickau, GermanyKO 1
2004
+ Feb. 28 Dicky Ryan Dresden, GermanyTKO 1
+ Apr. 17Marcelo Dominguez Berlin, GermanyW 8
+ July 24Richard Bango Frankfurt/Oder, GermanyTKO 6
(Won vacant Interim WBA Int’l Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 9Paolo Vidoz Erfurt, GermanyTKO 9
(Won vacant WBA Int’l Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 20Gerald Nobles Kempten, GermanyWDQ 4
(Retained WBA Int’l Heavyweight Title)
2005
+ Feb. 12Attila Levin Berlin, GermanyTKO 3
(Retained WBA Int’l Heavyweight Title)
+ May 14Clifford Etienne Bayreuth, GermanyKO 3
(Retained WBA Int’l Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 1Larry Donald Oldenburg, GermanyW 12
(Retained WBA Int’l Heavyweight Title and WBA Heavyweight Title Eliminator)
+ Dec. 17John Ruiz Berlin, GermanyW 12
(Won WBA Heavyweight Title)
2006
+ June 3Owen Beck Hannover, GermanyTKO 3
(Retained WBA Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 7Monte Barrett Rosemont, IllinoisTKO 11
(Retained WBA Heavyweight Title)
2007
+ Jan. 20Jameel McCline Basel, SwitzerlandTKO 3
(Retained WBA Heavyweight Title)
- Apr. 14Ruslan Chagaev Stuttgart, GermanyL 12
(Lost WBA Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 29Jean-François Bergeron Oldenburg, GermanyW 12
(Won NABA Heavyweight Title)
2008
+ Feb. 16Sergey Lyakhovich Nüremberg, GermanyW 12
(Won WBA Heavyweight Title Eliminator)
+ Aug. 30John Ruiz Berlin, GermanyW 12
(Regained vacant WBA Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 20Evander Holyfield Zurich, SwitzerlandW 12
(Retained WBA Heavyweight Title)
2009
- Nov. 7 David HayeNürnberg, GermanyL 12 MD
(Lost WBA Heavyweight Title)

 

Summary

Total bouts: 53, Won: 50 (34 inside the limit), Lost: 2 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 1