Nikolai Valuev

Nikolai Valuev 🇷🇺

Валуєв Микола Сергійович · Мікалай Валуеў · Мікалай Сяргеевіч Валуеў
+17 moreНиколай Сергеевич Валуев · Николај Валуев · ניקולאי ולוב · نيكولاى فالويف · نيكولاي فالويف · نیکولای والوئف · นีโคไล วาลูเอฟ · ニコライ・ワルーエフ · 尼古拉·瓦鲁耶夫 · 니콜라이 발루에프 · Beast from the East · Bideford Bruiser · Nicolai Valouev · Nicolai Valuev · Nicolay Valuev · Nikolai Sergejewitsch Valujev · Nikolai Sergejewitsch Walujew
Born1973-08-21
Height213 cm
Sexmale

Career

51-2-0(KO 35)54 bouts, 1993–2009
L2009-11-07 ›(51-1-0) vs David Haye 🇺🇸 (22-1-0) MD 12/12Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, 🇩🇪Won WBA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
W2008-12-20 ›(50-1-0) vs Evander Holyfield 🇺🇸 (42-9-2) MD 12/12Hallenstadion, Zürich, 🇨🇭For WBA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
W2008-08-30 ›(49-1-0) vs John Ruiz 🇺🇸 (43-7-1) UD 12/12Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, 🇩🇪Won vacant WBA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
W2008-02-16 ›(48-1-0) vs Siarhei Liakhovich 🇧🇾 (23-2-0) UD 12/12Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, 🇩🇪✓✓ two sources
W2007-09-29 ›(47-1-0) vs Jean-François Bergeron 🇨🇦 UD 12/12Small EWE Arena, Oldenburg, 🇩🇪Won NABA heavyweight title✓ one source
L2007-04-14 ›(47-0-0) vs Ruslan Chagaev 🇺🇿 (22-0-1) MD 12/12Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, 🇩🇪Lost WBA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
W2007-01-27 ›(46-0-0) vs Jameel McCline 🇺🇸 (38-8-3) RTD 3/12St. Jakobshalle, Basel, 🇨🇭For WBA heavyweight title✓ one source
W2007-01-20 ›(45-0-0) vs Jameel McCline 🇺🇸 (38-7-3) RTD 3/12St. Jakobshalle, Basel, 🇨🇭Retained WBA heavyweight title✓ one source
W2006-10-07 ›(44-0-0) vs Monte Barrett 🇺🇸 (32-4-0) TKO 11/12Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois, 🇺🇸Retained WBA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
W2006-06-03 ›(43-0-0) vs Owen Beck 🇯🇲 (25-2-0) TKO 3/12TUI Arena, Hanover, 🇩🇪Retained WBA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
W2005-12-17 ›(42-0-0) vs John Ruiz 🇺🇸 (41-5-1) MD 12/12Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, 🇩🇪Won WBA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
W2005-10-01 ›(41-0-0) vs Larry Donald 🇺🇸 MD 12/12Small EWE Arena, Oldenburg, 🇩🇪Retained WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title✓ one source
W2005-05-14 ›(40-0-0) vs Clifford Etienne 🇺🇸 KO 3/12Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, 🇩🇪Retained WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title✓ one source
W2005-02-12 ›(39-0-0) vs Attila Levin 🇸🇪 TKO 3/12Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, 🇩🇪Retained WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title✓ one source
W2004-11-20 ›(38-0-0) vs Gerald Nobles 🇺🇸 DQ 4/12BigBox, Kempten, 🇩🇪Retained WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title; Nobles disqualified for repeated holding✓ one source
W2004-10-09 ›(37-0-0) vs Paolo Vidoz 🇮🇹 (17-1-0) TKO 9/12Messe, Erfurt, 🇩🇪Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
W2004-07-24 ›(36-0-0) vs Richard Igbineghu 🇪🇸 TKO 6/10Brandenburg-Halle, Frankfurt, 🇩🇪Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental interim heavyweight title✓ one source
W2004-04-17 ›(35-0-0) vs Marcelo Domínguez 🇦🇷 (37-4-1) UD 8/8Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, 🇩🇪✓✓ two sources
W2004-02-28 ›(34-0-0) vs Dicky Ryan 🇺🇸 TKO 1/10Mehrzweckhalle, Dresden, 🇩🇪✓ one source
W2003-10-04 ›(33-0-0) vs Otis Tisdale KO 1/8Stadthalle, Zwickau, 🇩🇪✓ one source
W2003-08-16 ›(32-0-0) vs Bob Mirovic 🇦🇺 UD 8/8Nürburgring, Nürburg, 🇩🇪✓ one source
W2003-07-18 ›(31-0-0) vs Vitali Shkraba TKO 4/10State Circus, Minsk, 🇧🇾✓ one source
W2003-03-15 ›(30-0-0) vs Pedro Daniel Franco 🇦🇷 UD 12/12Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Retained PABA heavyweight title✓ one source
W2002-10-10 ›(29-0-0) vs Kostiantyn Pryziuk RTD 3/10Casino Conti Giant Hall, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Retained Russian heavyweight title✓ one source
W2002-07-21 ›(28-0-0) vs Taras Bidenko 🇺🇦 UD 12/12Seoul, 🇰🇷Retained PABA heavyweight title✓ one source
W2002-06-15 ›(27-0-0) vs Yaroslav Zavorotnyi (2-0-0) TKO 3/10Druzhba Arena, Donetsk Ukraine✓✓ two sources
W2001-09-28 ›(26-0-0) vs Toakipa Tasefa 🇳🇿 (27-2-2) UD 12/12Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Retained PABA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
W2001-06-30 ›(25-0-0) vs George Linberger 🇺🇸 TKO 1/12Etess Arena, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸Won vacant PABA heavyweight title✓ one source
W2001-03-06 ›(24-0-0) vs Vitali Shkraba TKO 4/8Arena CSKA, Moscow, 🇷🇺✓ one source
W2000-10-29 ›(23-0-0) vs Tone Fiso TKO 1/12Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Retained PABA interim heavyweight title✓ one source
W2000-06-06 ›(22-0-0) vs Yuriy Yelistratov UD 12/12Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Won vacant PABA interim heavyweight title✓ one source
W2000-03-10 ›(21-0-0) vs Yuri Nikolaev TKO 2/6Novosibirsk, 🇷🇺✓ one source
W1999-12-15 ›(20-0-0) vs Aleksey Varakin 🇷🇺 KO 1/12State Circus, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Retained Russian heavyweight title✓ one source
W1999-06-25 ›(19-0-0) vs James McQueen KO 1/6Prague, 🇨🇿✓ one source
NC1999-05-07 ›(19-0-0) vs Andreas Sidon 🇩🇪 NC 6Prague, 🇨🇿✓ one source
W1999-02-13 ›(18-0-0) vs John Tupou TKO 4/6Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, 🇯🇵✓ one source
W1999-01-22 ›(17-0-0) vs Aleksey Osokin 🇷🇺 TKO 6/10Casino Conti Giant Hall, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Won vacant Russia heavyweight title✓ one source
W1998-12-19 ›(16-0-0) vs Evgeny Odolsky KO 1/6Tundra Bar, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺✓ one source
W1998-06-09 ›(15-0-0) vs James Gaines UD 6/6State Circus, Moscow, 🇷🇺✓ one source
W1998-03-14 ›(14-0-0) vs Jim Huffman TKO 2/6Olympic Stadium, Moscow, 🇷🇺✓ one source
W1997-12-06 ›(13-0-0) vs Sinclair Babb TKO 1/6Stockland Stadium, Townsville, 🇦🇺✓ one source
W1997-11-08 ›(12-0-0) vs Alarim Uysal TKO 2Ballsporthalle, Frankfurt, 🇩🇪✓ one source
W1997-09-27 ›(11-0-0) vs Kevin Rosier 🇺🇸 (3-3-0) KO 1State Circus, Moscow, 🇷🇺✓✓ two sources
W1997-08-21 ›(10-0-0) vs Aug Tanuvasa TKO 1/6Bankstown RSL Club, Sydney, 🇦🇺✓ one source
W1997-07-26 ›(9-0-0) vs Rodney Harris PTS 4/4Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, 🇯🇵✓ one source
W1997-05-31 ›(8-0-0) vs Terrell Nelson TKO 2/4Etess Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 🇺🇸✓ one source
W1997-05-09 ›(7-0-0) vs Manao Navuilawa TKO 1/4Bankstown Sports Club, Sydney, 🇦🇺✓ one source
W1997-03-21 ›(6-0-0) vs Patrick Slade TKO 1/4Parramatta RSL Club, Sydney, 🇦🇺✓ one source
W1996-11-26 ›(5-0-0) vs Darren Fearn RTD 1/6York Hall, London, 🇬🇧✓ one source
W1996-10-08 ›(4-0-0) vs Neil Kirkwood TKO 2/4Battersea Town Hall, London, 🇬🇧✓ one source
W1995-02-16 ›(3-0-0) vs Sergei Anikeev KO 2/4State Circus, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺✓ one source
W1994-04-15 ›(2-0-0) vs Aleksei Tsygankov KO 3/4State Circus, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺✓ one source
W1994-02-22 ›(1-0-0) vs Aleksandr Vasiliev PTS 4/4State Circus, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺✓ one source
W1993-10-15 ›(0-0-0) vs John Morton TKO 2/4Sporthalle, Schöneberg, 🇩🇪✓ one source
DateResOpponentRecordsMethodVenueTitleSources
2009-11-07LDavid Haye 🇺🇸51-1-0 · 22-1-0MD 12/12Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, 🇩🇪Won WBA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
2008-12-20WEvander Holyfield 🇺🇸50-1-0 · 42-9-2MD 12/12Hallenstadion, Zürich, 🇨🇭For WBA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
2008-08-30WJohn Ruiz 🇺🇸49-1-0 · 43-7-1UD 12/12Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, 🇩🇪Won vacant WBA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
2008-02-16WSiarhei Liakhovich 🇧🇾48-1-0 · 23-2-0UD 12/12Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, 🇩🇪✓✓ two sources
2007-09-29WJean-François Bergeron 🇨🇦47-1-0UD 12/12Small EWE Arena, Oldenburg, 🇩🇪Won NABA heavyweight title✓ one source
2007-04-14LRuslan Chagaev 🇺🇿47-0-0 · 22-0-1MD 12/12Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, 🇩🇪Lost WBA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
2007-01-27WJameel McCline 🇺🇸46-0-0 · 38-8-3RTD 3/12St. Jakobshalle, Basel, 🇨🇭For WBA heavyweight title✓ one source
2007-01-20WJameel McCline 🇺🇸45-0-0 · 38-7-3RTD 3/12St. Jakobshalle, Basel, 🇨🇭Retained WBA heavyweight title✓ one source
2006-10-07WMonte Barrett 🇺🇸44-0-0 · 32-4-0TKO 11/12Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois, 🇺🇸Retained WBA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
2006-06-03WOwen Beck 🇯🇲43-0-0 · 25-2-0TKO 3/12TUI Arena, Hanover, 🇩🇪Retained WBA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
2005-12-17WJohn Ruiz 🇺🇸42-0-0 · 41-5-1MD 12/12Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, 🇩🇪Won WBA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
2005-10-01WLarry Donald 🇺🇸41-0-0MD 12/12Small EWE Arena, Oldenburg, 🇩🇪Retained WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title✓ one source
2005-05-14WClifford Etienne 🇺🇸40-0-0KO 3/12Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, 🇩🇪Retained WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title✓ one source
2005-02-12WAttila Levin 🇸🇪39-0-0TKO 3/12Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, 🇩🇪Retained WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title✓ one source
2004-11-20WGerald Nobles 🇺🇸38-0-0DQ 4/12BigBox, Kempten, 🇩🇪Retained WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title; Nobles disqualified for repeated holding✓ one source
2004-10-09WPaolo Vidoz 🇮🇹37-0-0 · 17-1-0TKO 9/12Messe, Erfurt, 🇩🇪Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
2004-07-24WRichard Igbineghu 🇪🇸36-0-0TKO 6/10Brandenburg-Halle, Frankfurt, 🇩🇪Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental interim heavyweight title✓ one source
2004-04-17WMarcelo Domínguez 🇦🇷35-0-0 · 37-4-1UD 8/8Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, 🇩🇪✓✓ two sources
2004-02-28WDicky Ryan 🇺🇸34-0-0TKO 1/10Mehrzweckhalle, Dresden, 🇩🇪✓ one source
2003-10-04WOtis Tisdale33-0-0KO 1/8Stadthalle, Zwickau, 🇩🇪✓ one source
2003-08-16WBob Mirovic 🇦🇺32-0-0UD 8/8Nürburgring, Nürburg, 🇩🇪✓ one source
2003-07-18WVitali Shkraba31-0-0TKO 4/10State Circus, Minsk, 🇧🇾✓ one source
2003-03-15WPedro Daniel Franco 🇦🇷30-0-0UD 12/12Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Retained PABA heavyweight title✓ one source
2002-10-10WKostiantyn Pryziuk29-0-0RTD 3/10Casino Conti Giant Hall, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Retained Russian heavyweight title✓ one source
2002-07-21WTaras Bidenko 🇺🇦28-0-0UD 12/12Seoul, 🇰🇷Retained PABA heavyweight title✓ one source
2002-06-15WYaroslav Zavorotnyi27-0-0 · 2-0-0TKO 3/10Druzhba Arena, Donetsk Ukraine✓✓ two sources
2001-09-28WToakipa Tasefa 🇳🇿26-0-0 · 27-2-2UD 12/12Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Retained PABA heavyweight title✓✓ two sources
2001-06-30WGeorge Linberger 🇺🇸25-0-0TKO 1/12Etess Arena, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸Won vacant PABA heavyweight title✓ one source
2001-03-06WVitali Shkraba24-0-0TKO 4/8Arena CSKA, Moscow, 🇷🇺✓ one source
2000-10-29WTone Fiso23-0-0TKO 1/12Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Retained PABA interim heavyweight title✓ one source
2000-06-06WYuriy Yelistratov22-0-0UD 12/12Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Won vacant PABA interim heavyweight title✓ one source
2000-03-10WYuri Nikolaev21-0-0TKO 2/6Novosibirsk, 🇷🇺✓ one source
1999-12-15WAleksey Varakin 🇷🇺20-0-0KO 1/12State Circus, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Retained Russian heavyweight title✓ one source
1999-06-25WJames McQueen19-0-0KO 1/6Prague, 🇨🇿✓ one source
1999-05-07NCAndreas Sidon 🇩🇪19-0-0NC 6Prague, 🇨🇿✓ one source
1999-02-13WJohn Tupou18-0-0TKO 4/6Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, 🇯🇵✓ one source
1999-01-22WAleksey Osokin 🇷🇺17-0-0TKO 6/10Casino Conti Giant Hall, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Won vacant Russia heavyweight title✓ one source
1998-12-19WEvgeny Odolsky16-0-0KO 1/6Tundra Bar, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺✓ one source
1998-06-09WJames Gaines15-0-0UD 6/6State Circus, Moscow, 🇷🇺✓ one source
1998-03-14WJim Huffman14-0-0TKO 2/6Olympic Stadium, Moscow, 🇷🇺✓ one source
1997-12-06WSinclair Babb13-0-0TKO 1/6Stockland Stadium, Townsville, 🇦🇺✓ one source
1997-11-08WAlarim Uysal12-0-0TKO 2Ballsporthalle, Frankfurt, 🇩🇪✓ one source
1997-09-27WKevin Rosier 🇺🇸11-0-0 · 3-3-0KO 1State Circus, Moscow, 🇷🇺✓✓ two sources
1997-08-21WAug Tanuvasa10-0-0TKO 1/6Bankstown RSL Club, Sydney, 🇦🇺✓ one source
1997-07-26WRodney Harris9-0-0PTS 4/4Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, 🇯🇵✓ one source
1997-05-31WTerrell Nelson8-0-0TKO 2/4Etess Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 🇺🇸✓ one source
1997-05-09WManao Navuilawa7-0-0TKO 1/4Bankstown Sports Club, Sydney, 🇦🇺✓ one source
1997-03-21WPatrick Slade6-0-0TKO 1/4Parramatta RSL Club, Sydney, 🇦🇺✓ one source
1996-11-26WDarren Fearn5-0-0RTD 1/6York Hall, London, 🇬🇧✓ one source
1996-10-08WNeil Kirkwood4-0-0TKO 2/4Battersea Town Hall, London, 🇬🇧✓ one source
1995-02-16WSergei Anikeev3-0-0KO 2/4State Circus, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺✓ one source
1994-04-15WAleksei Tsygankov2-0-0KO 3/4State Circus, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺✓ one source
1994-02-22WAleksandr Vasiliev1-0-0PTS 4/4State Circus, Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺✓ one source
1993-10-15WJohn Morton0-0-0TKO 2/4Sporthalle, Schöneberg, 🇩🇪✓ one source

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World titles

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WBAHeavyweight2008-08-302009-11-07
WBAHeavyweight2005-12-172007-04-14

Elsewhere

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