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Nikolai Valuev Resurfaces to Lead Search for Russian Yeti
This is a real story. I'm totally serious. Former heavyweight titleholder Nikolai Valuev hasn't fought since a November 2009 loss to David Haye and may never fight again due to injury issues, but he's not going away from the public eye just yet. No, the seven-foot tall, 38-year-old Valuev will soon...
Bad Left Hook Boxing Rankings: Spotlight on Heavyweight
Boxing's heavyweight division isn't in decline. Like much of the sport right now, it's in a holding pattern. The Klitschko brothers remain dominant at the top of the division, with a group of big talkers, underdogs, wash-outs, old men, part-timers, and mildly promising prospects coming in behind...
Mandatory Eight Count: Valuev Mulling His Future
Toney far from first MMA crossover (Yahoo! Sports)Dave Meltzer looks back on some other boxers who tried out MMA. Huck vs Lebedev Could Lead off Cruiserweight Super Six (BoxingScene.com)A potentially thunderous meeting between Marco Huck and Denis Lebedev could be the first fight of Sauerland...
Last Five Fights: David Haye and John Ruiz
This Saturday at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, David Haye makes his first defense of the WBA heavyweight title when he faces former titlist John Ruiz, the American veteran best known to most for his fight with Roy Jones Jr., and also well-known in boxing circles for his clutch-and-grab style....
Vitali Klitschko-Odlanier Solis being explored
Dear Don King, Thank you. Sincerely, Boxing Fans One of the feature notes in this week's Notebook from Dan Rafael focuses on the collapse of the Vitali Klitschko-Nikolai Valuev negotiations, which have been all but dead for a while now, with Valuev's side making ridiculous money demands. Klitschko...
Tomato Cans: Random Thoughts for February 7
I've got a lot of boxing on the brain, but have become so sleep-deprived over the last couple of weeks that I can't really put together much by way of coherent thoughts, so here's a bunch of nonsense. Foreman-Cotto Dan Rafael noted in his "R.A.D." chat last night that the June 12 fight between Yuri...
Vitali Klitschko-Nikolai Valuev talks getting more serious
In an interview with Sports.ru, Nikolai Valuev's manager Boris Dimitrov said that talks are moving forward to match the former WBA titlist Valuev with current WBC heavyweight titleholder Vitali Klitschko. The talks first started in late December, a couple of weeks after Klitschko had easily...
Vitali Klitschko-Nikolai Valuev talks progressing
According to Lifesports.ru, a fight between WBC heavyweight titlist Vitali Klitschko and former WBA titlist Nikolai Valuev could happen in April or May. This fight was rumored almost the moment after Klitschko defended his title in a hideous fight against Kevin Johnson on December 12. The Valuev...
Bad Left Hook's 15 Worst TV Fights of 2009
Not to be overly negative, but before I get to a rundown of my 20 favorite fights of 2009, I thought I'd take a mind-numbing, stomach-turning look back at the 15 worst fights I saw. This feature will be shorter than the other one (which I'll probably break up into sections, five fights at a time or...
Vitali Klitschko targeting David Haye and Nikolai Valuev
Per Ake Persson reports that WBC heavyweight titlist Vitali Klitschko will return to the ring no later than May, and is looking at a fight that month or in April against ... Nikolai Valuev. Oh dear. American TV has long been saying "no thanks" to Valuev fights, and after the Vitali-Kevin Johnson...
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