Nikolai Valuev

Career, Record, Stats
Nikolai Valuev

Nikolai Valuev (Beast from the East) is a 51-year-old retired Russian professional boxer. He is a former heavyweight world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 16 years and 23 days, Valuev amassed a record of 50-2, which includes 34 wins via KO, 3 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

Nikolai Valuev's Boxing Career

Nikolai Valuev was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on August 21, 1973. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on October 15, 1993 against John Morton. Valuev defeated Morton via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Valuev became a world champion at the age of 32 after 43 professional fights. He challenged John Ruiz for the WBA heavyweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round majority decision, winning his first world title.

Valuev's last fight was a majority decision loss to David Haye at age 36, on November 7, 2009, in which he lost his WBA heavyweight title.

Some of Nikolai Valuev's best fights have been against Jameel McCline, John Ruiz, Evander Holyfield (HOFer), Monte Barrett, and Clifford Etienne. For a complete list of Valuev's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Nikolai Valuev".

Valuev has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Nikolai Valuev Losses".

Nikolai Valuev's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
53
Nov 07, 2009 36 David Haye David Haye 29 22-1
loss
MD
12
52
Dec 20, 2008 35 Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield 46 42-9-2
win
MD
12
51
Aug 30, 2008 35 John Ruiz John Ruiz 36 43-7-1
win
UD
12
50
Feb 16, 2008 34 generic fighter pic Siarhei Liakhovich
win
UD
12
49
Sep 29, 2007 34 generic fighter pic Jean Francois Bergeron
win
UD
12
48
Apr 14, 2007 33 Ruslan Chagaev Ruslan Chagaev 28 22-0-1
loss
MD
12
47
Jan 20, 2007 33 Jameel McCline Jameel McCline 36 38-6-3
win
RTD
3
46
Oct 07, 2006 33 Monte Barrett Monte Barrett 35 31-4
win
TKO
11
45
Jun 03, 2006 32 generic fighter pic Owen Beck
win
TKO
3
44
Dec 17, 2005 32 John Ruiz John Ruiz 33 41-5-1
win
MD
12
43
Oct 01, 2005 32 generic fighter pic Larry Donald
win
MD
12
42
May 14, 2005 31 Clifford Etienne Clifford Etienne 35 29-3-2
win
KO
3
41
Feb 12, 2005 31 generic fighter pic Attila Levin
win
TKO
3
40
Nov 20, 2004 31 generic fighter pic Gerald Nobles
win
DQ
4
39
Oct 09, 2004 31 generic fighter pic Paolo Vidoz
win
TKO
9
38
Jul 24, 2004 30 generic fighter pic Richard Igbineghu
win
TKO
6
37
Apr 17, 2004 30 generic fighter pic Marcelo Domínguez
win
UD
8
36
Feb 28, 2004 30 generic fighter pic Dicky Ryan
win
TKO
1
35
Oct 04, 2003 30 generic fighter pic Otis Tisdale
win
KO
1
34
Aug 16, 2003 29 generic fighter pic Bob Mirovic
win
UD
8
33
Jul 18, 2003 29 generic fighter pic Vitali Shkraba
win
TKO
4
32
Mar 15, 2003 29 generic fighter pic Pedro Daniel Franco
win
UD
12
31
Oct 10, 2002 29 generic fighter pic Kostiantyn Pryziuk
win
RTD
3
30
Jul 21, 2002 28 generic fighter pic Taras Bidenko
win
UD
12
29
Jun 15, 2002 28 generic fighter pic Yaroslav Zavorotnyi
win
TKO
3
28
Sep 28, 2001 28 generic fighter pic Toakipa Tasefa
win
UD
12
27
Jun 30, 2001 27 generic fighter pic George Linberger
win
TKO
1
26
Mar 06, 2001 27 generic fighter pic Vitali Shkraba
win
TKO
4
25
Oct 29, 2000 27 generic fighter pic Tone Fiso
win
TKO
1
24
Jun 06, 2000 26 generic fighter pic Yuriy Yelistratov
win
UD
12
23
Mar 10, 2000 26 generic fighter pic Yuri Nikolaev
win
TKO
2
22
Dec 15, 1999 26 generic fighter pic Aleksei Varakin
win
KO
1
21
Jun 25, 1999 25 generic fighter pic James McQueen
win
KO
1
20
May 07, 1999 25 generic fighter pic Andreas Sidon
nc
NA
19
Feb 13, 1999 25 generic fighter pic John Tupou
win
TKO
4
18
Jan 22, 1999 25 generic fighter pic Aleksei Osokin
win
TKO
6
17
Dec 19, 1998 25 generic fighter pic Evgeny Odolsky
win
KO
1
16
Jun 09, 1998 24 generic fighter pic James Gaines
win
UD
6
15
Mar 14, 1998 24 generic fighter pic Jim Huffman
win
TKO
2
14
Dec 06, 1997 24 generic fighter pic Sinclair Babb
win
TKO
1
13
Nov 08, 1997 24 generic fighter pic Alarim Uysal
win
TKO
2
12
Sep 27, 1997 24 generic fighter pic Kevin Rosier
win
KO
1
11
Aug 21, 1997 24 generic fighter pic Aug Tanuvasa
win
TKO
1
10
Jul 26, 1997 23 generic fighter pic Rodney Harris
win
PTS
4
9
May 31, 1997 23 generic fighter pic Terrell Nelson
win
TKO
2
8
May 09, 1997 23 generic fighter pic Manao Navuilawa
win
TKO
1
7
Mar 21, 1997 23 generic fighter pic Patrick Slade
win
TKO
1
6
Nov 26, 1996 23 generic fighter pic Darren Fearn
win
RTD
1
5
Oct 08, 1996 23 generic fighter pic Neil Kirkwood
win
TKO
2
4
Feb 16, 1995 21 generic fighter pic Sergei Anikeev
win
KO
2
3
Apr 15, 1994 20 generic fighter pic Aleksei Tsygankov
win
KO
3
2
Feb 22, 1994 20 generic fighter pic Aleksandr Vasiliev
win
PTS
4
1
Oct 15, 1993 20 generic fighter pic John Morton
win
TKO
2
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