Nikolai Valuev (50-2, 34) was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on August 21, 1973. At the age of 20 years on October 15, 1993, he made his professional boxing debut against John Morton, winning the fight via 2nd-round TKO.
On his 44th career fight at 32 years old, Valuev became a heavyweight world champion on December 17, 2005 after defeating John Ruiz via 12-round majority decision to win the WBA title.
Valuev's last fight was a heavyweight (WBA) world-title defense against David Haye on November 7, 2009. He lost the fight via 12th-round majority decision. He retired from the sport of boxing following this loss.
Some of Nikolai Valuev's best fights have been against John Ruiz, Evander Holyfield, Siarhei Liakhovich, Jameel McCline, Monte Barrett, Clifford Etienne and Tone Fiso.
Valuev has 2 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
53  | Nov 7, 2009 36 years, 2 months 50-2 (34) | 29 years 22-1 (21) | HW | 12 | MD | LOSS Lost WBA |
52  | Dec 20, 2008 35 years, 3 months 50-1 (34) | 46 years, 2 months 42-9-2 (27) | HW | 12 | MD | WIN Defended WBA |
51  | Aug 30, 2008 35 years 49-1 (34) | 36 years, 7 months 43-7-1 (29) | HW | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBA Vacant |
50  | Feb 16, 2008 34 years, 5 months 48-1 (34) | 31 years, 8 months 23-2 (14) | 12 | UD | WIN | |
49 | Sep 29, 2007 34 years, 1 months 47-1 (34) | Jean Francois Bergeron | HW | 12 | UD | WIN |
48  | Apr 14, 2007 33 years, 7 months 46-1 (34) | 28 years, 5 months 22-0-1 (17) | HW | 12 | MD | LOSS Lost WBA |
47  | Jan 20, 2007 33 years, 4 months 46-0 (34) | 36 years, 8 months 38-6-3 (23) | HW | 3 | RTD | WIN Defended WBA |
46  | Oct 7, 2006 33 years, 1 months 45-0 (33) | 35 years, 4 months 31-4 (17) | HW | 11 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA |
45 | Jun 3, 2006 32 years, 9 months 44-0 (32) | Owen Beck | HW | 3 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA |
44 | Dec 17, 2005 32 years, 3 months 43-0 (31) | 33 years, 11 months 41-5-1 (28) | HW | 12 | MD | WIN Won WBA |
43 | Oct 1, 2005 32 years, 1 months 42-0 (31) | Larry Donald | HW | 12 | MD | WIN |
42  | May 14, 2005 31 years, 8 months 41-0 (31) | 35 years, 2 months 29-3-2 (20) | HW | 3 | KO | WIN |
41 | Feb 12, 2005 31 years, 5 months 40-0 (30) | Attila Levin | HW | 3 | TKO | WIN |
40 | Nov 20, 2004 31 years, 2 months 39-0 (29) | Gerald Nobles | HW | 4 | DQ | WIN |
39 | Oct 9, 2004 31 years, 1 months 38-0 (29) | Paolo Vidoz | HW | 9 | TKO | WIN |
38 | Jul 24, 2004 30 years, 11 months 37-0 (28) | Richard Igbineghu | HW | 6 | TKO | WIN Interim |
37 | Apr 17, 2004 30 years, 7 months 36-0 (27) | Marcelo Domínguez | 8 | UD | WIN | |
36 | Feb 28, 2004 30 years, 6 months 35-0 (27) | Dicky Ryan | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
35 | Oct 4, 2003 30 years, 1 months 34-0 (26) | Otis Tisdale | 1 | KO | WIN | |
34 | Aug 16, 2003 29 years, 11 months 33-0 (25) | Bob Mirovic | 8 | UD | WIN | |
33 | Jul 18, 2003 29 years, 10 months 32-0 (25) | Vitali Shkraba | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
32 | Mar 15, 2003 29 years, 6 months 31-0 (24) | Pedro Daniel Franco | HW | 12 | UD | WIN |
31 | Oct 10, 2002 29 years, 1 months 30-0 (24) | Kostiantyn Pryziuk | HW | 3 | RTD | WIN |
30 | Jul 21, 2002 28 years, 11 months 29-0 (23) | Taras Bidenko | HW | 12 | UD | WIN |
29 | Jun 15, 2002 28 years, 9 months 28-0 (23) | Yaroslav Zavorotnyi | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
28 | Sep 28, 2001 28 years, 1 months 27-0 (22) | Toakipa Tasefa | HW | 12 | UD | WIN |
27 | Jun 30, 2001 27 years, 10 months 26-0 (22) | George Linberger | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN |
26 | Mar 6, 2001 27 years, 6 months 25-0 (21) | Vitali Shkraba | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
25 | Oct 29, 2000 27 years, 2 months 24-0 (20) | Tone Fiso | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Interim |
24 | Jun 6, 2000 26 years, 9 months 23-0 (19) | Yuriy Yelistratov | HW | 12 | UD | WIN Interim |
23 | Mar 10, 2000 26 years, 6 months 22-0 (19) | Yuri Nikolaev | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
22 | Dec 15, 1999 26 years, 3 months 21-0 (18) | Aleksei Varakin | HW | 1 | KO | WIN |
21 | Jun 25, 1999 25 years, 10 months 20-0 (17) | James McQueen | 1 | KO | WIN | |
20 | May 7, 1999 25 years, 8 months 19-0 (16) | Andreas Sidon | 6 | NC | NC | |
19 | Feb 13, 1999 25 years, 5 months 19-0 (16) | John Tupou | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
18 | Jan 22, 1999 25 years, 5 months 18-0 (15) | Aleksei Osokin | HW | 6 | TKO | WIN |
17 | Dec 19, 1998 25 years, 3 months 17-0 (14) | Evgeny Odolsky | 1 | KO | WIN | |
16 | Jun 9, 1998 24 years, 9 months 16-0 (13) | James Gaines | 6 | UD | WIN | |
15 | Mar 14, 1998 24 years, 6 months 15-0 (13) | Jim Huffman | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
14 | Dec 6, 1997 24 years, 3 months 14-0 (12) | Sinclair Babb | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
13 | Nov 8, 1997 24 years, 2 months 13-0 (11) | Alarim Uysal | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
12 | Sep 27, 1997 24 years, 1 months 12-0 (10) | Kevin Rosier | 1 | KO | WIN | |
11 | Aug 21, 1997 24 years 11-0 (9) | Aug Tanuvasa | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
10 | Jul 26, 1997 23 years, 11 months 10-0 (8) | Rodney Harris | 4 | PTS | WIN | |
9 | May 31, 1997 23 years, 9 months 9-0 (8) | Terrell Nelson | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
8 | May 9, 1997 23 years, 8 months 8-0 (7) | Manao Navuilawa | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
7 | Mar 21, 1997 23 years, 7 months 7-0 (6) | Patrick Slade | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
6 | Nov 26, 1996 23 years, 3 months 6-0 (5) | Darren Fearn | 1 | RTD | WIN | |
5 | Oct 8, 1996 23 years, 1 months 5-0 (4) | Neil Kirkwood | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
4 | Feb 16, 1995 21 years, 5 months 4-0 (3) | Sergei Anikeev | 2 | KO | WIN | |
3 | Apr 15, 1994 20 years, 7 months 3-0 (2) | Aleksei Tsygankov | 3 | KO | WIN | |
2 | Feb 22, 1994 20 years, 6 months 2-0 (1) | Aleksandr Vasiliev | 4 | PTS | WIN | |
1 | Oct 15, 1993 20 years, 1 months 1-0 (1) | John Morton | 2 | TKO | WIN |
