Nikolai Valuev
Evander Holyfield makes one last attempt to regain a portion of the Heavyweight Championship when he takes on WBA Champion Nikolai Valuev. After twelve timid rounds, Holyfield appears to have finally realized his dream but is denied once again when the judges award Valuev a highly controversial majority decision win.
| Date | 7 November 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Nuremberg Arena in Nuremberg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBA Heavyweight Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Haye defeated Valuev via Majority decision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye, billed as 'David vs Goliath', was a professional boxing match contested on 7 November 2009 for the WBA heavyweight championship.[1]
Background[edit]
After regaining the WBA title with a unanimous decision over fellow former Champion John Ruiz Nikolai Valuev had made one defence gaining a very controversial majority decision over Evander Holyfield[2], he agreed to 'Champion in Recess' Ruslan Chagaev, who had given Valuev the only defeat of career. However their fight on 30 May 2009 in Helsinki, Finland at the Hartwall Arena, was cancelled when Chagaev was declared medically unfit after failing a Finnish medical test, allegedly due to hepatitis, although he would go on to faceWladimir Klitschko in June losing via a 9th round RTD.
Haye had moved to the Heavyweight division after he had unified the WBA, WBC & WBO cruiserweight titles against Enzo Maccarinelli, knocking out Monte Barrett in November 2008. He was first set to face WBC Champion Vitali Klitschko[3], then Haye agreed to face his brother Wladimir, however he pulled out with a back injury and was replaced with Chagaev. [4]
In July Valuev and Haye agreed to meet in November, despite John Ruiz claiming that he had inherited the mandatory status from Chagaev as the next highest ranked contender.[5] He would later agree to face the winner of Valuev vs Haye.
The fight[edit]
Haye was able to out move and out box the much slower Valuev by using a circle, stick and move strategy which would give a majority decision victory. The win made Haye the fourth brit to win a major heavyweight title, after Bob Fitzsimmons, Lennox Lewis, and Frank Bruno as well as only the second former cruiserweight champion to win a heavyweight title after Evander Holyfield.[6][7]
Aftermath[edit]
Valuev would retire after the fight, while Haye would agree to face Ruiz in a mandatory defence.
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Undercard[edit]
Confirmed bouts:[8]
| Winner | Loser | Weight division/title belt(s) disputed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Ruiz | Adnan Serin | Heavyweight (10 rounds) | 7th-round TKO. |
| Francisco Palacios | DeLeon Tinsley | Cruiserweight (8 rounds) | 1st-round TKO. |
| Robert Helenius | Taras Bidenko | Heavyweight (8 rounds) | 3rd-round RTD. |
| Siarhei Liakhovich | Jeremy Bates | Heavyweight (8 rounds) | 1st-round TKO. |
| George Groves | Kanstantsin Makhankou | Super Middleweight (8 rounds) | Unanimous decision |
| Alexander Frenkel | Kelvin Davis | Cruiserweight (8 rounds) | 1st-round TKO. |
| Marcos Nader | Ciro Ciano | Middleweight (6 rounds) | Unanimous decision |
| Kubrat Pulev | Gbenga Oloukun | Heavyweight (6 rounds) | Unanimous decision |
Nikolai Valuev Pictures
Broadcasting[edit]
| Country | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
| Canada | Viewers Choice |
| Denmark | TV2 Sport |
| Germany | ARD |
| Hungary | Viasat 6 |
| Poland | Polsat |
| United Kingdom | Sky Sports |
| United States | Direct TV |
References[edit]
- ^'Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye - BoxRec'.
- ^Giant Valuev did little to deserve victory over Holyfield, ESPN article, 2008-12-22, Retrieved on 2014-03-22
- ^'Klitschko camp confirm Haye fight'. BBC Sport. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^Wladimir Klitschko replaces injured David Haye with Ruslan Chagaev for 20 June fight – ESPN. Sports.espn.go.com (6 June 2009). Retrieved on 11 October 2010.
- ^'Haye to fight WBA champion Valuev'. BBC Sport. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^'Haye shocks Valuev to take title'. BBC Sport. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^Mitchell, Kevin (8 November 2009). 'David Haye beat Nikolai Valuev despite suffering a broken hand'. The Guardian. London.
- ^'BoxRec - event'.
| Preceded by vs. Evander Holyfield | Nikolai Valuev's bouts 7 November 2009 | Retired |
| Preceded by vs. Monte Barrett | David Haye's bouts 7 November 2009 | Succeeded by vs. John Ruiz |
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Hit and don't be hit. Haye followed the plan meticulously, and round by round, exposed the limited skills of his gargantuan opponent.
'It was easy tactically, but draining mentally,' said Haye, the new World Boxing Association heavyweight champion.
'I said I was going to make him look silly, and I did - in a big way.'
Nikolai Valuev Height
Adam Booth, Haye's trainer and manager, told Telegraph Sport: 'All David had to do was implement the plan we had put in place.
'The more punches he threw, the more risk there was of being hit or knocked down by Valuev.
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'It wasn't going to be a blood fest. It was always a question of hitting and not being hit, and that wins fights.
'Not every fight involving David is going to be like that, because not every fight is going to be against someone who is 7ft tall.'
Haye had stayed up until 3am the night before the fight. He believes in sleeping when he is tired.
Haye had also spent the week watching videos of clever defensive fighters – Floyd Mayweather, Shane Mosley, and Roy Jones Jnr.
'David knew he was technically better, and much quicker than Valuev, and was excited about the clash of styles,' Booth explained.
'But I'm most satisfied that on such a big stage, and on such a tense occasion, he showed total composure.'
The entire Haye camp had even wore blue t-shirts 'for the calming effect' on their man in the final hours before the championship fight.
'David demonstrated that he does have the belief in himself. I've always know how good his defensive skills are, and I've always had the belief in him,' added Booth.
'It's feels like justification for everything we believed in, especially through the hard times. But we've done it our way. '