Nikolai Valuev - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Nikolai Sergeyevich Valuev or Valuyev( nʲɪkɐˈlaj sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ vɐˈlʊjɪf; born August 21, 1973) is a retired professional boxer

Professional Boxing

Professional boxing, or prizefighting, emerged in the early twentieth century as boxing gradually attained legitimacy and became a regulated, sanctioned sport. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse which is divided among the fighters and promoters as determined by contract...

and former two-time WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

heavyweight champion. In his most recent fight (on November 7, 2009), he lost the title to David Haye

David Haye

David Deron Haye is a retired English professional boxer,Haye is the former WBA heavyweight champion. He is also the former unified world cruiserweight champion, holding the WBA, WBC, WBO, and The Ring cruiserweight titles, and also the former European cruiserweight champion.- Amateur :Haye...

via 12-round majority decision. Three days after the fight, Valuev announced his retirement.

Biography

Valuev was born on August 21, 1973, in Leningrad

Leningrad

Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...

, Russian SFSR

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , commonly referred to as Soviet Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or simply Russia, was the largest, most populous and economically developed republic in the former Soviet Union....

, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

(now Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russian Federation). He is of Russian descent, but he also had a Tatar grandfather.

He has two young children, daughter Irina and son Grisha (Grigoriy). In his professional boxing career Valuev has been defeated only twice by Ruslan Chagaev

Ruslan Chagaev

Ruslan Chagaev born October 19, 1978 in Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is an Uzbekistani former WBA heavyweight boxing champion of Tatar ethnicity...

and David Haye

David Haye

.

Valuev is a Russian Orthodox Christian. During his youth he played water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

and basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

First reign as WBA champion

In 2005, Valuev squared off with WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz

John Ruiz

John "The Quietman" Ruiz , is a former American professional boxer. Ruiz is the first Latino heavyweight champion and former two-time WBA heavyweight champion. After a professional career spanning over 18 years, Ruiz officially announced his retirement from the sport at a press conference on April...

, and won a twelve-round majority-decision, becoming both the tallest and heaviest champion in boxing history. In his first defence he defeated challenger Owen Beck

Owen Beck

Owen LeFranc Beck is a Jamaican professional boxer in the heavyweight division.-Pro:Known as Owen "What the Heck" Beck, Beck began his career in 1998 by winning his first 24 fights, but all against limited opposition the best being amateur star Derrell Dixon and undefeated Taurus Sykes.This streak...

(25–3, 18 KOs) by a third-round technical knockout in Hannover, Germany. In October 2006, Valuev fought Monte Barrett

Monte Barrett

Monte Barrett is an American professional heavyweight boxer. He was regarded by many as a tough gatekeeper and was a former WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Champion and current WBO Asia Pacific Heavyweight and WBO Oriental Heavyweight champion...

and defeated him with a technical knockout in the 11th round. In January 2007, Valuev fought Jameel McCline

Jameel McCline

Jameel “Big Time” McCline is a professional heavyweight boxer notable for his speed, strength, and size at 6'6" and 269 lbs. Currently ranked at number 9 in the WBCworld heavyweight ratings...

(38–6–3, 23 KOs) in St. Jakobshalle

St. Jakobshalle

St. Jakobshalle is an arena in Münchenstein, near Basel, Switzerland. It is primarily used for indoor sports and concert events. The St. Jakobshalle holds 9,000 people and was built in 1976...

, Basel

Basel

Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. Valuev won the match, successfully defending his title, after McCline was not able to continue the bout after injuring his knee when throwing a punch near the end of the 3rd round.

Loss of WBA title to Chagaev

The title defense was held on April 14, 2007. Chagaev defeated Valuev by a majority decision (117–111, 115–113 and 114–114).

Valuev changed trainers, from Manuel Gabrielian to Alexander Zimin, who coached the old Soviet Union amateur boxing team.

On September 29, 2007, Valuev won against Jean-Francois Bergeron in Oldenburg

Oldenburg

Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, by a 12-round unanimous decision (118–111 on all three cards).

Second reign as WBA champion

In a 16 February 2008, title eliminator, Valuev defeated former titleholder Sergei Liakhovich

Sergei Liakhovich

Sergei "White Wolf" Liakhovich , is a Belarusian boxer and a former WBO heavyweight boxing champion.-Amateur career:Liakhovich, who represented Belarus at the 1996 Olympic Games, was a long-time amateur who won Bronze at the 1997 World Championships....

from Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

, winning every round at the Nuremberg

Nuremberg

Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...

Arena in Germany

Germany

. The victory earned Valuev the right to face Chagaev for the WBA title again, the only man who had defeated him in his boxing career. He was scheduled to face Chagaev for his WBA title on 5 July 2008, but Chagaev pulled out with an injury. Valuev instead fought John Ruiz for the vacant title on 30 August 2008 and the WBA

World Boxing Association

decided to make Chagaev "Champion In Recess". Valuev defeated Ruiz by unanimous decision to regain the WBA heavyweight championship, with Valuev and Chagaev set to fight no later than 26 June 2009 to determine whom the WBA regarded as their champion. Their scheduled rematch on May 30, 2009 was cancelled due to Chagaev's viral infection and on 24 July 2009, when the WBA published their Official Ratings as of June 2009, Chagaev was no longer the "Champion In Recess" but the #1 challenger instead.

Valuev's first title defence of his second reign as WBA Champion was against the 46-year old, four-time heavyweight champion of the world, Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield is a professional boxer from the United States. He is a former undisputed world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"...

, on 20 December 2008, in which Valuev won a controversial majority decision.

Loss of WBA title to Haye

In his second defence, Valuev lost his title on 7 November 2009 against former unified and lineal cruiserweight champion David Haye

David Haye

in Nuremberg

Nuremberg

on points (114–114, 116–112, 116–112).

Health problems

Valuev's doctor has gone on record saying that he is treating Valuev for 'serious bone and joint problems'. Valuev will undergo two operations that will require at least six months on the sidelines.

Retirement

Valuev announced his retirement on a Russian newspaper three days after the loss to Haye on November 10, 2009.

Acting career

Valuev's first role in a movie was a cameo appearance

Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...

in the German film 7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug in 2006. In 2008 Valuev played the main role in the film Stonehead by Philip Yankovskiy, playing an ex-boxer who lost his memory. The film took the main prize at the movie festival "Window to Europe". After the success of Stonehead, it was announced Valuev is being filmed in two new films at the same time.

Outside the ring

In January 2006 Valuev was accused of assaulting a security guard at the Spartak Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. No criminal investigation was ever launched by local police.

Valuev has written a book in Russian

Russian language

Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

called My 12 Rounds, with the help of prominent Russian journalist Konstantin Osipov. The book discusses his life in general and his boxing career in particular. For that book, Valuev received an award from the government of Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

Involvement in other sports

In 2011 Valuev became the General Manager of Russia national bandy teamhttp://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.bandynet.ru/node/23426&ei=PfbPToipLYTFtAb5rKy7DA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCAQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://bandynet.ru/node/23426%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D677%26prmd%3Dimvns

Professional boxing record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|50 Wins (34 Knockouts), 2 Losses, 1 No Contest
|- style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;"
| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Result
| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record
| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent
| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type
| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Rd., Time
| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date
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| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes
|- align=center
|Lost||50–2
||align=left| David Haye

David Haye

|MD||12||2009-11-07
|align=left|

Nuremberg Arena

Nuremberg Arena is an arena in Nuremberg, Germany. Nuremberg Arena opened in 2001 and holds up to 6,500 people.It is used for ice hockey, basketball and concerts.Since 2005, it is also called Arena Nürnberger Versicherung....

, Nuremberg

Nuremberg

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|Lost WBA Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||50–1
||align=left|

Evander Holyfield

|MD||12||2008-12-20
|align=left| Hallenstadion

Hallenstadion

The Hallenstadion is a multi-purpose facility, in the Swiss city of Zurich.Designed by Bruno Giacometti, it opened on July 18, 1939, and was renovated in 2005....

, Zurich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

|align=left|Defended WBA Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||49–1
||align=left|

John Ruiz

|UD||12||2008-08-30
|align=left|

Max Schmeling Halle

Max-Schmeling-Halle

Max-Schmeling-Halle is a multi-purpose arena, in Berlin, Germany, named after the famous German boxer Max Schmeling. Apart from the Velodrom, it's one of Berlin's biggest sport places and holds from 8,861 people, up to 10,050 people....

, Prenzlauer Berg

Prenzlauer Berg

Prenzlauer Berg is a locality of Berlin, in the borough of Pankow.Until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was a borough of Berlin; in that year it was included in the borough of Pankow....

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|Won vacant WBA Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||48–1
||align=left|

Siarhei Liakhovich
|UD||12||2008-02-16
|align=left|

Nuremberg Arena

, Nuremberg

Nuremberg

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|WBA Heavyweight title eliminator.
|- align=center
|Win||47–1
||align=left|

Jean Francois Bergeron
|UD||12||2007-09-29
|align=left|

EWE Arena

EWE Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Oldenburg, Germany. It has a seating capacity of 4,100 and is part of the Weser-Ems Halle. The facility's name comes from a sponsorship arrangement with German energy and telecommunications company EWE....

, Oldenburg

Oldenburg

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|
|- align=center
|Lost||46–1
||align=left|

Ruslan Chagaev

Ruslan Chagaev born October 19, 1978 in Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is an Uzbekistani former WBA heavyweight boxing champion of Tatar ethnicity...

|MD||12||2007-04-14
|align=left|

Porsche Arena

Porsche Arena is a multi-purpose arena, located in Stuttgart, Germany. The seating capacity of the arena varies, from 5,100 to 8,000 people and it was opened in 2006, after 14 months of construction....

, Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|Lost WBA Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||46–0
||align=left|

Jameel McCline

Jameel “Big Time” McCline is a professional heavyweight boxer notable for his speed, strength, and size at 6'6" and 269 lbs. Currently ranked at number 9 in the WBCworld heavyweight ratings...

|RTD||3 (12), 3:00||2007-01-20
|align=left| St. Jakob Halle, Basel

Basel

, Switzerland

Switzerland

|align=left|Defended WBA Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||45–0
||align=left|

Monte Barrett

|TKO||11 (12), 2:12||2006-10-07
|align=left|

Allstate Arena

Allstate Arena is a multi-purpose arena, in Rosemont, Illinois.It is home to the Chicago Rush, of the Arena Football League, DePaul University's men's basketball team, the Chicago Wolves, of the AHL, and the Chicago Sky, of the WNBA.It is located near the intersection of Mannheim Road and...

, Rosemont

Rosemont, Illinois

Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States located immediately northwest of Chicago. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

|align=left|Defended WBA Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||44–0
||align=left|

Owen Beck

|TKO||3 (12), 2:44||2006-06-03
|align=left|

TUI Arena

TUI Arena is an arena in Hanover, Germany. The arena opened in 2000 and holds 10,767, during hockey matches and up to 14,000, during concerts...

, Hannover, Germany

Germany

|align=left|Defended WBA Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||43–0
||align=left|

John Ruiz

|MD||12||2005-12-17
|align=left|

Max Schmeling Halle

Max-Schmeling-Halle

, Prenzlauer Berg

Prenzlauer Berg

Prenzlauer Berg is a locality of Berlin, in the borough of Pankow.Until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was a borough of Berlin; in that year it was included in the borough of Pankow....

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|Won WBA Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||42–0
||align=left|

Larry Donald

Larry Ali Donald is a professional heavyweight boxer, who competed for the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-Professional career:...

|MD||12||2005-10-01
|align=left|

EWE Arena

, Oldenburg

Oldenburg

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|Defended WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight title and WBA Heavyweight title eliminator.
|- align=center
|Win||41–0
||align=left|

Clifford Etienne

Clifford Etienne , also known as "The Black Rhino", is a former American boxer, who is currently serving a 150 year prison sentence without possibility of parole.-Background:...

|KO||3 (12), ?||2005-05-14
|align=left|

Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, Germany

Germany

|align=left|Defended WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||40–0
||align=left|

Attila Levin

Attila Levin is a Swedish boxer in the Heavyweight division.-Amateur career:Levin had a stellar amateur career prior to turning professional....

|TKO||3 (12), 2:34||2005-02-12
|align=left|

Max Schmeling Halle

Max-Schmeling-Halle

, Prenzlauer Berg

Prenzlauer Berg

Prenzlauer Berg is a locality of Berlin, in the borough of Pankow.Until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was a borough of Berlin; in that year it was included in the borough of Pankow....

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|Defended WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||39–0
||align=left|

Gerald Nobles

Gerald Nobles , is an American boxer.-Professional career: This Philadelphia fighter turned pro on October 6, 1995 with a first round TKO of Juan Carlos Antonio. His first nine wins were via knockout as well as fourteen of his first fifteen.In 2001, Nobles won a Unanimous 10 round decision against...

|DQ||4 (12), 0:42||2004-11-20
|align=left|

BigBox, Kempten

Kempten im Allgäu

Kempten is the largest town in Allgäu, a region in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. The population was ca 61,000 in 2006. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later overtaken by the Romans, who called the town Cambodunum...

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win||38–0
||align=left|

Paolo Vidoz

Paolo Vidoz is a boxer from Italy, who won the Olympic bronze medal, twice won the bronze medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships: 1997 and 1999 and also won a silver medal at the European Championships....

|TKO||9 (12), 2:33||2004-10-09
|align=left|

Messehalle

The Messehalle is an indoor arena, in Erfurt, Germany. Its seating capacity is roughly 12,000 people.The arena has hosted concerts by many famous artists, spanning many different genres.-External links:...

, Erfurt

Erfurt

Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||37–0
||align=left|

Richard Bango

Richard Igbineghu

Richard Igbineghu is a Nigerian boxer. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's super heavyweight category.-Olympic results:*Defeated Gytis Juškevičius , KO 2...

|TKO||6 (10), 1:50||2004-07-24
|align=left|

Brandenburg Halle, Frankfurt

Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|Won Interim WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||36–0
||align=left|

Marcelo Dominguez

Marcelo Fabián Domínguez is an Argentine professional boxer. Although he has fought for and held several major titles, he has the unique distinction of having never fought in the United States as a professional.Domínguez turned pro in 1991 and was able to land a title shot in only his sixteenth...

|UD||8||2004-04-17
|align=left|

Max Schmeling Halle

Max-Schmeling-Halle

, Prenzlauer Berg

Prenzlauer Berg

Prenzlauer Berg is a locality of Berlin, in the borough of Pankow.Until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was a borough of Berlin; in that year it was included in the borough of Pankow....

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win||35–0
||align=left|

Dicky Ryan
|TKO||1 (10), 2:43||2004-02-28
|align=left|

Mehrzweckhalle, Dresden

Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win||34–0
||align=left|

Otis Tisdale
|KO||1 (8), ?||2003-10-04
|align=left|

Stadthalle, Zwickau

Zwickau

Zwickau in Germany, former seat of the government of the south-western region of the Free State of Saxony, belongs to an industrial and economical core region. Nowadays it is the capital city of the district of Zwickau...

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win||33–0
||align=left|

Bob Mirovic

Bob "The Big Bear" Mirovic is an Australian boxer. Standing at 6 ft 5 in and with a reach of 80 inches, he started boxing at the age of 22 in 1987. He has fought a number of famous fighters, including Nikolai Valuev, Joe Bugner, and Frans Botha.He currently resides in Wyongah, New South...

|UD||8||2003-08-16
|align=left|

Nuerburgring Race Track

Nürburgring

The Nürburgring is a motorsport complex around the village of Nürburg, Germany. It features a modern Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. It is located about...

, Nürburg

Nürburg

Nürburg is a town in the German district of Ahrweiler, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is also the name of the local castle, Burg Nürburg , which was built in the High Middle Ages. The town is best known for its 24 kilometer race track, the Nürburgring...

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win||32–0
||align=left|

Vitali Shkraba
|TKO||4 (10), ?||2003-07-18
|align=left|

Belarusian State Circus, Minsk

Minsk

- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

, Belarus

Belarus

|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win||31–0
||align=left|

Pedro Daniel Franco
|UD||12||2003-03-15
|align=left|

Yubileyny Sports Palace

Yubileyny Sports Palace , also translated as Yubileiny Palace of Sports, is an indoor sports arena and concert complex located in St. Petersburg, Russia. It houses 7,012 seats for ice hockey and up to 7,700 seats for basketball. It is accessible from the Sportivnaya metro station...

, Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

|align=left|Defended PABA Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||30–0
||align=left|

Kostyantyn Pryziuk
|RTD||3 (10), 3:00||2002-10-10
|align=left|

Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

|align=left|Defended Russian Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||29–0
||align=left|

Taras Bidenko

Taras Bidenko is a German based professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division.-Professional career:...

|UD||12||2002-07-21
|align=left|

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

|align=left|Defended PABA Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||28–0
||align=left|

Yaroslav Zavorotnyy
|TKO||3 (10), ?||2002-06-15
|align=left|

Druzhba Palace of Sports

Druzhba Palace of Sports is an indoor arena in Donets'k, Ukraine. Built in 1975, it has a seating capacity of 4,700 people for sporting events and 5,100 for concerts and is the regular home venue of BC Donetsk basketball team and HC Donbass Ice Hockey team....

, Donetsk

Donetsk

Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win||27–0
||align=left|

Toakipa Tasefa
|UD||12||2001-09-28
|align=left|

Yubileyny Sports Palace

, Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

|align=left|Defended PABA Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||26–0
||align=left|

George Linberger
|TKO||1 (12), ?||2001-06-30
|align=left|

Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

|align=left|Defended PABA Heavyweight title.
|- align=center
|Win||25–0
||align=left|

Vitali Shkraba
|TKO||4 (8), ?||2001-03-06
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Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

|align=left|Defended PABA Heavyweight title.
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|Win||24–0
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Tone Fiso
|TKO||1 (12), ?||2000-10-29
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Yubileyny Sports Palace

, Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

|align=left|Won PABA Heavyweight title.
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|Win||23–0
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Yuriy Yelistratov
|UD||12||2000-06-06
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Yubileyny Sports Palace

, Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

|align=left|Won Interim PABA heavyweight title.
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|Win||22–0
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Yuri Nikolaev
|TKO||2 (6), ?||2000-03-10
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Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

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|Win||21–0
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Alexey Varakin
|KO||1 (12), ?||1999-12-15
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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

|align=left|Defended Russian Heavyweight title.
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|Win||20–0
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James McQueen
|KO||1 (6), ?||1999-06-25
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Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

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| style="background:#ddd;"|NC||19–0
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Andreas Sidon
|NC||6||1999-05-07
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Prague

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

|align=left|NC due to fighting without a referee.
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|Win||19–0||align=left|

John Tupou
|TKO||4 (10), ?||1999-02-13
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Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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|Win||18–0||align=left|

Alexey Osokin
|TKO||6 (10), ?||1999-01-22
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Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

|align=left|Won vacant Russian Heavyweight title.
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|Win||17–0||align=left|

Evgeny Odolsky
|KO||1 (6), ?||1998-12-19
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Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

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|Win||16–0||align=left|

James Gaines
|UD||6||1998-06-09
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Moscow

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

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|Win||15–0||align=left|

Jim Huffman
|TKO||2 (4), ?||1998-03-14
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Olympisky Sport Hall

Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena)

Olympic Stadium, known locally as the Olimpiyskiy or Olimpiski, is a large indoor arena, located in Moscow, Russia. It was built for the 1980 Summer Olympics and hosted the basketball and boxing events. A part of the Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex, it makes up one architectural ensemble with another...

, Moscow

Moscow

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

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|Win||14–0||align=left|

Sinclair Babb
|TKO||1 (6), 2:05||1997-12-06
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Stockland Stadium

Dairy Farmers Stadium

The Willows Sports Complex, currently known as Dairy Farmers Stadium due to sponsorship rights, is a grass football stadium situated in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It has historically been used mainly for rugby league, and is the home ground of the National Rugby League club the North...

, Townsville

Townsville, Queensland

Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland. Townsville is Australia's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, with a 2006 census...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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|Win||13–0||align=left|

Alarim Uysal
|TKO||2 (6), ?||1997-11-08
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Ballsporthalle

Fraport Arena is an arena in Frankfurt, Germany. It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of Deutsche Bank Skyliners.The arena opened in 1986 and holds 5,000 people...

, Frankfurt

Frankfurt

, Germany

Germany

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|Win||12–0||align=left|

Kevin Rosier

Kevin Rosier is an American former kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. He had much success as a kickboxer, winning a number of titles, but did not transition particularly well into the world of boxing and was mostly seen as a journeyman fighter...

|KO||1 (6), ?||1997-09-27
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Moscow

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

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|Win||11–0||align=left|

August Tanuvasa
|TKO||1 (6), 2:44||1997-08-21
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Bankstown RSL Club, Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

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|Win||10–0||align=left|

Rodney Harris
|UD||4||1997-07-26
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Yokohama Arena

is an indoor sporting arena located in Yokohama, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 17,000 and was opened in 1989. The arena was modeled after US sports venue Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is a five minute walk from the closest subway station, Shin-Yokohama Station on the JR/Yokohama...

, Kanagawa

Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...

, Japan

Japan

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|Win||9–0||align=left|

Terrell Nelson
|TKO||2 (4), 1:26||1997-05-31
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Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City

Atlantic City, New Jersey

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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|Win||8–0||align=left|

Manao Navuilawa
|TKO||1 (4), 1:24||1997-05-09
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Bankstown Sports Club, Sydney

Sydney

, Australia

Australia

|align=left|
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|Win||7–0||align=left|

Patrick Slade
|TKO||1 (4), 1:59||1997-03-21
|align=left|

Parramatta RSL Club, Sydney

Sydney

, Australia

Australia

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|Win||6–0||align=left|

Darren Fearn
|TKO||1 (6), ?||1996-11-26
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York Hall

The York Hall is a health and leisure centre and one of Britain's best known boxing venues.The venue is situated on Old Ford Road in Bethnal Green, London, England. The hall, opened in 1929 with a capacity of 1,200, stages boxing as well as providing a gymnasium and swimming pool.The hall is owned...

, London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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|Win||5–0||align=left|

Neil Kirkwood
|TKO||2 (4), ?||1996-10-08
|align=left|

Town Hall, London

London

, England

England

|align=left|
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|Win||4–0||align=left|

Sergey Anikeev
|KO||2 (4), ?||1995-02-16
|align=left|

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win||3–0||align=left|

Alexey Tsygankov
|KO||3 (4), ?||1994-04-15
|align=left|

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win||2–0||align=left|

Alexander Vasiliev
|UD||4||1994-02-22
|align=left|

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win||1–0||align=left|

John Morton
|TKO||2 (4), ?||1993-10-15
|align=left|

Sporthalle, Schöneberg

Schöneberg

Schöneberg is a locality of Berlin, Germany. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was a separate borough including the locality of Friedenau. Together with the former borough of Tempelhof it is now part of the new borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg....

, Germany

Germany

|align=left|Valuev's professional debut.

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