Record details

Nikolai Valuev

"The Beast From The East"

Heavyweight

Male

(Николай Валуе)
(Nikolai Sergeyevich Valuev)
(Никола́й Серге́евич Валу́ев)
Russia, St Petersburg
Born: 21 August 1973, St Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height: 7ft 2in, mt 2,18 (7ft, mt 2,14)
Weight: 316, 324, 319, 321.5, 333, 320.75 lbs

as an amateur:

1994 St Petersburg Goodwill Games super-heavyweight
Lpt Alexei Lezin (Rus) 8-8, Lezin won 45-27 on countback

Amateur Results


1994
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- July 26	Alexey Lezin (RUS)	Saint Petersburg, Russia	LPTS +8:8
Saint Petersburg, Russia, Goodwill Games quarter-finals, +91 kg

Professional record


1993
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 15	John Morton	Berlin, Germany	TKO 2

1994
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 22	Alexandre Vasiliev	St Petersburg, Russia	W 4
+ Apr. 15	Alexey Tziganov	St Petersburg, Russia	KO 3

1995
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 16	Sergei Anikeev	St Petersburg, Russia	KO 2

1996
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 8	Neil Kirkwood	Battersea, Gt.Britain	TKO 2
+ Nov. 26	Darren Fearn	Bethnal Green, Gt.Britain	TKO 2

1997
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 21	Patrick Slade	Parramata, Australia	KO 1
+ May 9	Manoa Navuilawa	Bankstown, Australia	KO 1
+ May 31	Terrell Nelson	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO 2
+ July 26	Rodney Harris	Yokohama, Japan	W 4
+ Aug. 21	August Tanuvasa	Bankstown, Australia	KO 1
+ Sept. 27	Kevin Rosier	Moscow, Russia	TKO 2
+ Nov. 8	Alachin Uysal	Frankfurt Oder, Germany	TKO 2
+ Dec. 6	Sinclair Babb	Townsville, Australia	TKO 1

1998
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 14	Jimm Huffman	Moscow, Russia	TKO 2
+ June 9	James Gaines	Moscow, Russia	W 6
+ Dec. 19	Evgeni Odolski	St Petersburg, Russia	KO 1

1999
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 22	Alexey Osokin	St Petersburg, Russia	TKO 6
(Won vacant Russian Heavyweight Title)
+ Feb. 13	John Tupou	Tokyo, Japan	TKO 4
* May 7	Andreas Sidon	Praha, Czech Republic	ND 3
+ June 25	James McQueen	Praha, Czech Republic	KO 1
+ Dec. 15	Alexey Varakin	St Petersburg, Russia	KO 1
(Retained Russian Heavyweight Title)

2000
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 10	Youri Nikolaev	Novosibirsk, Russia	TKO 2
+ June 6	Yuri Yelistratov	St Petersburg, Russia	W 12
(Won vacant PABA Interim Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 29	Tone Fiso	St Petersburg, Russia	TKO 1
(Won vacant PABA Heavyweight Title)

2001
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 6	Vitaly Shkraba	Moscow, Russia	TKO 4
+ June 30	George Linberger	Atlantic City, New Jersey	KO 1
+ Sept. 28	Toakipa Tasefa	St Petersburg, Russia	W 12
(Retained PABA Heavyweight Title)

2002
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 15	Yaroslav Zavorotny	Donetsk, Ukraine	TKO 3
+ July 21	Taras Bidenko	Seoul, South Korea	W 12
(Retained PABA Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 10	Kostyantyn Pryziuk	St Petersburg, Russia	TKO 4
(Retained Russian Heavyweight Title)

2003
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 15	Pedro Daniel Franco	St Petersburg, Russia	W 12
(Retained PABA Heavyweight Title)
+ July 18	Vitaly Shkraba	Minsk, Byelorussia	TKO 3
+ Aug. 16	Bob Mirovic	Nürburgring, Germany	W 8
+ Oct. 4	Otis Tisdale	Zwickau, Germany	KO 1

2004
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 28	Dicky Ryan	Dresden, Germany	TKO 1
+ Apr. 17	Marcelo Dominguez	Berlin, Germany	W 8
+ July 24	Richard Bango	Frankfurt/Oder, Germany	TKO 6
(Won vacant Interim WBA Int’l Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 9	Paolo Vidoz	Erfurt, Germany	TKO 9
(Won vacant WBA Int’l Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 20	Gerald Nobles	Kempten, Germany	WDQ 4
(Retained WBA Int’l Heavyweight Title)

2005
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 12	Attila Levin	Berlin, Germany	TKO 3
(Retained WBA Int’l Heavyweight Title)
+ May 14	Clifford Etienne	Bayreuth, Germany	KO 3
(Retained WBA Int’l Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 1	Larry Donald	Oldenburg, Germany	W 12
(Retained WBA Int’l Heavyweight Title and WBA Heavyweight Title Eliminator)
+ Dec. 17	John Ruiz	Berlin, Germany	W 12
(Won WBA Heavyweight Title)

2006
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 3	Owen Beck	Hannover, Germany	TKO 3
(Retained WBA Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 7	Monte Barrett	Rosemont, Illinois	TKO 11
(Retained WBA Heavyweight Title)

2007
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 20	Jameel McCline	Basel, Switzerland	TKO 3
(Retained WBA Heavyweight Title)
- Apr. 14	Ruslan Chagaev	Stuttgart, Germany	L 12
(Lost WBA Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 29	Jean-François Bergeron	Oldenburg, Germany	W 12
(Won NABA Heavyweight Title)

2008
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 16	Sergey Lyakhovich	Nüremberg, Germany	W 12
(Won WBA Heavyweight Title Eliminator)
+ Aug. 30	John Ruiz	Berlin, Germany	W 12
(Regained vacant WBA Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 20	Evander Holyfield	Zurich, Switzerland	W 12
(Retained WBA Heavyweight Title)

2009
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Nov. 7	David Haye	Nürnberg, Germany	L 12 MD
(Lost WBA Heavyweight Title)