MOSCOW -- In any boxing club, sweat is part of the ambience, but in Russia, the sweat factor usually scores a one-two punch to the nose right from the doorway, reminding all who enter of what it ...

Universum-Promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl is happy that WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev wants a rematch against WBA champion (in recess) Ruslan Chagaev. Sauerland-Boxer Valuev, who won the title ...

Nikolai Valuev took a giant step Saturday night. Unfortunately for him and for promoter Don King it only came when he stepped over the ropes at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill. rather than ...

Former WBA world heavyweight champion from Russia, Nikolai Valuev, may resume his boxing career this June, his coach Alexander Zimin told RIA Novosti. Former WBA world heavyweight champion from Russia ...

STUTTGART, Germany — Ruslan Chagaev outpointed Nikolai Valuev on Saturday to take the 7-foot Russian’s WBA heavyweight title. The loss was the first of Valuev’s career. Instead of inching closer to ...

BERLIN - John Ruiz lost the WBA heavyweight title Saturday night, dropping a disputed split decision to Russian 7-footer Nikolay Valuev. Valuev, who becomes the tallest and heaviest (323 pounds) ...

MOSCOW, December 18. /TASS/. A series of German documentaries aired earlier this month about alleged doping abuse by Russian athletes was a politically motivated story, Nikolay Valuev, a lawmaker with ...

Nikolai Valuev is a very big heavyweight champion who showed surprising strengths and shortcomings in his first title defense in America on Saturday night at Allstate Arena: While one might expect a 7 ...

STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - Uzbekistan's Ruslan Chagaev upset the odds to outpoint defending champion Nikolai Valuev of Russia in their World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title bout on ...