Evander Holyfield vs Nikolay Valuev for WBA heavyweight title
Evander Holyfield vs Nikolay Valuev for WBA heavyweight title - If his imposing physical with 2.13 m for 145 kg, Russian Nikolay Valuev, WBA heavyweight champion, still short after recognition from the world of boxing and his fight against American veteran Evander Holyfield Saturday in Zurich should not help.
For his first game since he reclaimed the WBA belt last August, Valuev, 35, chose a monument in his time, shook Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe or James Douglas.
But at 46 years old, Holyfield no longer fear to many people. The American, former WBC heavyweight champion between 1990 and 1992, has contested his last fight in October 2007 and has experienced four defeats in its last eight duels. “My age is not a problem, I have enough experience to know how to beat Valuev,” trumpeted yet Holyfield. If he agrees to finance its expensive way of life to squander its remaining reputation forged by including his duel against Tyson who had snatched a piece of ear in 1997, the veteran suggested that it would be his last challenge. “I want to retire with a world champion, who hoped that his record shows 42 wins (27 before the limit) for nine defeats and two invalid.
Faced with an opponent that dominates 30 cm and 40 kilos, Valuev, he has little to gain in this fight presented as a “circus show”, like a class-Queen failure of credibility. “For our sport is a disaster”, has even won agent brothers Klitschko, who is trying for several months to mount a fight against Valuev. In case of victory, the “Russian Mountain” will no longer flee. He will face the Uzbek Ruslan Chagaev who sentenced him in April 2007 in his only defeat in 49 pro fights and has abandoned the WBA title on injury.
