Press Release Former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev is scheduled to undgo surgery on his left shoulder and right wrist in September. Well-known ring physician Walter Wagner told BILD that the seven-foot Valuev would be out for six months. Not the best news for the “Russian Giant” who celebrated his 37th birthday yesterday.
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Vitali Klitschko to Nikolay Valuev, 1.5 Million or Pack Sand!


KMG Press Release “That was eight months ago for a stadium fight,” said Bernd Bönte, Managing Director of the Klitschko Management Group. “Now for weeks we offered them 1.5 million and that’s it. Still more than he gets or even got in any other fight. Valuev comes from a clear defeat against Haye, and all […]
Nikolay Valuev Wants Vitali Klitschko Now!


Press Release “No more lies, K2,” Team Valuev said today. “No more posturing. No more subterfuge. No more deceit.” Team Valuev announced today that they will accept an offer made by K2 Promotions for former two-time World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolai “Russian Giant” Valuev (50-2, 34 KOs), from St. Petersburg, Russia., to face World […]
Heavyweight Excitement: No longer an Oxymoron?


By Jeff Stoyanoff When David Haye stopped John Ruiz on April 3rd in Manchester it was both expected and an upset. Most observers expected Haye to win the fight, but quite a few also figured that the experienced and cagey Ruiz would make it a most competitive fight. That Haye won was expected. That Haye […]
The Quiet Man Breaks the Silence: 2-Time Heavyweight Champion John Ruiz Speaks to RSR


Interview by Geno McGahee “Everyone knows that the heavyweight division is wide open and I know that I can clean it up a little bit.”—John “The Quiet Man” Ruiz On March 13th, 1996, on an HBO World Championship Boxing event took place pitting the young and promising heavyweights against each other. John Ruiz faced […]