By Erik Schmidt: World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) and his management team have made their final offer to former two-time WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s) of $2 million, according to the latest news. Apparently, the 36-year-old Valuev and his co-promoter Don King have a week to accept the offer or else Klitschko will move on and seek out another opponent for his next fight.
Nikolai Valuev
Jones vs. Hopkins, Klitschko vs. Valuev: Does anyone care to see these fights?
By Chris Williams: I for one could care less about the April 3rd fight between Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s) and Roy Jones Jr. (50-6, 40 KO’s). I hear the fight is going to be on HBO pay-per-view, and I can only imagine the kind of numbers it will bring in as far as PPV buys goes. I don’t see how the fight will be successful financially unless HBO puts together one of their HBO 24/7 series to try and hype the fight to the casual boxing fan. Judging by the almost entire lack of interest I’ve been seeing on the internet about this fight, I don’t imagine it will do well at all with hardcore boxing fans.
Vitali Klitschko vs. Valuev next?
By Chris Williams: According to news from Sports.ru, World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) could be facing former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s) in his next title defense. This is a fight that will be a popular one in Europe, where the 36-year-old Valuev remains a popular fighter of sorts. This isn’t the huge mega fight that the 38-year-old Vitali Klitschko was looking for, however.
Vitali Klitschko vs. Nikolay Valuev – Don’t Expect an Upset
By Adam Fillingham: I have a lot of friends that enjoy a good boxing match up. So, we have a lot of discussion and this week was the turn of the heavyweight match up between World Boxing Council champion Vitali Kltschko and former WBA champion Nikolay Valuev. Most of the group have predicted an easy win for Klitschko, like most boxing fans would, but one of our group has gone with the 7ft giant Valuev. Now before you all laugh or whatever, he did have a good argument.
Vitali Klitschko wants bouts with Haye and Valuev in 2010
By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) has big goals in 2010, and wants fights against WBA heavyweight champion David Haye and former WBA title holder Russian Nikolay Valuev, according to news from the Ukrainian site NRCU. However, Vitali, 38, sees the fight with Valuev as the the more realistic option in 2010, because Haye has a fight with John Ruiz, his mandatory challenger, in the first part of the year. Vitali may have problems getting a fight with Valuev if the 7-foot heavyweight fights a rematch with Haye.
Vitali Klitschko could be facing Valuev next
By Erik Schmidt: According to news from the Bild Zeitung, World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) could be facing former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s) next in either April or May 2010. This is a bout that the 38-year-old Klitschko likely wants due to the interest that this fight will generate in Europe, where Valuev is more highly thought of compared to the U.S. Klitschko doesn’t have many other appealing fights to look forward to at this time.
Calzaghe comments on Haye-Valuev, Cotto-Pacquiao and Mayweather
By Scott Gilfoid: Former World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe had a few thoughts on the dull bout between WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev and British heavyweight David Haye, saying in the Southwalesargus “I don’t think you can really blame Haye [for the boring fight] for that. Valuev is absolutely awful, a poor fighter and a very poor champion.” I agree that Valuev was a horrible champion, because that’s pretty much already been established. However, I don’t agree on giving Haye a free pass on why their fight ended up to be so boring. Haye threw only a small number of punches per round, little over 10, which is pretty pathetic for a top heavyweight contender.
Should Nikolay Valuev retire?
By Jason Kim: After losing his World Boxing Association heavyweight title last Saturday night by a 12 round majority decision to David Haye, big Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s) finds himself in the uncomfortable position of having to rebuild his career once again to try and claw his way back to another title shot against one of the champion.
David Haye Vs Nikolay Valuev – The Fight That Made Fights
By Adam Fillingham: David Haye the new WBA world heavyweight champion defeated 7ft Nikolay Valuev on Saturday to make world history in beating the tallest ever world champion, by a majority decision. What I could not understand though is how the first judge, Juan Manuel Garcia Reyes could have scored the fight 114-114.
Haye’s performance was dull but necessary
By Alex Miles: On Saturday night David Haye performed a service to the heavyweight division by stripping a large unskilled fighter of his title in a tight and uninteresting bout.
Many people are criticizing Haye for his hit and run tactics, exclaiming that this fight proves that he’s a worthless commodity; that for all his bragging and negative assessment of the heavyweight division, he is no better than those who are currently ruling it.