Shayne
12-29-2005, 06:34 AM
Anyone see that new beast from Russia that just won the world heavy weight crown?
Nicolay Valuev, 32, is the Russian giant who just decisioned, albeit controversially, John Ruiz in Berlin to claim The Quietman’s WBA heavyweight title. No Ruiz fight is an aesthetic masterpiece, and his fight with Valuev was no different. Before the bout Ruiz said of Valuev, “He's got a head the size of a Volkswagen. I can't miss hitting him.” Ruiz was right about one thing, Valuev’s head is the size of a Volkswagen; unfortunately for Ruiz, so are his fists, and those Volkswagens were hitting back.
The WBA belt that Valuev won – a belt much coveted despite some of the waists it has graced – the same belt Ruiz’s former manager, the banshee Norman Stone, grabbed off the new champ’s shoulder in a fit of pique – does not fit the new champ; either it’s too small or he’s too big, take your pick. The heavyweight champion – who is 7 feet tall, weighs 323 pounds, and looks like an illustration in a medical textbook – doesn’t want the world to look at himlike he's asideshow freak; Valuev, who wrote poetry before he started fighting, considers himself “a sportsman and not a monster.”
http://www.thesweetscience.com/images/4720/nicolay_valuev_240x230_122705.jpg
http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-article/3109/nicolay-v aluev-least-beast-from-east/
Nicolay Valuev, 32, is the Russian giant who just decisioned, albeit controversially, John Ruiz in Berlin to claim The Quietman’s WBA heavyweight title. No Ruiz fight is an aesthetic masterpiece, and his fight with Valuev was no different. Before the bout Ruiz said of Valuev, “He's got a head the size of a Volkswagen. I can't miss hitting him.” Ruiz was right about one thing, Valuev’s head is the size of a Volkswagen; unfortunately for Ruiz, so are his fists, and those Volkswagens were hitting back.
The WBA belt that Valuev won – a belt much coveted despite some of the waists it has graced – the same belt Ruiz’s former manager, the banshee Norman Stone, grabbed off the new champ’s shoulder in a fit of pique – does not fit the new champ; either it’s too small or he’s too big, take your pick. The heavyweight champion – who is 7 feet tall, weighs 323 pounds, and looks like an illustration in a medical textbook – doesn’t want the world to look at himlike he's asideshow freak; Valuev, who wrote poetry before he started fighting, considers himself “a sportsman and not a monster.”
http://www.thesweetscience.com/images/4720/nicolay_valuev_240x230_122705.jpg
http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-article/3109/nicolay-v aluev-least-beast-from-east/