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Nikolai Valuev Barely Beats Evander Holyfield, Shows He's a Mediocre 'Heavyweight Champ'

Dec 20, 2008 – 8:47 PM
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Michael David Smith

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The 7-foot Russian Nikolai Valuev defeated Evander Holyfield by a close majority decision today in Zurich, retaining his WBA heavyweight title and, in the process, showing just how worthless the WBA heavyweight title is.

One judge scored the fight a draw while the other two scored the fight 116-112 and 115-114 for Valuev. If I wanted to be charitable I'd say Holyfield showed he still has something left at age 46, but the truth is, Valuev showed he's not much of a boxer.

Holyfield said afterward that he was disappointed by the decision and he would think about his future. He fell to 42-10-2, including 0-4-1 the last five times he's fought for a heavyweight belt. Valuev improved to 51-1; he has avoided top competition for most of his career.
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