'David' Haye takes WBA title away from Russian 'Goliath' Valuev.Byline: ANI London, Nov.8 (ANI): London-based Davide Haye produced the greatest performance since Goliath was slain to wrench the WBA WBA West Bromwich Albion (English Soccer Club) WBA World Boxing Association WBA Weekly Benefit Amount WBA Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (Madison, WI) WBA Wireless Broadband Access world heavyweight title from the seven feet two inch tall Russian Nikolai Valuev Nikolai Sergejevitsch Valuev (Russian: Николай Валуев; born August 21, 1973), was the first Russian professional heavyweight boxing champion and the former holder of . Haye produced a boxing master class to fulfill his promise in Nuremberg. Judges Tom Miller and Stefano Carozza gave it to Haye 116-112 while Juan Reyes Garcia made the nerve-filled scrap a 114-114 draw. Haye, 29, looked a clear winner using the ring brilliantly against his rival, who was an amazing seven stone heavier.aluev finished the fight an exhausted man having been badly hurt and wobbled in the final round. But the Bermondsey powerhouse, who won for the 23rd time in 24 fights, revealed he battled through most of the fight with a suspected broken right hand after cracking the giant Russian's skull in the second round. Haye was relaxed about emulating Bob Fitzsimmons Robert James "Bob" Fitzsimmons (May 26, 1863 - October 22, 1917), was a British-born New Zealand boxer. He made boxing history as the sport's first three-division world champion. He also achieved fame for beating Gentleman Jim Corbett, the man who beat the great John L. Sullivan. , Lennox Lewis Lennox Claudius Lewis CBE (born September 2 1965 in West Ham, London, England) is a retired professional boxer who represented Canada in the Olympics and fought under the British flag as a professional. He is a former undisputed lineal heavyweight champion. , Henry Akinwande, Herbie Hide and Frank Bruno. Valuev, 36, dismissed Haye as an "idiot" during the build-up to the colossal clash. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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