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DeGale makes a giant claim; SPORTS WIRE.


JAMES DEGALE hailed David Haye's WBA heavyweight title victory as "fantastic" - but insists even he could have beaten 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 .

Olympic middleweight champ DeGale, 23, has a longrunning feud feud, formalized private warfare, especially between family groups. The blood feud (see vendetta) is characteristic of those societies in which central government either has not arisen or has decayed.  with his fellow Londoner, who took a points win over 7ft 2in Valuev.

And DeGale, who returns to action in Newcastle on December 5, said: "Haye boxed very, very well. But it was a boring fight.

"Valuev is probably one of the worst heavyweight champions. He's big, but I could have beaten him."

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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Nov 13, 2009
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