Valuev Nikolay Sergeevich

Full name: Nikolai Sergeevich Valuev Nickname: Beast from the East Date of birth: August 21, 1973 Place of birth: Leningrad, USSR Weight category: heavy (over 90.718 kg) Stance: right-sided Height: 213 cm Arm span: 214 cm Record: 50-2 (1)

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First boxing lessons

At the invitation of coach Oleg Shalaev, Nikolai Valuev, who was out of work, came to the boxing section. The athlete’s height at that time reached its highest point - 2 meters 13 centimeters. It was the anthropometry of a basketball player rather than a fighter.

Boxing, for a calm, non-conflict guy, initially turned out to be stressful. For Valuev, throughout his boxing career, the problem of the first strike was significant. Coaches told him more than once: “First they’ll hit you, and then you start fighting!” Nikolai Valuev was forced to overcome his character and learn to defend himself. His fighting style organically began “on defense.” Even then, it became clear to his coach Oleg Shalaev: Nikolai would continue to demonstrate such boxing. Valuev has always been distinguished by his sportive spirit and gentleness in the ring.

This first stage of his career left its mark on the life of the future champion. At the very first training sessions, he was paired with an international master of sports, who forever “gave” the champion a mark - a broken nose. Looking ahead, let's say that 11 years of cooperation connected boxer Nikolai Valuev with coach Oleg Shalaev. During this time, the newcomer entered the top ten best heavyweights in the world.

Biography of Nikolai Valuev

Nikolai Sergeevich Valuev (born August 21, 1973, Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian politician and former professional boxer. Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VI and VII convocations, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology and Environmental Protection since December 21, 2011. During his sports career he competed in the heavy weight category. World heavyweight champion according to WBA (2005-2007, 2009), interim world heavyweight champion according to WBA (2008-2009), heavyweight champion according to the Pan-Asian Boxing Association (2000), Russian heavyweight champion among professionals (1999). Vice-President of the Russian Bandy Federation, since August 9, 2021 - host of the children's program "Good night, kids!", Chairman of the public council of the ANO "Public Forum "Ecology"" since 2021.

For outstanding physical data: height - 213 cm and weight - as of February 16, 2008, 146 kg (at the weigh-in before the fight with Belarusian boxer Sergei Lyakhovich), received the nicknames “Russian Giant”, “Beast from the East” (English Beast). from the East), “Nikolai Gorillovich”, “Nikola Pitersky” and “Kolya the Sledgehammer”.

Nikolai also holds the record as the heavyweight with the largest fists in history (43 cm) and as the tallest world boxing champion.

Born on August 21, 1973 in Leningrad. Parents Sergei Nikolaevich Valuev and Nadezhda Mikhailovna Valueva are from the village of Podol, Tver region on the paternal side and from the Yaroslavl region on the maternal side.

He studied at school 262 of Krasnoye Selo (Leningrad). At school I played basketball. As a member of the national team of the Frunze Youth Sports School, he became the national champion in basketball among junior boys. Also at school he was involved in athletics - discus throwing. He trained at the school of V. A. Alekseev, who founded the Sports Academy in Leningrad. In discus throwing, Nikolai Valuev fulfilled the master of sports standard.

Nikolai Valuev's first boxing training took place in the spring of 1993. And already in October he made his debut in the professional ring. Oleg Shalaev (former boxer, student of Alexander Drach) became Nikolai’s first coach, and subsequently manager and promoter. Since 2000, Nikolai Valuev has been trained by Honored Coach of Armenia Manvel Gabrielyan. In 2004, a contract was signed with German promoter Wilfried Sauerland, who organized fights until the end of Nikolai’s sports career.

In 2010, Nikolai Valuev ended his sports career due to a benign brain tumor or acromegaly.

Quotes

About the transfer of Alexander Kokorin to Fiorentina

“I am for Russian football players to play in top foreign clubs. There they will teach you how to play football and how to work for real.”

On the transfer of the World Hockey Championship from Minsk

“We now see that politics determines the actions of sports authorities. The transfer of the World Hockey Championship from Minsk is filth and abomination.”

On the possible return of Khabib

“It’s too early to say who Khabib would be interested in fighting. There is also a financial side to the issue. I think they’ll try to implement the scenario of a fight with McGregor.”