Nikolay Valuev

"Nikola Pitersky", "Mountain Man", "Beast from the East" - as soon as rivals and fans did not name Nikolai Valuev. The boxer inspires respect in one look.

Nikolai Valuev was born on August 21, 1973 in a working class family. Both mother and father worked at the factory. The childhood and youth of the future boxer were spent in Leningrad.

Nikolay was born as an ordinary child - 52 cm, standard weight. But in kindergarten, the boy grew rapidly, leaving far behind his peers. Now the height of the boxer is 213 cm, and the weight at the peak of his sports career reached 146-151 kg. Parents did not have time to buy shoes and clothes for their son, which at that time was problematic.

The basketball coaches drew attention to the boy and offered to do this sport. From the 5th grade, Nikolai Valuev came to basketball. First he studied in the school section, then he trained in a sports boarding school with Anatoly Steinbock and won the national championship among juniors.

However, the growth that brought the boy to basketball became an obstacle to his further career. Nikolay did push-ups and pull-ups with difficulty, he had problems with coordination. Then Valuev moved to a sports academy and took up discus throwing. Nikolay easily passed the master of sports standard. Due to the fact that the athlete was constantly growing, the coach had to change his approach to training all the time.

At one time, Valuev attended a circus school, then entered the Institute of Physical Education. He dropped out a year later and recovered after 10 years. Valuev's thesis was devoted to the psychological preparation of athletes involved in boxing. Valentina Matvienko presented the diploma to the renowned champion. But Valuev did not stop there, but went to get a second higher education. In 2010, the boxer entered the Moscow University of K. G. Razumovsky at the Faculty of Economics.

Nikolay came to boxing late - at the age of 20, when other athletes already have solid experience. Oleg Shalaev became Valuev's first coach. The boxer developed at a rapid pace. For six months, Valuev has already passed the standards for a master of sports. A few months of intense training - and a rookie boxer entered the ring. The beginning of a boxing biography was laid in 1993.

The first battle took place in Berlin. Nikolay entered the ring against American John Morton and won. In 1999, Nikolai Valuev defeated Russian boxer Alexei Osokin and became the country's heavyweight champion. The next year, the athlete won the RAVA champion title in a duel with the Ukrainian boxer Yuri Elistratov, nicknamed "The Killer".

Nikolai Valuev won the title of intercontinental champion in 2004 after meeting in the ring with Richard Bango.

In December 2005, a fight for the WBA world heavyweight title was scheduled in Berlin. The rival of Nikolai Valuev was John Ruiz. In order to tune in to the competition, Nikolai Valuev attended the Sunday service led by Anatoly Kolyada, Archpriest of the Alexander Nevsky Church in the city of Potsdam. After the liturgy, Nikolai Valuev received a blessing from the abbot for the battle.

At the end of 12 rounds, two of the judges were on the side of Valuev, the third voted for a draw. As a result, a Russian has won the heavyweight champion's belt for the first time. In 2006, in a fight against a native of Jamaica, Owen Beck, Nikolai honorably defended the title, and a year later Nikolai repeated the result, speaking against Jamil McCline.

But in 2007, in a duel with Ruslan Chagaev, a boxer from Uzbekistan, Nikolai Valuev turned out to be weaker and lost on points. In 2008, the Russian repeated the fight with John Ruiz for the champion title and again the judges gave preference to Valuev.

One of the best fights in his sports career, Nikolai Valuev spent in 2009 with the Englishman David Haye, but lost. The opponent almost knocked out the Russian athlete. Information appeared in the media that Valuev, due to problems with knee joints, is close to retirement. Initially, the boxer denied the rumors, but this information was soon confirmed.

In 2010, Vitali Klitschko challenged Valuev to a duel, but the fight between two outstanding athletes did not take place. Fans still regret it. A year later, Nikolai Valuev announced that he was ending his career.

In the ring, the Russian boxer fought 53 fights, 50 of which ended in Nikolai's victory. The boxer's unique physical characteristics, height and arm span allowed him to achieve amazing results in the ring. Nikolai's fans remember the tournament, during which Valuev simply stood with his arm extended forward, not letting the opponent get close. The opponent had no choice but to admit his own defeat. It was a fight against American Evander Holyfield.

Nikolai Valuev came to politics in 2011. The athlete ran for the State Duma from the United Russia party. In a public position, the boxer is engaged in physical education and sports, being a member of the profile committee.

Several times Nikolai Valuev acted in films. Valuev made his debut in episodes of the films "Game without rules", "7 dwarfs: And the whole forest is not enough", and in 2008 he played the main role in the film "Stone head". The boxer did not have to invent anything, because Nikolai played himself. A year later, Nikolai Valuev played in the films "The Way", where he reincarnated as a prisoner named "The Beast", and "Fight without rules", in which he played the role of an athlete from Siberia Nikolai Valov.

The boxer appeared not only in action films. The athlete took part in the filming of the rating comedy series "Voronins", as well as the fairy tale "Old Clock". In 2014, Nikolai Valuev played a cameo role in the TV series "Gift with character".

Valuev was offered the role of Ratslayer in the film adaptation of The Master and Margarita, but the boxer refused this offer, since he did not allow the sports schedule.

Sportsman, politician and showman Nikolai Valuev is a good family man. In 1998, the young man met his future wife Galina. A miniature girl with a height of 165 cm and a weight of 100 kg less than that of a boxer attracted Nikolai's attention. Soon, the young began to live together.

Three children are growing up in the family - daughter Irina, sons Grigory and Sergey. On one of the TV shows, the boxer admitted that the wife is in charge of the family. Then it turned out that he was formidable in appearance, in his soul he remained sentimental and vulnerable, as well as loyal to his wife. Family photos often appear on the boxer's official Instagram.

Valuev loves hunting and boats, owns real estate in Russia and Germany.

The end of his sports career marked the beginning of the social and creative activities of Nikolai Valuev. The main concern for the champion was the popularization of a healthy lifestyle. In 2007, Nikolai Valuev organized a youth boxing tournament, the winners of which, in addition to traditional statuettes, cups, medals, also receive cash and material prizes.

Since 2009, Nikolai has headed his own boxing school, whose branches operate in St. Petersburg, and is also involved in charity work. The Nikolai Valuev Foundation helps the Children's and Youth Sports School.

In 2016, the athlete opened a wide-profile boxing club in Moscow, designed for classes, sparring and master classes for professionals and amateurs. There is also a children's section in the club. Nikolai Valuev selected the best representatives of the Russian boxing school for the coaching staff.

Since 2016, Nikolai Valuev, together with a hunting biologist Valery Kuzenkov, has been conducting the Big Hobby program. TV presenters travel to hunting grounds and reservoirs of Russia, where they review the local fauna, talk about ways to hunt wild animals and conduct fishing. Valuev and Kuzenkov acquaint viewers with different types of edged weapons and methods of their use, study the features of hunting equipment.

January 22, 1999 - June 2000 - Russian Heavyweight Champion June 6, 2000 - June 30, 2001 - PABA Interim Heavyweight Asian Champion June 30, 2001 - July 2004 - PABA Heavyweight Asian Champion October 10, 2002 - September 2003 - Russian Champion Heavyweight July 24, 2004 - November 20, 2004 - WBA Interim Heavyweight Champion November 20, 2004 - December 17, 2005 - WBA Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion December 17, 2005 - April 14, 2007 - WBA Heavyweight World Champion September 29, 2007 - November 2007 - WBA North American Heavyweight Champion August 30, 2008 - November 7, 2009 - WBA World Heavyweight Champion

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