However, the fight would send Etienne, nicknamed "The Black Rhino", crashing down, both figuratively and literally, as he was ...

Valuev, a former world heavyweight boxing champion, is at least the third Russian lawmaker to be declared persona non grata by Azerbaijan. Last week, Baku ordered the closure of the local branch ...

The latest concerns an Azerbaijani ban on Nikolay Valuev, a senior lawmaker in Russia’s ruling United Russia party. Moscow’s reaction to the plane's downing has evolved from silence to ...

Giant ex-boxer Nikolai Valuev in hospital weeks after call-up from Vladimir Putin ...

TASS/. Holding large tournaments in Russia can be a good help amid the widespread sporting bans on Russian athletes, Russian lawmaker and former boxing world champion Nikolay Valuev told TASS.

2315: I must admit I thought Valuev was going to nick that one. Don't get me wrong, Haye fought well and landed the more eye-catching punches, but I just felt that in Germany, he may have had to do a ...

Tyson's damaging victory sent him into a sharp decline as he suffered back-to-back defeats against Calvin Brock and Nikolai Valuev in 2005. And his boxing career was quickly over as he was ...