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FACTBOX: Nikolai Valuev v Evander Holyfield

Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:51am EST

(Reuters) - Factbox on the WBA heavyweight title fight between Nikolai Valuev and Evander Holyfield in Zurich on Saturday:

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Nikolai Valuev

Age: 35

Nationality: Russian

Born: St Petersburg

Record: 49-1-0 (34 knockouts)

Loss: Ruslan Chagaev, majority decision, Stuttgart, Germany, April 14 2007.

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 2.13 meters

Reach: 85 inches

Last fight: John Ruiz, won on unanimous decision, Berlin, August 30, 2008

Current title: WBA heavyweight

Evander Holyfield

Age: 46

Nationality: U.S.

Born: Atmore, Alabama

Record: 42-9-2 (27 knockouts)

Losses:

Sultan Ibragimov, unanimous decision, Moscow, October 13 2007

Larry Donald, unanimous decision, New York, November 13 2004

James Toney, ninth-round knockout, Las Vegas, October 4 2003

Chris Byrd, unanimous decision, New Jersey, December 14 2002

John Ruiz, unanimous decision, Las Vegas, March 3 2001

Lennox Lewis, unanimous decision, Las Vegas, November 13 1999

Riddick Bowe, eighth-round knockout, Las Vegas, November 4 1995

Michael Moorer, majority decision, Las Vegas, April 22 1994

Riddick Bowe, unanimous decision, Las Vegas, November 13 1992

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 1.91 meters

Reach: 78 inches

Last fight: Sultan Ibragimov, lost on unanimous decision, Moscow, October 13 2007

Previous titles: WBA, IBF, WBC cruiserweight champion. WBA, WBC, IBF. 1992 Olympic bronze medal, light-heavyweight.

(Compiled by Patrick Johnston; Editing by Clare Fallon)
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