Nikolai Valuev To Have Further Surgery in Early 2011

By Ruslan Chikov

Former WBA heavyweight boxing champion Nikolai Valuev is going to have further surgery. In early 2011, Valuev expects to have a necessary operation on his right hand. A few weeks ago in Munich, Valuev had surgery to correct a left shoulder injury. Valuev says that he needs to wait until the time is available for operation. After this final procedure is complete, he hopes to return to the ring as soon as possible.

"Maybe in the early New Year, I will have time to have surgery on my arm. But I do not like to pre-guess something like this. The operation will be done in Germany, that's for sure. Only the doctors can identify the time when it becomes available. I do not want to engage in guesswork [on when the surgery will happen]," Valuev said.