Valuev Says Don King Didn't Want Him To Face Haye

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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—Former two-time World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev felt compelled today to post comments on his company’s Website (www.box-way.ru) regarding his decision to agree to make an optional defense of his crown against David Haye in Nuremberg, Germany, which Haye won by majority decision. [details]

[vercingetorix3]

Don King? Irrelevant in boxing? Nahhhh......

[Lacrimosa]

Sure... It is so easy to fool Don King... He gets pucked up by every fighter he promotes... I wonder how does this noble man have got something left deep in his soul, to help his fighters without receiving anything in return

[Kris Silver]

So it's not his fault he chose to fight Haye, and thenlost the fight in the ring.

It's his promoters.

I've gone right off Valuev, thought he was more classy than this.

[TheGreatA]

He was only responding to the comments that had been made about him being set up to lose to Haye by Don King.

[ShatteredGlass]

I like Valuev, he is a very under-appreciated fighter.

I thought before this fight that Haye was not a good enough boxer to handle Valuev's excellent jab and huge reach advantage. He proved me wrong there.

I would be interested to see Nikolai fight again. He has options, perhaps put him in with Areolla or somebody like that. I don't think Areolla has the ability to dance his way to victory and therefore he would be forced to get into exchanges with Valuev.

Could be interesting

[KingAthurNo1]

End of the day valuev has been dodging for years, he knows either klitschko would KTFO him. The only 2 o.k boxers he faught were chagaev and haye and that was only because there small so he thaught his size would be 2 much for them. Valuev is the lamest 2 time world champion to have walked the face of the earth.

[TheFairPole]

This has to be from King himself! Why would Valuev even bother to post this message. He hardly says a word after losing this fight but he wants to make it clear that Don King didn't want him to take the fight so King is innocent of any wrong doing here? BS that this is actually from Valuev...

[Dave Rado]

So it's not his fault he chose to fight Haye, and thenlost the fight in the ring.

It's his promoters.

I've gone right off Valuev, thought he was more classy than this.

I don't think you can have read the article properly. He's just rubbishing Vitali's claim that the fight was a set-up by King. Seems pretty classy to me.

He was only responding to the comments that had been made about him being set up to lose to Haye by Don King.

Exactly. Much respect to Valuev for speaking out.

[The_Demon]

who cares,the HW division is back!