Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye, billed as "David vs Goliath", was a professional boxing match contested on 7 November 2009 for the WBA heavyweight championship. After regaining the WBA title with a unanimous decision over fellow former Champion John Ruiz Nikolai Valuev had made one defence gaining a very controversial majority decision over Evander Holyfield, he agreed to "Champion in Recess" Ruslan Chagaev, who had given Valuev the only defeat of career. However their fight on 30 May 2009 in Helsinki, Finland at the Hartwall Arena, was cancelled when Chagaev was declared medically unfit after
Nikolai Valuev vs. David Haye he had inherited the mandatory status from Chagaev as the next highest ranked contender. He would later agree to face the winner of Valuev vs Haye. Haye was able to out move and out box the much slower Valuev by using a circle, stick and move strategy which would give a majority decision victory. The win made Haye the fourth brit to win a major heavyweight title, after Bob Fitzsimmons, Lennox Lewis, and Frank Bruno as well as only the second former cruiserweight champion to win a heavyweight title after Evander Holyfield. Valuev would retire after the fight, while Haye