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
Primo Carnera and Giovanna Maria. Umberto became a medical doctor. Carnera died in 1967 in his native town of a combination of liver disease and complications from diabetes. Carnera was touted in America as being tall and thus the tallest heavyweight in history (up until that time), but he was actually tall. He fought at as much as . Jess Willard who stood was the tallest world heavyweight champion in boxing history until Nikolai Valuev, at and . Though an inch shorter than Willard, he was around 40 lb heavier and was the heaviest champion in boxing history until Valuev. At a