badlefthook.com - 12/21/2008
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Merry Christmas, Nikolai Valuev. The judges in Sweden have a gift for you.
Valuev retained his WBA title on scores of 116-112, 115-114, and 114-114, giving him a majority decision win over 46-year old Evander Holyfield in an atrocious fight that joins the running for Worst Fight of 2008.
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thesweetscience.com - 12/21/2008
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thesweetscience.com —
Great article about the horrible fight between Evander
Holyfield and Nikolai Valuev. A miserable fight with a
crooked decision--Ron Borges at The Sweet Science at least makes the recap entertaining...
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Boxing, Valuev, Holyfield All Lose
totalprosports.com - 12/20/2008
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totalprosports.com —
Total Pro Sports - Evander (The Real Deal)
Holyfield will be fighting Nikolai Valuev tonight for Valuev's
WBA Heavyweight Title . Many experts believe that Evander is going to get knocked out early in the fight. Also, many of these experts believe that The Real Deal should not be fighting ...
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Evander Holyfield vs. Nikolai Valuev, Tonight!
sportingnews.com - 12/20/2008
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sportingnews.com —
The Real Deal Evander Holyfield, 46 years old
(I emphasize the word “old”), fights Russian seven-footer Nikolai
Valuev tomorrow night in Zurich for Vaulev’s WBA heavyweight title. The press, the public, anybody with any sense ...
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Round by Round: Weekly Boxing Notes
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Holyfield Loses Narrow Decision, Survives [Boxing]
Deadspin —
... "Merry Christmas, Nikolai Valuev. The judges in Switzerland have a gift for you. Valuev retained his WBA title on scores of 116-112, 115-114, and 114-114, giving him a majority decision win over 46-year old Evander Holyfield in an atrocious fight that joins the running for Worst Fight of 2008." [Bad Left Hook] ...
Monday Dump
Sports —
... author? Tom Clancy he is not, but the descriptions of his books are unintentional comedy gold. (Sports by Brooks)
Titans taking issue with an unfortunate towel. Playoff motivation for the Steelers? (Kissing Suzy Kolber)
NFL Playoff Picture. Man, that 3 seed in the AFC is going to be a tough out!
Top 100 WAGS of 2008. Do yourself a favor, and spend some time clicking around here. Slightly NSFW, but worth it. (on205th)
Why are they still letting Evander box? It’s sad and dangerous at this point. ...
Related: holyfield robbed vs. valuev
Holyfield is robbed —
Yahoo! Boxing Blog
ROUNDS 1-3: Nikolay Valuev has a 100-pound weight advantage on Evander Holyfield but he's fighting like the smaller man. Valuev has been tentative simply throwing the jab out as a feeler but rarely landing. Holyfield wasn't much more active in the opening two rounds. He threw about 15 punches ...
