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David Haye v Nikolai Valuev - live! | Sean Ingle

Source: guardian.co.uk Sport

Nov 07, 2009

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Sean will be here from around 8.30pm. In the meantime, here's an extract from Kevin Mitchell's article on the fight:

If David Haye follows his gambling instincts tonight and unleashes something dangerous but special on Nikolai Valuev, the real prize will be much greater than a quarter slice of a world title. A spectacular knockout of the biggest man in the history of the championship would make Haye the most marketable heavyweight in boxing since Mike Tyson.

"No one's ever done to Valuev what I'm going to do to him," Haye said last night, in a statement of intent that sounded similar to that of his hero, Muhammad Ali, before he "shook up the world" against Sonny Liston in Miami 45 years ago.

How far the game has fallen since then. In an era and division depressingly lacking in box-office excitement, Haye is ideally placed, and has the tools to make an impact that will resonate far b

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