Looks like Chernobyl worked out pretty well for the Russkies after all:
These days, another photo hangs on the dank walls next to Stepashkins, and while the picture isnt bigger, the man assuredly is: Nikolay Valuev, crowned in December as Russias first World Boxing Assn. heavyweight champion.
Valuev himself strode into the gym recently during his triumphant return to Russia after the title bout, in which he defeated American John Ruiz on a controversial decision in Berlin to become the tallest (7 feet) and heaviest (323 pounds) world champion in history. Hes so big he usually steps into the ring over the top rope so big that the adolescent pugilists at the Stepashkin Club would have barely been able to land a hook as high as his belly, if they had the nerve to try.
Sources say the Russian is expected to fight Apollo Creed in Philadelphia. When asked about the upcoming brawl, the enormous Bolshevik said simply:
http://lonestartimes.com/2006/01/27/somebody-call-rocky-out-of-retirement/
These days, another photo hangs on the dank walls next to Stepashkins, and while the picture isnt bigger, the man assuredly is: Nikolay Valuev, crowned in December as Russias first World Boxing Assn. heavyweight champion.
Valuev himself strode into the gym recently during his triumphant return to Russia after the title bout, in which he defeated American John Ruiz on a controversial decision in Berlin to become the tallest (7 feet) and heaviest (323 pounds) world champion in history. Hes so big he usually steps into the ring over the top rope so big that the adolescent pugilists at the Stepashkin Club would have barely been able to land a hook as high as his belly, if they had the nerve to try.
Sources say the Russian is expected to fight Apollo Creed in Philadelphia. When asked about the upcoming brawl, the enormous Bolshevik said simply:
http://lonestartimes.com/2006/01/27/somebody-call-rocky-out-of-retirement/
