The ex-boxing champion belongs to Vladimir Putin’s party and has said that he found Jet.
Nikolai Valuev announced that he was ready for the army. EPA/AOP
An ex-boxer known by the nickname “The Giant of Russia”. Nikolai Valuev, 49, was drafted into the army. He commented to Izvestia that he is ready to serve his country.
– Of course, I’m going to the recruitment office now, he commented.
Valuev, who ended his boxing career in 2009, belongs to the president Vladimir Putin United Russia party.
The ex-boxer became a member of the Duma in 2011. According to The Sun Valujevi was given his own chair in the Duma.
Valujev, who held the WBA championship belt twice, is 213 centimeters tall and weighed a maximum of 149 kilograms. He is the tallest and heaviest boxing heavyweight champion in history.
– People with this kind of physique are born only once in a hundred years. Such structure and intelligence. Russia will not get a similar boxer maybe in our lifetime, Valuyev’s club coach Vladimir Grachev has been glowing For the Los Angeles Times.
After putting on the boxing gloves, Valuyev has been involved in many events.
British newspaper According to the Daily Star Valuyev searched for the “Russian Jet” for years. The mythical creature is also known as Bigfoot or Iceman.
The Russian government reported on the expedition in 2011.
– Valuyev didn’t manage to find Jet, but found traces, such as broken branches, on his way. The research team saw huge footprints in the cave that resembled human tracks, the release said.
Two years later, Valuyev claimed to have found the creature and beaten it.
– The beast took my punch and ran away. At least I know it exists. I have hit him. It’s true, he said, according to the Weekly World News
In Lappeenranta
Valuyev is involved in politics. EPA/AOP
Valujev has made a career as an actor and has also been to Finland.
According to Yle he visited the veteran hockey tournament in Lappeenranta in 2016.
– Over the course of ten years, Valuyev has gone to watch almost all iceball tournaments. He comes to Lappeenranta on his leisure trip because he wants to honor a veteran event, the event was organized by Leo Segerman told.
Valuyev has worked as general manager of the Russian national ice hockey team and vice president of the ice hockey association.
Knockout machine
Valuyev lost his last match. EPA/AOP
As a boxer, Valuyev is remembered for his knockout skills.
The Russian fought 52 times as a professional and lost only twice. 34 of the wins came by knockout.
Valujevin ended in defeat British boxer For David Haye year 2009.
The Russian champion suffered from bone and joint problems after his career. The champion had to undergo two operations.
Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klitschko tried to lure Valuyev back in the summer of 2012, but the Russian refused.