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Larry Donald vs Nikolai Valuev

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Larry Donald and Nikolai Valuev met 0 times, on dates the sources do not establish.

SOURCE·Larry Donald and Nikolai Valuev — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Larry DonaldNikolai Valuev
81″ (205.7 cm)Reach83.9″ (213 cm)
75″ (190.5 cm)Height83.9″ (213 cm)
+7.98%Reach advantage0%
42–5Record50–2
57%Finish rate68%
—Longest unbeaten run46
—Recorded bouts53
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Larry Donald

Nikolai Valuev

19902000win v John Morton, 1993win v Aleksei Tsygankov, 1994win v Aleksandr Vasiliev, 1994win v Sergei Anikeev, 1995, kowin v Darren Fearn, 1996win v Neil Kirkwood, 1996, kowin v Sinclair Babb, 1997, kowin v Alarim Uysal, 1997, kowin v Kevin Rosier, 1997, kowin v Aug Tanuvasa, 1997, kowin v Rodney Harris, 1997, decisionwin v Terrell Nelson, 1997, kowin v Manao Navuilawa, 1997, kowin v Patrick Slade, 1997, kowin v Evgeny Odolsky, 1998, kowin v James Gaines, 1998win v Jim Huffman, 1998, kowin v Aleksei Varakin, 1999, kowin v James McQueen, 1999, koresult not stated v Andreas Sidon, 1999win v John Tupou, 1999, kowin v Aleksei Osokin, 1999, kowin v Tone Fiso, 2000, kowin v Yuriy Yelistratov, 2000, decisionwin v Yuri Nikolaev, 2000, kowin v Toakipa Tasefa, 2001, decisionwin v George Linberger, 2001, kowin v Vitali Shkraba, 2001, kowin v Kostiantyn Pryziuk, 2002, kowin v Taras Bidenko, 2002, decisionwin v Yaroslav Zavorotnyi, 2002, kowin v Otis Tisdale, 2003, kowin v Bob Mirovic, 2003, decisionwin v Vitali Shkraba, 2003, kowin v Pedro Daniel Franco, 2003, decisionwin v Gerald Nobles, 2004win v Paolo Vidoz, 2004, kowin v Richard Igbineghu, 2004, kowin v Marcelo Domínguez, 2004, decisionwin v Dicky Ryan, 2004, kowin v John Ruiz, 2005, decisionwin v Larry Donald, 2005win v Clifford Etienne, 2005, kowin v Attila Levin, 2005, kowin v Monte Barrett, 2006, kowin v Owen Beck, 2006, kowin v Jean Francois Bergeron, 2007, decisionloss v Ruslan Chagaev, 2007, decisionwin v Jameel McCline, 2007, kowin v Evander Holyfield, 2008, decisionwin v John Ruiz, 2008, decisionwin v Siarhei Liakhovich, 2008, decisionloss v David Haye, 2009, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1993–2009
2000 win vs John Morton (1993)win vs Aleksei Tsygankov (1994)win vs Aleksandr Vasiliev (1994)win vs Sergei Anikeev (1995)win vs Darren Fearn (1996)win vs Neil Kirkwood (1996)win vs Sinclair Babb (1997)win vs Alarim Uysal (1997)win vs Kevin Rosier (1997)win vs Aug Tanuvasa (1997)win vs Rodney Harris (1997)win vs Terrell Nelson (1997)win vs Manao Navuilawa (1997)win vs Patrick Slade (1997)win vs Evgeny Odolsky (1998)win vs James Gaines (1998)win vs Jim Huffman (1998)win vs Aleksei Varakin (1999)win vs James McQueen (1999)? vs Andreas Sidon (1999)win vs John Tupou (1999)win vs Aleksei Osokin (1999)win vs Tone Fiso (2000)win vs Yuriy Yelistratov (2000)win vs Yuri Nikolaev (2000)win vs Toakipa Tasefa (2001)win vs George Linberger (2001)win vs Vitali Shkraba (2001)win vs Kostiantyn Pryziuk (2002)win vs Taras Bidenko (2002)win vs Yaroslav Zavorotnyi (2002)win vs Otis Tisdale (2003)win vs Bob Mirovic (2003)win vs Vitali Shkraba (2003)win vs Pedro Daniel Franco (2003)win vs Gerald Nobles (2004)win vs Paolo Vidoz (2004)win vs Richard Igbineghu (2004)win vs Marcelo Domínguez (2004)win vs Dicky Ryan (2004)win vs John Ruiz (2005)win vs Larry Donald (2005)win vs Clifford Etienne (2005)win vs Attila Levin (2005)win vs Monte Barrett (2006)win vs Owen Beck (2006)win vs Jean Francois Bergeron (2007)loss vs Ruslan Chagaev (2007)win vs Jameel McCline (2007)win vs Evander Holyfield (2008)win vs John Ruiz (2008)win vs Siarhei Liakhovich (2008)loss vs David Haye (2009)
winlossdraw / NC1993–2009

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