MOSCOW, April 15 (RIA Novosti) - Uzbekistan's Ruslan "White Tyson" Chagayev (22-0, 17KOs) snatched the title from Russian WBA Heavyweight World Champion Nikolai "The Beast from the East" Valuyev (46-0, 34 KOs) in their bout in Germany's Stuttgart Saturday.
Two of the three judges scored the contest in favor of the WBA heavyweight title challenger (115-113, 117-111) while the third judge called it a draw (114-114).
The Uzbek boxer said before the bout the fight with an opponent like Valuyev, who was just a few steps behind the record of legendary Rocky Marciano (retiring at 49-0 as boxing's only ever undefeated heavyweight champion), would definitely cause problems, but he was training hard with sparring opponents, who physically resembled the Russian boxer.
