By Alexey Potapov

Fresh off his unanimous decision win over John Ruiz in Germany, newly crowned WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev has informed BoxingScence.com that he will likely return to the ring on December 13, and not December 12 as reported in several circles. Valuev will take one more fight before a rematch with the only man to beat him, Ruslan Chagaev, which will take place some point in 2009.

After Valuev arrived back home to St. Petersburg, the Russian giant gave the following statement to BoxingScene;

"I have decided to make a voluntary defense of the title. Presumably the fight will take place on December 13 of this year. The challenger will be a contender from the top-ten rankings of the WBA. Right now we have begun negotiations which will soon be complete," said Valuev.

 

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