Boxer Nikolai Valuev is a classical music heavyweight | Tom Service

The Russian man-mountain is boxing's only known classical fan. Which piece should he choose to accompany his entrance to the ring?Looking forward to the big David and Goliath fight tomorrow night: the Hayemaker, Britain's David Haye, up against the Beast from the East, Russian Nikolai Valuev. I'm intrigued that despite the giant Russian's forbidding physique and granite-hewn features, at heart he's the epitome of the gentle giant – a quiet family man who's a fan of Russian literature, and...

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