Written by Scott Swerbinsky

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That was interesting. 7-1, 340 pound monster Nikolai Valuev made his television debut in the states last night, clubbing 6'3, 230 pound Monte Barrett into submission in the 11th round in a fight shown on HBO. The Spoon Man is here with the recap, as well as the 411 on Joel Casamayor's defeat of Diego Corrales last night on Showtime. Last night in Chicago there was a Bigfoot sighting. Nikolai Valuev is a monster. He might not be too skilled of a boxer but when you’re almost a foot taller and 100 pounds heavier than the guys you are fighting it won’t matter.

Valuev just clubbed Monte Barrett for 11 rounds. By no means was it pretty. To be honest, it was downright ugly. The whole fight was the same. Two or three punches by each guy and then they hugged. Throughout every round of the fight. Barrett tried to fight hard but the size difference just wore him down and clubbings just caught up to him.

Wladimir Klitschko will beat that hairy sasquash down and make him look like the lurp he is. Valuev is tall, that’s all. I just hope that fight happens soon so Bigfoot will go back into hiding.

The other fight last night was a very good one. There was actually a lot of skill involved. Joel Casamayor won a split decision over Diego Corrales in their rubbermatch. The back and fourth contest was tough to score with many rounds possibly going either way. Diego scored the harder punches but Cassamayor landed a higher volume. Corrales came in to the match not making weight and lost his titles no matter what the outcome was. I honestly think the judges might have given some close rounds to the challenger due to that.

Overall, it was a decent fight night. It was just too bad it had to be ruined by me having nightmares of Bigfoot chasing me.