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HAMBURG, Germany -- The world heavyweight title re-match between WBA champion Ruslan Chagaev of Uzbekistan and Nikolai Valuev of Russia has been rescheduled for July 5.
Chagaev's WBA heavyweight defense against former holder Nikolai Valuev now takes place in July.
The fight was originally arranged for May 31, but was postponed because Chagaev has a viral infection.
Universum promotions said Wednesday the venue for the rescheduled fight had not been decided.
The 145kg Valuev, who is more than two meters tall, lost the WBA title to Chagaev in April 2007 on a majority points decision in the only defeat of his career -- and the pair had been scheduled to meet again in Oberhausen, Germany.
Since the fight, Chagaev has been blighted by health problems and has defended his title just once -- against British fighter Matt Skelton in January. He has an unblemished record of 24 wins with 17 knock-outs.
In contrast, Valuev has changed his coach since his defeat and has won two fights to become the WBA's number-one challenger.
He has 48 wins to his credit -- 34 of those by knock-out -- and landed a lopsided decision against former WBO champion Sergei Liakhovich in February.
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