How do you miss a seven foot heavy weight champion of the world?

It has been almost two months since Nikolai Valuev of Russia won the WBA's boxing title in Germany. Admittedly, there are more title opportunities in any given weight class in boxing than a person can count on one hand. However, this guy is 7 feet tall! The little guy in the photo is John Ruiz, the former champ. I may not be the world's biggest sport's fan, but I read a fair share of the news and this is something I wouldn't have missed. Fact is, Nikolai's exploits haven't been widely reported in the US. But he'll be fighting on HBO in September. I have to believe many more will hear about him soon and I'm certain that current heavy weight contenders already know about him. They may even be thinking about cutting weight and moving to the Light Heavyweight class. (Photo is courtesy of Fox Sports who may not be aware they've been so courteous.)