It would be like Luke fighting Yoda. Wlad has too much respect for his master to fight him. Ruiz invented the jab and grab, and Wlad perfected it by being 6'6.
They would have had to ban that fight due to the pandemic level increase in people diagnosed with narcolepsy.
Ruiz would get smashed in a hurry. He doesn't have enough power to get Wlads respect. Although he is a good boxer, Wlad is a far superior technician.
This wouldv'e made Wlad-Ibragimov look like the Thrilla in Manilla. I hate excessive clinching; it's the one thing that turns me off in a hurry. This fight would be the worst thing I've ever seen - and I've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
there is a reason the klits and lennox lewis never faced john 'the quiet man' ruiz....and manny steward explained it...he said they could never look good against ruiz so there was no point in fighting him. translation: he knew ruiz would beat them. at one point, lewis and ruiz were sparring partners and according to those that were there....ruiz was giving it to lewis on a regular basis. enough so that lewis chose to vacate his title instead of facing ruiz. he instead chose to fight the very green hbo creation michael grant.
