"Wladimir Needs to Fight John Ruiz" (Article)

"I see Ruiz being too clever for Wladimir and giving him huge problems. Ruiz is excellent at picking off the jab, and would have no trouble blocking Wladimir’s jabs and coming under them to land his sneaky right hands to the head. Ruiz is a much better inside fighter than Wladimir and would stay glued to him for 12 rounds, beating Wladimir up on the inside.

All of Klitschko’s offensive tools are centered around him being able to fight on the outside using his jab, left hook and right hand. These weapons would immediately be nullified by Ruiz, who would smother Wladimir and keep him from getting his shots off, forcing him to fight a grueling inside battle that he has no skills at. Without an uppercut in his arsenal, Wladimir would be battered by Ruiz on the inside and beaten up."


[url]http://www.boxingnews24.com/2009/06/wladimir-needs-to-fight-john-ruiz/[/url]


What does classic think?


Would Ruiz have been able to pull the upset?

 

Yea, but there are more idiotic match ups seen in the classics.

Found it a bit funny that in 2009 Ruiz was still seen as having a chance against the best out there.
Would certainly have been Ruiz' greatest day of his life had he pulled an upset.:yep

 

"Ruiz gets Lewis tilt as Lewis cowers in fear"
[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-231068/Ruiz-gets-Lewis-tilt-WBA-backs-off.html[/url]

I'm gonna make John Ruiz the Jimmy Young of the future.

 

Atleast you're one of the few who doesn't directly hate on Johny and favours every bartender and streetcleaner over him

I can respect that.

 

"A U.S. federal judge stripped heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis of his World Boxing Association (WBA) title on Wednesday for agreeing to fight Michael Grant instead of the higher-ranked John Ruiz."

[url]http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/140463/court-strips-lewis-of-wba-title[/url]


Also Ruiz is frequently said to always been the big robber, but ironically he was robbed in the first Holyfield fight.

People say Holyfield is a 5 times hw champ because of the Valuev fight, but if you realize Ruiz was robbed in the first fight he's still "just" a 4 times hw champ.

 

John Ruiz used to be a swarmer before he met David Tua which put an end to the swarmer and opened the way for non homosexual hugging.

 

[url]http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/jv52200.htm[/url]

"Hey Stoney," Ruiz said. "Why is the Puerto-Rican flag covering the Irish flag?" To which Stone replied, "It's my flag John. Don't worry about it."

"Take the Puerto Rican flag off of the Irish flag," demanded Ruiz. "I don't want to insult anyone."

Everyone who knows John Ruiz sees him as a man of principle, a genuine nice guy -- outside the boxing ring, of course. Inside the ring, Ruiz is a fierce and driven competitor. The late Jerry Ballard (a former contender who was murdered last year) had unfortunately met Ruiz inside a boxing ring. On September 19, 1998, the relentless Ruiz mercilessly knocked out Ballard in four rounds.

It was that impressive performance that vaulted Ruiz into the number one slot by the WBC. Ruiz has also acquired the number one status for the WBA. Since the designation, Ruiz has been campaigning for a shot at what he wants most, the heavyweight championship held by Lennox Lewis, a man who has refused to face Ruiz.

"Lennox Lewis has a reason for avoiding John," said Ruiz' attorney Anthony Cardinale. "Lewis knows what Johnny can do and has seen what Johnny can do."

Ruiz was at one-time a sparring partner for Lewis while also being promoted by Panos Eliades. To Stone's account, Lewis didn't look too well against Ruiz and would not spar with Ruiz while the press attended Lewis' workouts.

"Since Johnny became the #1 contender, all (Lewis' people) have done is offer us money to step aside," said Cardinale. "They offered us a lot of money without a written guarantee of a title shot. Well we're not interested in the money, we're interested in the championship."

"We fought off their legal challenge that they took against Don King and John Ruiz to avoid fulfilling their contractual obligation to fight the mandatory WBA challenger which is Johnny," said Cardinale.

Lewis had signed an agreement that required him to face the mandatory challenger had he defeated Holyfield, which he did this past November. Instead of facing Ruiz, Lewis opted for Michael Grant, an over-hyped opponent that Ruiz had tried to get in the ring with prior to his near disaster with Andrew Golota. It was Grant's performance against Golota that prompted Lewis to select Grant as his first title defense after decisioning Holyfield. Now Ruiz and Holyfield will battle for the vacant WBA title in pursuit of fulfilling their dreams.