Why is John Ruiz ranked at the # 7 in the top 10 HW rankings ?

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  1. Capitan

    Capitan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Very telling on much this division sucks!!!!
     
  2. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    exactly
     
  3. UFgators

    UFgators Active Member Full Member

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    Awesome avatar, guys like Eddie Futch, Nazim Richardson, and Emmanuel Steward have nothing on the great Stoney.
     
  4. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    EXACTLY. It's what got Ruiz his undeserved ranking - and special treatment for his illegal tactics - in the first place.:yep
     
  5. pngo

    pngo #1Contender Full Member

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    So the division is not ****?

    All you have to do is look at the current fighters and "prospects" and ****ing tell me the division is not ****.
    I know the K bros are elite, but they are the only good fighters in the division, and they won't fight each other.
     
  6. Jeff Young

    Jeff Young Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    if all of boxing was like the heavyweight division.....boxing would be in dire straits, from a financial perspective......that should tell you something how bad this division sucks...
     
  7. bxrfan

    bxrfan Sizzle Full Member

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    fight him! **** the referee!
     
  8. Sputnik44

    Sputnik44 Active Member Full Member

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    Stoney is a low class POS

    I give Ruiz alot of respect.. to be that bad and be in the top ten for so long takes alot (of blow jobs) I mean seriously even in his prime he got gift decisions in bull**** fights... Ruiz for years was the definition of what is wrong with boxing and a large part of that is Don King...he is the boxing anti-christ...
     
  9. Hank

    Hank Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Because his managemant knows who to pay off, how much, etc.
     
  10. sst

    sst Active Member Full Member

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    Yes he was a real handful for 17 seconds against Tua.
     
  11. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Indeed. Ruiz is the poster child for boxing corruption. His whole misbegotten career is a Don King-created fraud.:yep
     
  12. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yet he became champ and Tua didn't.

    Funny how life works out eh?
     
  13. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Through corruption and cheating. :yep
     
  14. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I obviously can't speak for anyone else here but he beat Holyfield pretty straight in their rematch in my eyes.
     
  15. sst

    sst Active Member Full Member

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    So does that make him a world champion? I don't think so.Some do believe he was a champion. Holyfeld just lost his belts to Lewis and Don King manages somehow to sneak out the back door with a belt for Holyfeld and Ruiz to fight for. That is a joke. Lewis was the champion not Don King and his stoges Byrd and Ruiz. Without King Ruiz will never wear a belt. Ruiz did however beat Holyfeld clearly in their first rematch almost knocked him out.