Haye did not beat Valouev, Haye ran without throwing punches, only a very few, Valouev landed more punches. Haye simply ran, appeared to know the judges were on the fix to a bigger money fight. Ruiz did much better against Valouev than Haye, so did Holyfield and Chagaev, the real WBA champion beat Valouev and did not run, he actually threw lots of punches. Ruiz has a chance to beat Haye, but it will be with Haye's judges, his referee, his commentators, his ring, his venue. Haye is a fake hero. Haye has proven himself a liar and a coward by backing out of a contract to fight Vlad and then backing out of a fight with Vitali.
I'm not really a fan of Haye or his antics but to wish another Ruiz era on the Heavyweight boxing scene is just complete heresy. No, let me rephrase that. Just to wish that Ruiz comes back in any active capacity is a complete act of betrayal to the sport of boxing. He's a good fighter who worked with the skills and physical gifts God gave him but his time is done and its time for new blood to show what they have.
I think Haye should be the slight favourite but Ruiz has a good chance. Personally I will root for Ruiz. That guy get´s so many hate somebody has to support him :bart
:-( We only keep him up our sleeves for close fights, and for ones involving the next big thing from the US, its how we roll:deal....BTW, Uncle Dave Parris is too fat to "trot" anywhere
Ruiz imo is a better all around fighter than valuev. I feel he also clearly beat valuev. haye struggled a lot with Valuev and if, rather when the fight is made Ruiz will give haye all he asks for. I wouldnt be one bit surprised to see Ruiz beat Haye. Ruiz isnt a crowd pleaser but he has a difficult style and finds a way to win.
Haye did not run. He faced up to Valuev, in a stick-and-move type style. That is not running. In my opinion running is when someone continually turns his back to his opponent and literally runs away from him - hence the word "running". Just my opinion.
The only cheating that went on in that fight was when Ruiz pulled one of his low blow fake jobs in the 8th round to avoid getting counted out as he should have been - and would have without the influence of King.