Who ranks higher all-time: John Ruiz or Vitali Klitschko?

Vitali.

Who did he beat that was a ranked contender? Hide, Johnson, Sanders and Williams.

Not so impressive. And we have to remember that in his loses he was very competitive. He had also Champ for a while and was considered the man at HW from 2004 to 2005.

Ruiz did fought much more contender but lost a lot more times. He draw a trilogy against an old Holyfield, was beat by Roy Jones, NC against James Toney and lost against Valuev and Chagaev. He beat Andrew Golota and Hasim Rahman and has a DQ win against Kirk John though. Also lost against guys early in his career.

I think Ruiz fought more contenders, but wasn't so dominant. Vitali gets my vote here.

 

i think most boxing fans present and future who know their stuff will rank klitschko higher

 

Strangely close poll for 2007.

Good thread. Would read again.

 

Ruiz resume is way better than Vitali's. That is not even up for debate.

 

is this some sort of a sad joke?

 

Vitali by a mile , ruiz goes down as the worst heavyweight champ ever.

 

This was before his comeback.

 

From 2007..

And from 2011: