Heaven forbid the Klitschko's actually pay up to give the fans a decent undercard. They're greedy wankers, nothing more. Can't believe people actually go on about how they're 'gentlemen' and 'classy'. Are they ****, they're both sharks. They'd jab their own mother for a dollar.
Hayemaker have provided all the fighters they have except for Groves who fought last month and was cut, so it was always going to be a stretch for him to be on. I know K2 don't have many fighters either but they could have used some from the other German promoters or Sauerland who still own a piece of Haye.
They should have sorted out a european title shot for Ustinov. Or thrown him in with someone like Big Larry O.
It's worth noting that David Haye hasn't fought a legitimate opponent in almost two years. And that opponent was several levels away from Wlad (he was on the back of a loss to Evander Holyfield!)
Ruiz was a 'legitimate' opponent. Not great by any means, never was, but good enough to count as legit.
What's your definition of a legitimate opponent because I beg to differ. Evander Holyfield would have been a better opponent ffs. Ruiz hadn't beaten a semi decent boxer in about 5 years. Golota was his last victory against someone who wasn't a tomato can.
Ruiz was competitive enough against Chagaev and Valuev to suggest he was still a decent operator at the top end of the division.
And BTW, Valuev is not 'almost 2 years' ago. It's 5 months short of that. Which is 'almost' 25% of 2 years, not really an insignificant portion that can just be rounded up.