Hate him or not , like it or not , Ruiz does deserve to be there.... all of his losses , except Tua's, had been by dec. & most of them by MD or SD.... consider that, ANNDDDDDDDDD the li'l fact that half of those were in Germany ( where a SD or MD is a clear UD for the non local guy) and you get a decent record.... I know, HW sucks, but right now there's no way you can mention ten guys ahead of Ruiz in that division. No way!!
Here are the current rankings: 1. Wladimir Klitschko 2. Vitali Klitschko 3. Ruslan Chagaev 4. Alexander Povetkin 5. Nikolai Valuev 6. Eddie Chambers 7. Chris Arreola 8. Alexander Dimitrenko 9. David Haye 10. John Ruiz Wlad and Chagaev are fighting in 2 weeks Chambers and Dimitrenko fight in 4 weeks So we will have a little bit of movement in the rankings after these fights.
Ruiz is a talentless cheater who would never have been rated anywhere if it weren't for the machinations of Don King. I can only imagine it's because he's American, but even then, there are far better American fighters out there.