Haye-Ruiz M.E.N Arena Sky Box Office

John Ruiz isn't even popular in his own house.

 

That may be the case - a boring ugly nothing special fighter - but he still has the experience / durability / skills / power - to give Haye his toughest fight so far.

 

I honestly think that Haye takes him out within 5 rounds.

 

Yep. Haye wil beat Ruiz easily for me

 

Anything mentioned about the date for it yet?

 

april 3rd

and if you dont like it in the MEN dont ****ing go .simple as that ,all therse southern faries need to getthat chip off there shoulder and realise that manchester is the home of boxing

 

Cheers.

Someone needs to bring it back 'home' to brum... the NIA is the place to be. :happy

 

I was thinking that, I think it's the fact the fight is to small for a stadium to sell but a bit to big for your average 2k holding venue.

I cant see him selling 22k in Manchester though.

 

Good news. The MEN is a good arena.

 

It'll be interesting to see how they they set the MEN up for the fight. IIRC they have a number of setups for boxing depending on what capacity they want, up to 23,000.

I wonder if a) it 'll be set up for the full 23,000 and b) whether Haye-Ruiz can fill it without giving out "2 for the price of 1" tickets like they did for the Barrett fight.

 

Well that would be impressive - because no-one has done that to Ruiz.

Not Holyfield.
Not Vaulev.
Not Roy Jones Jnr.

Ok - he was KO'd in 16 seconds by Tua - but he was caught cold by a murderous puncher - but that was clearly just a blip because he has proved himself durable throughout the course of his career.

 

I think people underesitmate how much more experienced Ruiz is than Haye as well in these heavyweight fights. He will find a way to survive and spoil and make it a tough fight.

 

If Haye can get stoppage at any stage against Ruiz then I'd call it a good nights work. Ruiz has beaten and taken some pretty good fighters the distance.

 

Exactly.

Alot of Haye fans - think he is so good - so use to blasting people out that it is obvious he will do it to whoever he faces. But he is fighting a level above now with these World Class heavyweights - and his last fight proved he cant just go in there and dominate these guys as he likes. He was lucky to get the decsion last time. :deal

 

Valuev's power is severely reduced due to the distance his punches have to travel.

Holyfield wasn't, in my opinion, as a huge puncher as everyone seems to think at Heavyweight and Jones' perfomance against Ruiz was based around skill.

Haye can hit a lot harder than everyone Ruiz has faced since, in my opinion, he lost to Tua.