Andy Ruiz vs Andy Fedosov?

I think that Fedesov will win the tournament...........he is the favorite and tonight I could see why. He has great technique and power...................Andy Ruiz needs to fight more often, he has talent............

 

A year ago I probably would have picked Ruiz, honestly.

Now, I think maybe not...

(more because of how trashy Ruiz looked against Liakhovich than because of anything Fedosov has done...his stock pretty much rests in looking good in a loss to Jennings two years back...)

 

Good thread.

 

You could see from the Jennings fight he has something about him. A good fringe contender that's well able to shock a prospect or two.

 

fedosov right now would destroy that fat undisciplined fu-k

 

Fedosov.

 

If not for Fedosov walking right into a perfectly placed counter UC, his pressure likely would have eventually folded Jennings, and it would be Fedosov vying for a HW title right now.

Now, I like Jennings, solid fighter, big heart, trains hard for fights, but Fedosov is a natural, much like Alexander Potvetkin.

Watch the loss to Whitaker....any objective scoring would give Fedosov that fight.

And he's better now than he was then, and Whittaker was still a viable former contender when he squeaked by the young Russian.

I like Fedosov to sweep this Boxino, and make a move toward the title fighting someone like Rossy directly after.

Rossy is very beatable, but has climbed the ranking yet again with his consistent B gradeability. Something of a modern era Monte Barrett.

After a quick return bout and win over Rossy, a little promotion, he could target Malik Scott or USS Cunningham and easily dismantle either.

Then onto Wilder or whoever is holding the WBA minor title.:good

 

Ruiz is an embarrassment to the sport and needs to loose 100 lbs and fight at middleweight

 

Well thank goodness for that perfectly timed & placed counter uppercut, because having a guy who lost to shot Goofi Whitaker vie for the HW title would be a new low (or at least, tied with the previous lows set by Leapai & Mormeck and further drag opinions toward Wlad's reign down into the gutter)

All due respect to Fedosov, but while he is leagues above the Boxcino crowd he is also leagues behind the champions. He's a true gatekeeper, a tween-er.

 

Depends on what kind of mindset/shape Ruiz came into the fight with.

If Ruiz wasn't "on point" Fedosov's bodywork would pay massive dividends and he'd win, in my opinion.

 

Yeah. My esteem of Ruiz Jr. has dropped. I used to put him in the contender's bracket up through his tepid Liakhovich showing, but now I'd say he's a tween like Fedosov - as in he can beat faded names still lingering from the 90's/00's, and journeymen at the outer fringes of contention, and unready prospects, but neither of them is ever sniffing a world title.

(of course, it should be noted that I did - and still do - place Stiverne in that same h2h bracket, and he lucked out...:conf So never say never, I guess...)

 

So you don't like Fedosov much?

I like the guy. Great body puncher. Mixes it up and down well. Cuts off the ring very well, but yeah, he could have handled Whittaker with abit more urgency. Then again, he was what??? A 20 fight novice at the time, and Whittaker, like a Jameel McCline or a Sam Peter or a Travis Walker has always been known to have one punch power.

Wasnt his finest hour, but you gotta admit that Fedosov should have gotten the nod there, and take that L off his record, and he's got a very respectable CV.:good

 

I scored Ruiz/Liakhovich, and I believe you had it 96-94 for Ruiz, IB(which only one of the judges had, the others had it far too wide) Point is, Liakhovich is years past his best and looked like he didn't even train and he still gave Ruiz all he could handle. Makes you wonder what would have happened if Tor "quitter" Hamer had stuck around instead of quitting when the going got tough, I think he maybe had a round or more where Ruiz would have given him trouble and it would have been smooth sailing for him from there on out.