Is John Ruiz the best ...US HW fighter of the last decade?

On the juice.

Toney aint done **** except beat a Ruiz and a shopworn Holyfield whilst on the juice.

 

He does.. lol still dont care for his style but the man isnt afraid of anyone! :deal

 

Yeah people shouldnt even bring up Toney's win because he was caught cheating... it would be the same if margarito came back ko'd say ...pwill but after found out he had tampered hand wraps would he still get credit.? :deal

 

Indeed. I concur.

 

Lets just say this; it took a LONG time for Ali to get the respect he has now.

 

The fact that this can even be discussed is freakin hilarious xD

 

shannon briggs anyone?

 

Bird lose to Oquendo Ruiz KO Oquendo in a super boring fight.

 

Ruiz'resume is pretty ****ing good with the best fighter on it.

 

I'd say Byrd was the best. 2nd best? Ruiz.

 

It's ridiculous. There are too many boxrec warriors who look at the record and say, oh, he's got some good names there, but know little or nothing about what went on in those fights - i.e. absurd degrees of excessive holding in most of 'em and playacting to get low blow callls in several.

And then there's the gift decision against Golota - where Golota landed more punches, scored two KDs and Ruiz lost another point for some of his shenanigans, and yet still somehow "won" the fight!!! atsch

Like I said, without King, nobody would ever have heard of this guy other than his getting laid out in 19 seconds by Tua. Without King, Ruiz would have been lucky to win a regional belt, let alone a paper title.

 

A lot of Haye fans are trying to build this palooka up so they can crow about the "impressive" victory afterward!!:yep

 

Following Zakman's logic towards Lewis:

Holyfield is no ATG.
ATG's dont lose to ham and eggers like Ruiz.

 

The fact he has held the title and he is still fighting for it right now says it all.

His fight against the great one RJJ was embarassing for him.

RJJ should have retired then,...Said that too many times though!