Parker vs Ruiz weigh in

The proof will be in the pudding (hopefully Ruiz doesn't get his hands on it). I'm sure Parker would have had plenty of time to trim down if they felt like the extra mass was a concern, knowing him and his team it has been well considered and they'd have had a gauge during sparring if it was a help or a problem.

 

Oh right, for some reason I thought he came into that at 110kg.

 

Hard to admit it, but I was only giving Andy about a 25% chance at winning this.
He's gonna be quicker and get inside easier to rip those combos.
If Andy Ruiz's chin is serviceable, at least close to Arreolas once was, this is a 50/50 fight.

As for that announcer.....

He's talking about Abel having trained 17 world champs.....he doesnt even know that Gassiev beat Ledbedev, and I'll go out on a limb, he wasnt having a Gary Johnson moment (Aleppo), but rather a Donald Trump moment(Nuclear Triad) LMAO.
I don't think this guy knew that Gassiev and Ledbedev just had a huge fight last w/e and Ill go as far as to say, I dont think he knows who they are.

I truly don't understand how these schmucks are in those seats.

IMO....almost any one of us could do his job 10X better.

 

Yeah but you would think he has a fair amount of fast twitch muscle fibers in order for him to move his hands with that type of speed and even power to a degree. People with high %'s of fast twitch muscle usually have little trouble getting lean.

I remember kids in school that I played football with who would go through the same rigorous training camps but still keep fat on their frames but they were slow and clumsy in general not athletic like Ruiz.

Perhaps he just eats too much of the wrong things like you suggested. Looks like he ate an entire rugby team since landing in New Zealand.

 

I thought Ruiz would be much lighter. Dont think he stated he was lighter but Im sure he hinted at that. Defintely implies he will gas out but also that obviously there'll be some serious weight behind those punches.

 

Parker really looks like a tank right now, I'd hate to be the guy trying to absorb his shots!

 

Parker easy win. KO 4

 

lol thinner

 

Lol
Andy looks good for him. Unless Parker is leaps and bounds better then when they sparred I'd be shocked if Andy doesn't pull it off. Andy was 290 then. Say what u want, I don't care what his weight is. He's inshape. Parker throws straight punches and looks like he has power. If he doesn't ko Andy or drop him a bunch I think Andy out boxes him.

 

Well Andys lighter now and more experienced, both positives for Ruiz as I think your alluding to. Its a sparring session that happened three years ago and Team Parker do talk about it openly and they also speak of Andy as a formidable opponent. Parker has come along way since then and has proven himself against better opposition IMO. We'll see tomorrow though, should be good.

 

Good
Or else he's getting run out the ring.
To me it's a 50/50 fight I'm a slight lean to Andy because I don't think Parker will ko Andy.
If he lands and kos him, more power to him. Andy has been boxing since he's been a little boy. For people to blow Andy off is just ignorance.
I can easily see Parker being stiff and tight and if he's loading up and missing and gasses......it wouldn't shock me to see Andy ko him. I would be shock if he outboxes of outlands Andy.

 

People are kidding themselves if they think Ruiz Jr is in shape or that extra weight won't be detrimental to him during the fight.

Sure it's not a body building contest but it isn't a eating contest either which it seems what Ruiz has trained for. Andy I'm sure can fight for 12 rounds at his pace but when the opponent sets the pace that's when he will really struggle. We saw the same with Arreola he could go 12 rounds no problem when he was controlling the fight, but we saw him struggle badly with conditioning when his opponents like Vitali, Stiverne and Wilder set the pace of the fight. Parker is going to set the pace and if Andy doesn't get blown out early he'll gas badly down the stretch.

 

I think Ruiz will be just fine in terms of stamina.
He strikes me like Arreola.
Arreola carried lots of fat too, but he never seemed to really gas.
Some guys just carry fat