Roy Jones vs. Ruiz on HBO on demand.

K0NPHL1C7 · Jan 15, 2008

Zakman said:

Oh, please. Against Holyfield and Johnson he faked "low blows" to avoid getting counted out, get point deductions, and against Johnson, a shameful "victory." Against Oquendo, and Rahman he held excessively. And against Golota he was dropped twice, had another point deduction and somehow got an outrageous gift decision (thanks, Don King).

Forced to fight WITHIN the rules (no Don King to grease the wheels), he lost to Valuev and Chagaev.

Ruiz is a fraud and joke - and in his shameful, and REPEATED faking of low blows and violations of the basic rules against excessive holding, a DISGRACE to the sport of boxing!:yep
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Always with the "faked low blows", but never mentioning the fact that Holyfiled didn't even deserve the second chance, Ruiz beat him easily in their first bout.

Ruiz has had as much taken from him as he's been "given".

Amsterdam · Jan 15, 2008

kg0208 said:

That's because Jones was immensly skilled, contrary to popular belief.
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Oh I know mate, what is the deal with this whole 'Jones lacked the skills once his physical ability left'. Even some top level commentators and writers commit such stupid and inaccurate things to say.

The worst thing you can say about Jones' technical skills are that he had some bad habits that he got away with due to his tremendous physical ability.

But most of his shots were just thrown perfectly textbook and these jackasses can't see that because they watch with rosey-coloured glasses and don't really see things in real time for what they are.

Or the whole chin thing...

Zakman · Jan 15, 2008

Amsterdam said:

Okay, sure, I've agreed that Ruiz's holding of the title for so long was a product of corruption, but he was still a ranked HW and we're talking about Jones' performance.

What did you think of his performance overall?
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Jones did what he should have against a mediocre fighter like Ruiz - he completely outclassed him. The only thing that makes it impressive is that Ruiz was naturally bigger. This fight also clearly showed that if the rules were enforced against Ruiz, he would lose to world class fighters.

But a great little man will beat a mediocre big man 9 times out of 10. Sometimes I wonder if some of these people trying to pump up Ruiz are Roy Jones fans!!!:huh

Bslice · Jan 15, 2008

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