John Ruiz reckons he was robbed twice when he lost on points to 7ft tall Nikolai Valuev. Unfortunately he couldn't pick him out in the identity parade afterwards.
David Haye took all the plaudits for seeing off Valuev after 12 inactive rounds last time out. The Jolly Green Giant would have put up a better fight.
When Ruiz, nicknamed The Quiet Man, was asked if he thought he would beat Haye he nodded before mumbling something inaudible.Haye is an accident waiting to happen in the heavyweight division.
He has been ko'd by a 40-year-old cruiserweight. There's no disgrace in that for most blokes - it's happened to me with the wife - but Haye is the heavyweight champion of the world, or at least one of them.He has a knockout punch, yes, but there are serious question marks about his stamina, chin and hairstyle.
Whether Ruiz, a 38-year-old ring-worn veteran, is the man to cause that accident is open to debate. Ruiz has neither speed nor an explosive punch, and someone really ought to tell him these attributes are rather handy when your chosen profession is boxing.
He does have a certain measure of durability, though and that might be enough. Haye will either blast Ruiz out early or get nailed himself late on.
Haye went the distance against Valuev without expending too much energy, mainly because it's relatively easy to get out of the way of plodding giants, except in B movies.
Value-seekers should look closely at the groupround betting. I wouldn't put anyone off backing Ruiz to win between rounds 9-12, a 25-1 poke with Stan James.
Source: mirror.co.uk
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