Haye should pay Ruiz a step aside fee, and then fight Klitschko
November 12th, 2009
By Scott Gilfoid: I think World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye is making a big mistake if he moves ahead and defends his title against his mandatory challenger John Ruiz in 2010. If Haye had the talent and size of one of the Klitschko brothers, I’d recommend for him to go ahead and fight Ruiz. However, Haye isn’t a big heavyweight, has a weak chin, poor stamina and a equally poor work rate.
With the big money that’s on the line for a mega fight with either of the Klitschko brothers, Haye needs to pay Ruiz a step aside fee and go ahead and fight one of the Klitschko brothers. It would be much more worth it to pay off Ruiz and take the fight with the Klitschko brothers than to risk fighting Ruiz and possibly screwing up the whole deal by losing. Haye didn’t look great against Nikolay Valuev last weekend, and didn’t show that he can dominate.
Haye barely won the fight and didn’t look as good as Ruiz did in his two fights with Valuev. Unlike Haye, Ruiz took the fight to Valuev and landed cleanly all night long, throwing many more punches than Haye did. It’s possible that if Haye fought Ruiz that he could maybe get lucky and knock him out.
I doubt it though. Ruiz hasn’t been stopped in many years and only then to a powerful David Tua. Haye isn’t a natural heavyweight. He may have moved in weight, but he still doesn’t punch hard enough with every shot for him to be the type of heavyweight to get Ruiz out of there. It takes more consistent power than what Haye has for him to stop Ruiz.
Tua was just way too strong for Ruiz and was able to walk through him in the 1st round. Haye wouldn’t be able to do that and could find himself in a situation where unless he was able to land enough punches in every round, he’d end up getting outworked. I don’t see Haye out-landing Ruiz in this fight. Haye isn’t a busy fighter and is way too cautious about getting hit.
Haye may talk a lot before a fight with Ruiz and say this and that about knocking Ruiz out. But when the time comes for the bout to take place, you’ll see Haye fighting the same cautious safety first bout as he did against Valuev, especially once Ruiz lands a couple of hard punches to his chin. And with Ruiz’s sneaky power, he could very well pull off a big upset which would completely ruin Haye’s chances of ever getting a huge mega payday against one of the Klitschko brothers.
Haye can’t afford to lose to Ruiz, and that’s why he should pay him off a sizable sum so that he steps aside and lets Haye fight the Klitschko brothers. It would actually work perfect. Vitali Klitschko has a bout in December against Kevin Johnson. After that, Vitali has an opening on his schedule for early 2010. Haye could then fight him at the start of the year and take immediate advantage of his fame from the Valuev fight. Even if Haye beats Ruiz, it won’t catch the attention of boxing fans like Haye’s fight against 7-foot Valuev.
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HAYE IS ON DRUGS, AND SO ARE HIS FANS, WHAT KIND OF DRUGS THEY ARE ON, IS ANOTHER QUESTION , ONLY THEIR DOCTOR KNOWS.
Bring on David Tua these guys are getting boring..TUAMANATOR will drop all of them – it’s his time now.
Bad picture he looks like Klondike Pete from the Crunchy Nuggets packet.
Back injury, Hand injury, Bad contract, I will KO Valuev! so many excuses, so easily excepted. Fails to deliver. Nothing exceptional in the fight with Valuev a 44yr old Holyfield did as good.
Haye will have to meet the man with the best KO percentage of Champions in the HW boxing Division never been KO’d or took a standing count. So get ready Haye to meet the canvas. No excuses.
help me out,when a klitschko totally beats up a guy in 6 or 7 rounds he is too timid,boring,he stinks and so on
david haye runs and ducks for 12 throwing about as many punches total as paul williams throws in a round,and he is now tyson ali foreman and liston together?
what drugs do you guys take?
Haye shook valuev in the twelth, broken hand and end of the fight. Haye may not be the heaviest in the division but is one of the hardest hitters.
Haye will terrorise Ruiz Scott TRUST ME!!!
if haye was american would u be saying all this bull sh**t for starters haye has to defend his tite or the belt goes fact so i dont know what u mean by haye is making a big mistake if he decides to go ahead with john ,
your very poor writer
thats the problem dude. you dont think. or maybe the part that does think you need to ignore.
hayes gonna get ko’d by the klitchkos
John is a great Champ and when he fight Haye he will have to KO David,
John Ruiz ko’s Haye in the 5th round.
Haye is a knockout specialist and the Klitschko’s will find that out.
He has knocked out 21 of his 23 opponents and in the last fight he damaged his hand. Its good that people make him the underdog cus he wont get taken seriously until the opponent is flat out at Hayes feet.
Haye will shake up the division.. You will See!!
look at hayes first heavey weight fight against Bonin. he blew him away in a round after knocking him down twice. the very first right hand haye threw put on his arse. bonins crap but his record was 31 and 3. so he was a tough bloke. trust me on this!!!!! haye will knock ruiz out in less than 4 rounds!
danny –
Haye = Exciting fighter + loudmouth + new Heavyweight Champion.
Watch more than one of his fights before you call him boring! 21 ko’s in 23 fights proves he isnt a boring fighter.
haye = boring fighter = loudmouth = no meaning.
Have you seen Ruiz last fight??
He looked terrible….
Great or not, Haye wins this one easily.
Haye might have a chance against Ruiz! He can not touch the K bros! So why pay someone you might beat to step a side just to face death?
I highly doubt Haye can pay Ruiz to step aside. Ruiz already stepped aside so Haye could face Valuev last week. Now he is the mandatory challenger to Haye, the WBA will force him to fight Ruiz.
Also, watch more than one of Hayes fights before you come to the conclusion on his fighting style.
Team J&J, John Ruiz has done well in his boxing career and made the most of his abiliy but he will lose decisively to David Haye.
I would also give Ruiz credit for travelling to Europe (unlike many US fighters) to box Chagaev, Valuev and Serin, particularly Germany which is renowned for hometown decisions.
Although Ruiz has lost 8 fights and been in a few dull previous matches as a mandatory challenger he deserves his opportunity to prove me wrong and of course he has a fighters chance, but unless Haye is concentrating more on future fights with the Klitschko’s he is unlikely to be successful against Haye.
As for your comment about learning a little, I think you need to learn to think before making incorrect remarks, even if it is defence of a friend.
To Martin:
My friend, John Ruiz is not the best heavyweight but will give trouble to any fighter outthere, John Ruiz is a 50-50 guy, He can be beat but he can beat anybody also. He was ko by tua in 96 since then nobody have put him down, Nobody. He beat Valuev Twice and they stole both fight from him. Ruiz is not a easy win for anybody. Learn a little bit before you comment.
Haye fights cautiously and victorously for one fight with an injured right hand against a 7ft 3in man following 21 KO’s in 23 fights and all of a sudden that is the only way he can fight – what are you talking about Gilfraud?
You claim Dirrell boxes brilliantly when he hugs all night and loses but Haye is a chump in winning the WBA heavyweight title and should pay off Ruiz to avoid losing to him – what are you talking about!?!!
Haye will dominate and defeat Ruiz before moving on to face the Klitschko’s. How can you call Haye Ruiz a pick em fight?…Ah yes Ruiz is American and Haye is another successful British boxer.
Scott i dont like you, but you are right