Ruiz looking to pressure Haye, may retire if he loses
January 27th, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: Two-time World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) says in an article at Boxing News that WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) has had problems against fighters that pressure him and come forward. Ruiz, 38, may retire if he loses to the 29-year-old Haye in their April 3rd fight in Manchester, England, saying “I’ve got a chance to go out and give it everything I have, but if things go the opposite way and I don’t get the win against David Haye, then I think I’ll do something different with my life. It all depends on the outcome of the fight.”
Many boxing fans are already picking Haye to win by a knockout over Ruiz, despite the fact that Ruiz has only been knocked out once in his career 14 years ago against the powerful David Tua. If Haye wants to get Ruiz out of there, he’s going to have to fight much more aggressively than he showed against Monte Barrett and Nikolay Valuev.
Ruiz isn’t the type of fighter that is going to get bowled over with a single pot shot. Haye has to throw combinations to stop Ruiz, and if Haye does that, he’s going to have to take a chance that Ruiz might land one of his powerful uppercuts and take him out. Haye doesn’t have the best chin in the business and has been knocked down a number of times by smaller cruiserweights during his career. Ruiz might not be the biggest heavyweight in the division at 6’2” 227, but I’d be willing to bet that he hits hard enough to take Haye out if he can land something big enough on Haye’s fragile chin.
Ruiz doesn’t appear the least afraid of Haye, commenting “I’ve watched one of his [Haye] fights and that was against Valuev. But he’s [Haye] a fast guy and he’s going to do a lot of movement and give me a lot of angles but I look back through his history and I’m told the guys he had problems with were guys that pressure him and that’s my style.”
Indeed, Haye had big time problems against 40-year-old Carl Thompson in 2004. Thompson basically went right at Haye and had him looking tired after only two rounds. Haye was still throwing reasonably hard in the 3rd, but his legs were already gone by that point and he was just winging shots with his upper body and keeping his legs straight.
That’s what Ruiz needs to do. He needs to go after Haye hard in the first couple of rounds, take some of his shots and try to block as many possible, and then wear him down by the 4th or 5th round. Haye is much more of a mover than he was back then in 2004, but I suspect he’ll fight if he’s cornered. Ruiz needs to cut off the ring much better than the slow moving Valuev did in his fight with Haye.
I don’t think it will be a problem. Haye really doesn’t move that well. He looks like a body builder when he moves laterally, and is not light on his feet at all. Cutting off the ring against Haye should be child’s play. Once Ruiz has Haye cornered, he just needs to throw down and force Haye into a dog fight. I highly doubt that Haye’s chin will hold up under a strong exchange from Ruiz without betraying him. This fight could very early if Ruiz catches Haye and lands a halfway decent shot on his glass chin.
The thing that Ruiz has going for him is that this fight will be held in front of a large audience in the UK. I expect the crowd noise will make Haye brave and cause him to go out swinging wildly in an amateurish way. That kind of thing may have worked against the cruiserweight fodder that Haye fought earlier in his career, but against a skilled heavyweight like Ruiz, he’ll be like a club fighter against a professional.
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by the way, haye did not have a broken hand….that’s now been shown, it was an excuse for his performance. his ‘roids though may help, he has gone from 200 to 220 in a year and is more cut up now than before…which is impossible without roids…it also explains why he didnt fight for almost a year…it may give him more pop, and even make him better able to handle hard shots, but it wont improve his other technical problems.
valuev has been staggered, monte did it, so have others…haye is rumored to be negotiating a fight with hopkins next….doesnt that tell you everything you need to know? quoting lewis, in ring magazine: haye getting in the ring with either k bro would be a disaster….haye leans in, fights off his front foot, head exposed, is not a great body puncher, throws wide punches, has poor stamina, has a questionable chin…greatmess? yes. a great hype job.
April 3rd – another day when Scott the pr*ck gillfoid gets ANOTHER prediction wrong!!
Haye’s speed and power is key. Stamina will definately need to be improved against an operator as experienced as Ruiz.
Has anyone else rocked Valuev like Haye did!? NO.. not even Ruiz!
Haye to win by KO (but it wont be easy as Ruiz is a very seasoned boxer)
Ruiz can make anything boring. Haye is exciting, but this will be a boring 12 round decision for Haye. Ruiz’s years of boring fights and lack of any action have cost him any marketability he could have had. His biggest highlights are getting KO’d by Tua and chasing Roy Jones around the ring. having said that, Haye, like Wladimir and his chin, will always have to deal with the stamina stigma…at least until he goes 12 round of action will a volume puncher like Arreola or Chamber.
I love american people its just a shame Scott gilfoids one of them. Maybe he’s a German settler, that would explain a lot!
“Indeed, Haye had big time problems against 40-year-old Carl Thompson in 2004. Thompson basically went right at Haye and had him looking tired after only two rounds.”
what? that didn’t happen. that is literally nothing like what happened in that fight. lies…just out & out lies…i’d bet serious money you’ve never even watched that fight. i mean c’mon. it’s the exact opposite of what happened. how can anyone publish this nonsense? why would anyone write it? show some pride, man.
Ruiz will walk onto massive shots from the faster younger champion, that people is a FACT!
The bottom line is this, Hayes is the younger fighter and maybe more hungry than Ruiz, But Ruiz is not just anybody, Ruiz will fight, He got a lot of skill and much faster than Value (Remember he also beat Value twice and got rob both times) If Hayes want to stay on top he will have to be 100% ready because Ruiz will be.
Scott still speaking **** I see.
I think Haye was agressive against Barrett, he knocked him down enough times. What more do you want? As for Valuev, Haye fought the best fight he could especially when you consider his hand injury… and he rocked the giant, more then anyone had done before.
Haye will be far, far to fast for Ruiz and will blow him away. This fight will not last long.
hell yes! tuaman is coming!
The only way Tua gets the WBA title is if Haye gets stripped of the belt….
It is a very good article! I completely agree with the author. Ruiz has seen so many heavyweights and nobody (except Tua) won him in a spectacular way. So I am sure that he will give competitive fight for Haye. And he could beat him as well.
I think Tua is planning for the WBA this year before trying IBF and WBO
See you said yourself, you saw one of his fights, which was valuev; a complete one off fight for Haye… end of story. The majority of Hayes fights finished by knockout, and yet you talk about a biased decision for Haye. Ruiz will be lucky to make the distance imo. Technically haye is a better boxer, he’s also got devestating power, and is now much fitter, we know he can do 12 rounds… stupid, pointless article
I think the tactic of pressuring haye would be a bad one since thats basically what valuev tried to do lost. Also john ruis isn’t really bigger than haye so i dont think he could really bully himby pressuring him. Gotta remember that haye atually managed to hurt valuev a bit aswell and if he can hurt valuev then a single right hand from haye might be all it takes, none of the cruiserweight could handle it and haye is even bigger now than he was then.
Scott you must love David Haye. Deep down you are in love with him because all your articles are about him!
Go figure.
Haye should be able stick and run for a decision. Bad, biased refs in england. Remember the Calzaghe/manfredo stoppage? Or how about when old Barrett dropped Haye and was deducted a point for finishing a combo.
scott you talk crap lol… tua hit him 1 shot that knocked john out lol
I cant believe Ruiz has only seen 1 of hayes fights. He is going to have to watch a lot more than that before april. Otherwise he will have a nasty shock!
The valuev fight was not a typical haye fight. My prediction is that the opposite of what Scott Guilford thinks will happen… will happen. So if scott thinks Ruiz will win on points… i think Haye will win by knock out.
9 times out of 10 my “anti-scott decision” theory will win. Its a brilliant gambling method
By the way Scott if you’ve actually watched the Thompson fight you’d see Haye dominated every round of that fight before getting tired and getting caught. He had no problems with his style at all he simply got tired from all the punishment he was giving out and got caught. I bet you’ve never even watched the fight.
Haye didn’t fight aggressively against Monte Barrett, are you kidding me? He totally destroyed the guy. He couldn’t of been more aggressive if he tried. Once again Scott you talk rubbish just to get a reaction. Grow up you muppett.
all scott has done is copy and paste hes articles and replace all the names mentioned with other british fighters
Ruiz will make this a hard fight for Haye and as long as he doesnt get hit with a lucky shot or tire himself out like he did against Thompson then he should stop him around the 6th.
Go Haye!!
Ruiz is just going to try to survive after he gets popped one good time. He will then try to hang on and make an ugly boring fight out of it. Haye will knock him silly and get that piece of garbage out the game forever…..
ruiz is proof the heavyweight division is at a all time low , christ how did this bloke ever win the title , heavys are a complete joke these days.
You wrote all the same crap before Haye made Valuev look like an amateur.
Not a chance. Your massively under-reating Haye there mate! Only chance Ruiz has is a lucky punch. Haye punches harder, is faster and has overall better boxing skills than ‘the quiet man’. Ruiz is a good contender, will be a good test for Haye, but realistically should be no problem for Haye.
Write what you like Scott, we will whoop yer ass in the ring all the same.
I didn’t even read past the first paragraph.
David Haye, soon to undisputed. Gutted for you mate !