Haye vs. Ruiz

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) is predicting a knockout victory on Saturday night against John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) in Haye’s first defense of his WBA title. In an article at Sky Sports News, Haye says “I wouldn’t bring my family either, if I knew I was [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Frank Warren was pulling no punches in an interview at the Daily Mail. Speaking of World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye’s bout with two-time heavyweight champion John Ruiz on Saturday night, Warren said “David has secured the prize and now needs to look good. If he can’t look good against [...]

Renowned for his exploits in the boxing ring, Britain’s world heavyweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye has recently discovered that the pen is every bit as mighty as the sword – or glove. The current WBA world heavyweight king has put his name and distinctive touch to HAYEMAKER MAGAZINE, a commemorative, 192-page, glossy sports magazine, [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) admits to feeling afraid of losing his heavyweight title to John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) when he faces him this Saturday night at the M.E.N Arena in Manchester, England. In an article at the Daily star, Haye says “In that fight [his [...]

By William Mackay: Ricky Hatton and Carl Froch are both picking World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) to beat John Ruiz on Saturday night at the M.E.N Arena, in Manchester, England. In an article at the Express, Hatton says “Lennox was a great fighter and a hero of more up my [...]

By Ronnie Jordan: This Saturday sees David Haye take on John Ruiz in Manchester England in the defense of his World Boxing Association heavyweight title. It’s his first defense since out pointing Valuev in Germany back in December. There’s a clash of styles with Haye’s power and aggression against John Ruiz’s more controlled approach. Freddie [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) might have to put off his big plans of a big money mega fight against one of the Klitschko brothers. The Daily Star is reporting that a member of Valuev’s camp is saying that they have a rematch clause with Haye and [...]

By Peter Wells: With Vitali Klitschko set up to fight Polish/British Albert Sosnowski on May 29th, David Haye has already made his point clear about the poor opposition choice for the WBC champion. Albert Sosnowski isn’t in the world league and Vitali has pretty much picked an easy opposition. In an interview with boxing magazine [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Two time heavyweight champion John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) will be looking to outwork World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) this Saturday night when he meets him at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. According to Sky, the 38-year-old Ruiz will be looking to throw 50 punches [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Audley Harrison believes that World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) is too heavy, saying in an interview with Sky Sports, “I watched a training session from Sky Sports and his timing is off. He’s also carrying around excess weight. I know David very well and mark my words, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) has a realistic view on his April 3rd fight with former heavyweight champion John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s), expecting to take a lot of punishment in that fight. I agree. I think Haye is going to take a lot of punishment from [...]

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) will be taking on the toughest opponent of his career on April 3rd against John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. Many boxing fans and writers have Haye as a heavy favorite in this fight and some are even [...]

By Ronnie Jordan: David Haye is the former undisputed cruiserweight champion and now World Boxing Association heavyweight champion, with his good looks, gift of the gab, and with his mean punching speed and power he has lit up the boxing scene like no one else. He’s made no secret of his ambitions to fight both [...]

By William Mackay: If you haven’t noticed already, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) has been talking a lot in the media about wanting to fight the Klitschko brothers. The Klitschkos in turn have been trying to decide which brother will be the one that gets to fight Haye and get the big [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye is coming off a less than impressive performance in his last fight in winning the World Boxing Association heavyweight title with a 12 round majority decision against Nikolay Valuev last November. Haye talked knockouts before the fight, vowing to show the world a new type of exciting [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Emanuel Steward, the trainer of IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, has his doubts that World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) will fight Wladimir in the future. Steward says in an article at the Mirror, “I don’t think Haye is going to do anything but talk. He may fight [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) wisely admits that he doesn’t think he can match the great legacy of former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis (41-2-1, 32 KOs), even if Haye beats Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko in the future. In an article at the Daily mail, Haye says “He [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko says he wants David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) to beat John Ruiz next month when they meet in the UK. In article at the Telegraph, Vitali, speaking of Haye’s April 3rd fight against Ruiz, says “it will be a difficult for Haye. Ruiz is a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) sees his fight coming up against John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) on April 3rd as one that will be filled with plenty of fouls coming from the 38-year-old Ruiz when they meet at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, Lancashire. In an article [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) had a lot to say about World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye recently, saying in an article at the Daily Star, “Haye b*tched out from Vitali. I just hope that Haye doesn’t get hit on his glass chin [in his fight with John [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Adam Booth, the trainer of World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) says in an article at Sky Sports that his fighter Haye is going to go after two-time heavyweight champion John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) early in their fight on April 3rd to try and “get respect.” Booth [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) is determined to put in an impressive performance in his first defense of his WBA title belt on April 3rd, against two-time heavyweight champion John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire. The 29-year-old Haye won the WBA belt [...]

By William Mackay: There are a fair amount of boxing fans that don’t particularly care for former two-time WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) as a fighter. Many of those fans don’t like Ruiz’s old style of fighting in which he would clinch and wrestle a great deal in his fights. It may [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Don King had some good advice for World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan, telling him to “come out of hiding” and start facing some fighters in an article from Steve Bunce at the Mirror. Speaking about Khan, King says “I told Amir that he has to come out of [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) will be facing the stiffest test of his career when he faces two-time heavyweight champion John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) on April 3rd at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Although Haye’s narrow 12 round decision win over WBA heavyweight champion [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It seems like every time I see a thread involving a heavyweight, I see comments from British fans saying that WBA heavyweight champion David Haye can beat this guy or that guy. It doesn’t seem to matter who the heavyweight is. They think that Haye would beat them. It’s kind of interesting [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) says in an article at the Mirror that he’s out to “unify the titles.” For that to happen, Haye, 29, will have to get through both the Klitschko brothers who hold the IBF, WBC and WBO heavyweight titles. Haye says “I want [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: David Haye has been a slugger for most of his career up until recently when he snatched the World Boxing Association heavyweight title with a boring 12 round majority decision over seven foot Nikolay Valuev on November 7th. Haye, showing skills that I’ve never seen from him before, used lateral movement to [...]

By William Mackay: In an interview with the Telegraph, trainer Freddie Roach gives World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) a good chance of beating both of the Klitschko brothers. However, Roach seems to think that WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko would be tough fight for Haye because of Vitali’s height and [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) will have another opponent that does his talking in the ring instead of outside of it when Haye faces former two-time World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) on April 3rd, at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire. Haye, 29, has mixed [...]