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 heavyweight. What we got instead was a heavyweight who threw little more than 10 punches per round and spent the better part of the fight circling the ring constantly and looking as if he was defusing unexploded bomb.
John Ruiz
Why Ruiz will knock Haye into the stratosphere
By Scott Gilfoid: The tender-chinned WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) will be facing what his trainer/manager Adam Booth calls his most dangerous opponent 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. The fight is one that Haye, 29, has little choice but to take if he wants to hold onto his World Boxing Association strap.
Steward calls Haye “Chinny,” doesn’t think he’ll fight Wladimir
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 Ruiz but he will not fight Klitschko. Haye should win against Ruiz but you always worry about him [Haye] because he’s too chinny. Even Monte Barrett had him down.” Mr. Steward, I totally agree with you. I’ve thought those exact same things about Haye for some time.
Vitali Klitschko wants Haye to beat Ruiz, says he’ll fight him in England
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 good fighter, strong, who has a good punch. But Ruiz does not have the speed to stop Haye, and Haye does not have the power to knock out Ruiz. It will be a point’s decision for Haye.” I’m in agreement about Haye not having the power to stop Ruiz.
Haye expects Ruiz to fight dirty – News
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 at The Sun, the 29-year-old Haye says “I am preparing for him [Ruiz] to try to butt me, hit me low and try to dislocate my shoulder if we get in clinches. Ruiz will use every trick in the book to try to unsettle me and you can expect both boxers to take a lot of shots in the first three or four rounds.”
Wladimir Klitschko: “I just hope he [Haye] doesn’t get hit on his glass chin” by Ruiz
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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 Ruiz on April 3rd]. As much as I don’t like him [Haye], I don’t want him beaten by Ruiz before I get there.” Klitschko, 33, has bad blood with Haye because of all the trash talking that Haye did when the two were leading up to their failed fight last year.
Booth says Haye is going to try and hurt Ruiz early
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 says “And if you run, the less power you’ve got in your shots. With Ruiz, you have to bang hard and bang for 12 rounds so we know it’s not a question of running from Ruiz. It’s a question of getting his respect and hurting him early, and dominating the fight from the center of the ring.” That sounds good in theory, but it might not be all that practical for Haye to try and carry out this game plan.
Haye vs. Ruiz: Will John end the Haye hype machine?
By William Mackay: On April 3rd, boxing fans will get to see whether WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) is for real or not when he steps it up and fights former two time heavyweight champion John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) when the two fighters meet at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire. Haye, 29, has failed to live up to expectations that some people had about him when he moved up to the heavyweight division.
Haye vs. Ruiz: Does David’s stock go down if he struggles to win?
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) had to fight hard to earn a 12 round decision over former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev in their bout last November in Germany. Haye blamed his poor performance on an injury to his right hand which apparently occurred early in the fight. Haye also says he boxed Valuev to avoid getting hit with any of his shots.
Does Ruiz win respect if he KOs Haye?
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 not have been a crowd-pleasing style of fighting, but it worked well for Ruiz, allowing him to win two world titles, beat fighters like Hasim Rahman, Fres Oquendo, Evander Holyfield, Kirk Johnson, Andre Golota, Tony Tucker and Jameel McCline.