Boxing Preview: David Haye vs. John Ruiz

On the 3rd April, David Haye will defend his WBA heavyweight title against John ‘The Quiet Man’ Ruiz.

Haye, 23-1-0 (21), won the title on the 7th Nov last year after beating common ground opponent Nikolay Valuev. Haye and trainer Adam Booth formulated a gameplan and implemented it perfectly to get the result that night in Germany.

It was not pretty but it got the job done, also Haye revealed that he broke his right hand early on in the fight, hence a slight reluctance to use it.

When Ruiz, 44-8-1 (30), first fought Valuev, back in December 2005, the ending was controversial. With Valuev picking up a majority decision, the fight was relatively dull, and 10,000 pro German fans booed after the scores were announced. Whether the booing wasa result of the outcome or the behaviour of Norman Stone, Ruiz’s trainer and one of the livelier characters in boxing, it is unknown.

The second Value vs. Ruiz fight, again, was a bore-fest, with another controversial ending, this time a split decision. The common denominator here being Valuev... Full Boxing Article here...

I think DAVID HAYE will have the proper battle plan to win, and he has all the tools to stop RUIZ:box3:

Ruiz isn't a bad fighter. Just a terribly boring one. I do hope Haye KO's him though as I do not want to have to watch any more Ruiz fights. He's held the damn WBA crap title 15 times as it is. :rolleyes:

It should be a very easy fight...all the b*tch from England has to do is counter right hand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDrFQtbM2rc

....it's that simple and the fight should be over by the 5th.