Originally Posted by
bilbo
He doesn't actually bother me that much to be honest.
He's not a great fighter by any stretch but it's not his fault if the heavyweight division has been so poor in the last decade that he's been able to climb to the top.
Remember that in the history of the world only two former middleweights have ever won the heavyweight championship. That they both did so by beating Ruiz must be soul destroying to him.
You gotta feel sorry for a guy who loses his titles to two former 160 lbers and a carnivale act and who also suffered the most embarrasing knockout (against Tua) in history.
Add to that the fact that the great nickname bestowed on him by the people was 'The Quiet Man', lets be honest, the weakest nickname in the history of boxing, and you have to feel sorry for him.
I've said this before in relation to Ruiz but it's apt enough to be said again,
In the immortal words of Kryten in defense of Arnold Rimmer,
'John Ruiz is guilty of nothing more than of being John Ruiz. That is his crime, it is also his punishment.'
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