has he ever been good

Well earlier in his career he was a lot more aggressive and funner to watch.

But I give him credit, he's a mediocre boxer with mediocre physical tools, yet he has developed a winning (yet incredibly ugly) style that has earned him a lot of money.

Well earlier in his career he was a lot more aggressive and funner to watch.

But I give him credit, he's a mediocre boxer with mediocre physical tools, yet he has developed a winning (yet incredibly ugly) style that has earned him a lot of money.


thanks for that information. with all the clinching rabbit punching and jabing john ruiz dose i'd love to see him in k1

He was good at getting ktfo against David Tua.Real good.

That aint a hard skill to master, just keep your right hand down low.

That aint a hard skill to master, just keep your right hand down low.

Exactly.

He was more willing to get hit, until Tua that is

Let me ask you this.How many of you have gotten ktfo against Tua-Man.Yeah,see,Ruiz has done it.

All joking aside,Ruiz has a winning record but not a winning personality,fighting style, or nickname.So...let's get him in the ring with Kimbo and get it over with.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruiz. Don't mean to sound like a dick but see and judge for yourself.

He is a terrible boxer who, like Bean said, has maximized every opportunity he's ever had.

I give him credit though, he was ALWAYS willing to fight the best out there and he was always a defending champ. Back when he was a champ, even though he was my least favorite of the champs, he always seemed to be the guy who was trying to fight the other champs and unify the belts. He'd send out challenges to guys like Lennox Lewis, Wlad Klitchsko and Vitali Klitchsko. I mean who calls those guys out, expecially when you already have a title? He may not have the skills of a champ but he always had the balls and mentality of a champ.

Plus I think he got robbed against Valuev.

Heres some Classic John Ruiz for ya'll. John could let his hands go when he wanted to

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Ruiz was a fairly solid fighter who beat some good op, like Rahman and an old Holyfield.
But he was boring as hell to watch.He just lacked the aggression you want to see in the champ.
I think hes actually making a comeback

Ruiz was a fairly solid fighter who beat some good op, like Rahman and an old Holyfield.
But he was boring as hell to watch.He just lacked the aggression you want to see in the champ.
I think hes actually making a comeback


ruiz beat otis tisdale back in october.

No

I give him credit though, he was ALWAYS willing to fight the best out there and he was always a defending champ. Back when he was a champ, even though he was my least favorite of the champs, he always seemed to be the guy who was trying to fight the other champs and unify the belts. He'd send out challenges to guys like Lennox Lewis, Wlad Klitchsko and Vitali Klitchsko. I mean who calls those guys out, expecially when you already have a title? He may not have the skills of a champ but he always had the balls and mentality of a champ.

Plus I think he got robbed against Valuev.



i was over at boxrec.com checking up comeing heavyweight fights. and btw ruiz\valuev 2 is set for august 30

Damn,this thread brought back memories.As for Ruiz,I hope he smashes Valuev.

^Me too, I thought he won their first fight. That should have been Valuev's first loss.

I still remember when Tua kncoked his fuckin head off

I still remember when Tua kncoked his fuckin head off



i LOVE that ko. i lol everytime i see it

i was jus talking about ruiz the other day, or rather his annoying tendency to hold opponents...