Ruiz had been Hayed

WBA heavyweight champion David "Hayemaker" Haye (24-0, 22 KOs) is still the champ after he had scored a 9th round TKO over 38-year-old former champ John Ruiz (44-9-1, 30 KOs) on Saturday night in Manchester, England. Haye dropped Ruiz twice in round one, the first time with the right hand almost immediately, the second time with a rabbit punch. Haye was deducted a point for the rabbit punch, but Ruiz was still given a count and no time to recover from the foul. A determined Ruiz survived the round. Haye floored Ruiz again at the end of round five and again early in round six. Ruiz’ corner finally threw in the towel to stop the punishment in round nine.

In round nine Ruiz continued to attack the Brit but at the end of the second minute the champion exploded with the right-left-right combination, hurting Ruiz, 38, badly with several crisp blows. As famed trainer Miguel Diaz appeared on the ring apron and began waving towel, referee Perez Pineda stepped in and halted the action at 2:01.

David wins over Goliath!

He had proved to the world that he can, he did! The Hayemaker is victorious!

David Haye is the new WBA Heavyweight Champion after clinching a points victory over Nikolai Valuev. Fighting in front of a sell-out crowd of 8,000 fans in Nuremberg, Haye was ahead 116-112 on two cards, with the third judge ruling the contest a 114-114 draw. The clash drew a sensational peak market share of 40,5 percent (8,4 million viewers) on German free-to-air giant ARD. “It’s a dream come true,” Haye enthused afterwards. “I’ve fought the biggest heavyweight champion of all time and caught him with big shots. My speed was key tonight. He has a granite chin and took my punches. I’m a guy who says what he thinks and sometimes that upsets people but I’m full of respect for Valuev, he showed he can take some big shots.”

The Russian Giant was disappointed after his second defeat in 53 fights. “The fight reminded me of a marathon,” he said. “I had to run and chase him down all the time. For me it was more like a track and field competition. I had problems hitting him, he was very fast. I think the 12th round also made the difference.”

In the final round, Haye wobbled his opponent with a huge left uppercut. Throughout the entire 12 rounds, he had used his speed to stay out of trouble while launching occasional and well-timed attacks. “The plan was to make Nikolai miss and it worked,” Adam Booth said. “David stuck to the game plan well and fought a great fight.”

Alexander Zimin called the contest “a strange one”. He said: “There was a lot of running. David was very fast and he seemed to get even faster in the last six rounds. Nikolai did not what we had trained for. His attacks were not executed well. I don´t really know what I can say about this fight – it was strange.”

Next up for David Haye is the mandatory defence against John Ruiz, who scored a seventh-round TKO victory over Adnan Serin. “Ruiz is a strong fighter, but I will knock him out,” Haye predicted.



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The Heavyweights are back!

The excitement for the heavyweight category in the world of boxing is now back!

The event "David vs. Goliath" is very much anticipated as the World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolai “The Russian Giant” Valuev and David “The Hayemaker” Haye will square it off on Nov. 7 from Nuremberg, Germany.

Valuev (50-1, 34 KOs), from St. Petersburg, Russia, is the two-time and current WBA heavyweight champion and has fought and defeated a “Who’s Who” of heavyweight champions including Evander “The Real Deal Holyfield, John Ruiz (twice), and Sergey Lyakhovich. He also holds the distinction of being the tallest and heaviest champion in history at a daunting 7 feet and 325 pounds.

Haye, (22-1, 21 KOs), from London, England, wreaked havoc on the cruiserweight division with a knockout percentage over 90 percent. He left the division last year to move up to heavyweight, while still on top as the unified WBA/WBC/WBO cruiserweight champion.

The question to be answered is will the smaller yet faster Haye bring his explosiveness to the heavyweight division against an opponent he will be giving away 9 inches in height and about 100 pounds in weight to. Many boxing experts thing Haye has the perfect skill set of speed and power to frustrate the bigger and taller champion. Valuev claims he has faced and defeated numerous fighters with superior speed.

Watch out!

Rahman vs. Klitschko: Hot!

IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight chammpion Wladimir Klitschko will now face ex-champ Hasim Rahman on December 13 at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany. Klitschko was originally slated to face IBF mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin, however Povetkin pulled out with an injury. Rahman is coming off a no-decision against James Toney on July 16. The Rock is rated #5 by the IBF.

"Klitschko will regret he chose me to replace Povetkin," said former champion Hasim "The Rock" Rahman, who is the new opponent for IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on December 13 at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany. "Like Lennox Lewis, I will knock him out and take those belts. And then, I am going to beat his brother Vitali, too." On the other hand, Klitschko stated that he won't be intimidated by 'The Rock.' "He is always talking big," stated Wladimir. "I know that back from a fight when he was supposed to meet my brother Vitali. But that does not impress me." Bernd Bönte, Managing Director of Klitschko Management, added "This fight is of much more interest worldwide and the marketing for it is much easier, too, than it would have been with [Alexander] Povetkin."

Update: Heavyweight ex-champ Brewster returns!

This is an update to the past post Heavyweight ex-champ Brewster returns!

Now his opponent was named. Former WBO Heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster (33W-4L, 29KOs) will be facing Danny Batchelder (25W-5L-1D, 12KOs) for the vacant NABA Heavyweight title.

The ex-champ has been out of action for over a year and he's hungry for a title. He even claimed that we will be seeing a different Lamon Brewster. We'll see.

The card is billed as "The Return" and it will take place at the Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati, OH on August 30 of this year.

Heavyweight ex-champ Brewster returns!

He is going back to the ring. To fight. To brawl. To knockout his opponent.

Though his opponent is yet to be named, the former heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster (33W-4L, 29KOs) will be fighting on August 30 at the Cincinnati Gardens. This fighter is definitely worth watching.

Klitschko Floors Thompson for Victory

IBF/IBO/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (51-3, 45 KOs) knocked down the tough, awkward Tony "The Tiger" Thompson (31-2, 19 KOs) to retain his belts on fight night at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany. The opening round is rather slow-paced but Klitschko began to connect with his punches in round two, a round in which both fighters were cut by a headbutt. Klitschko continued to headhunt while Thompson started having good results to the body in the fourth. In round seven, Klitschko seemed to be making Thompson break down. Thompson got up gingerly after both fighters got tangled up and went down to the canvas in the tenth. The vigorous and spirited Klitschko finally dropped Thompson for the count in the eleventh with a spectacular right hand. Time was 1:22. What's next for Klitschko? It will be a defense against Alexander Povetkin later this year.

Here are the results of the supporting bouts:

• WBO #1 cruiserweight Johnathon Banks (20-0, 14 KOs) took a workmanlike majority decision over Vincenzo Rossitto (30-6-2, 22 KOs) to claim the IBO title belt.


• European 154lb champion Zaurbek Baysangurov (19-0, 14 KOs) scored a seventh round stoppage of Ivan Gontsa (16-2-2).


• Unbeaten heavyweight Alexander Ustinov (11-0, 9 KOs) stopped Hans-Joerg Blasko (4-1) in round two.

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