A 7-foot, 320+ pound heavyweight champion

[antidan444]

Wow.

BERLIN (AP) — John Ruiz lost the WBA heavyweight title Saturday night, dropping a disputed split decision to Russian 7-footer Nikolay Valuev.
Valuev, who becomes the tallest and heaviest (323 pounds) champion of all-time, won 116-113 and 116-114 on two judges’ cards, with a third judge scoring the fight 114-114. The crowd of 10,000 booed the decision.
“I had to wait 12 years for this and now it has happened,” the 32-year-old Valuev said. “It’s fantastic.”
Ruiz, who weighed 85 pounds less than Valuev at 238, appeared to have the fight in hand, using a jab-and-grab tactic to slip in a few punches and then tie up Valuev.
Valuev began throwing combinations in the seventh round, adding to a left jab that landed from the opening round. In the ninth, Valuev even danced a bit.
Valuev landed the only punch that did damage in the final round, hitting Ruiz on the chin with a straight left that wobbled the champion. Ruiz clinched his way to the end of the fight.
“Boxing is the only sport where you can get robbed without a gun,” Ruiz said. “My promoter Don King should do his job and get a rematch.”
Ruiz’s record fell to 42-6-1, while Valuev improved to 43-0 with one no-decision.
Ruiz lost to James Toney in April, then was given the title when Toney was stripped of the crown for testing positive for steroids.



He's obviously on the left (this also obviously isn't the Ruiz fight).

[danvh]

Now if Nikoley Volkoff won the championship that would be one thing..This guy..Ehh

The only real bad thing about this is as a boxing fan this doesnt really annoy me. It should. It is a joke and was probbaly rigged for one phony champ to be replaced by a sideshow. Sadly ive come to expect this. They need to overhaul this sport or let vince McMahon run it

Could he beat Ivan Drago?

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Could he beat Ivan Drago?

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He could beat Spiderico.

[bottomset]

why is he swinging 5ft from his opponent who looks to be like 5'5", almost loooks like he's punching himself with the right hand too.

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Heh, heeeee's a bum.

[tbach24]

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“My promoter Don King should do his job and get a rematch.”

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This gives it away in so many ways.

[bernie]

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“Boxing is the only sport where you can get robbed without a gun,” Ruiz said. “My promoter Don King should do his job and get a rematch.”


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Funny. I always see Don King as the one driving the getaway car in these robberies.

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[TheNoodleMan]

Even if he is fighting a giant, Ruiz is still too boring to get me to shell out for PPV.

You say all the guys I fight are bums!