By Ryan Burton

BoxingScene.com spoke to undefeated cruiserweight BJ Flores as he was helping John Ruiz put the finishing touches on his training camp in England. Ruiz takes on WBA heavyweight champion David Haye next Saturday in Manchester.

When I asked Flores what he thought about Marco Huck defending his belt against former heavyweight Brian Minto he said, "Sauerland (Huck's promoter) is simply targeting guys who they think are good for Marco's style.  Richards first and now  Minto?  I mean, c'mon!  They do not want their guy to have any hiccups so they go after those kinds of guys.  I don't believe Minto has even had a fight at cruiserweight and how will the weight effect him?  Not to mention he is coming off a bad loss to Arreola.  Just not the best situation.  They are keeping Marco away from guys who can outbox him, period."

When pressed for a prediction for the Haye versus Ruiz fight Flores said:

"This is going to be a very difficult fight because I believe Ruiz has improved with Miguel Diaz training him.  I still like Haye at home but Ruiz will really test him and we will see the best of David Haye on April 3rd. Ruiz is very underrated and having been in there with him (sparring) I know he is very difficult and very focused.  But David presents an entirely different set of problems that John is not used to seeing.  He has fought no heavyweight like David Haye and I think that will give Haye a slight advantage."

Flores was looking forward to seeing the now scrapped Cunningham versus Godfrey fight. He was disappointed at its cancellation and understands Godfrey not wanting to go through with the fight after thinking the fight was off.

"I think its very difficult to think your fight is on the 19th of March and then to be told its on the 26th in Las Vegas then to be told the fight is off.  Godfrey's team should have told him, we are having some complications with the fight but stay in camp because it should be back on track by this weekend instead of just telling him there was no fight.  Secondly, Main Events and Kathy Duva did a fantastic job to put things back in order so fast even though Matt had already gone home."

The cruiserweight division has been largely ignored by American television and  Flores believed this fight could have helped invigorate interest.  He also hopes Godfrey can keep his ranking in the IBF. "It is a shame if Matt were to be dropped from the ratings over a miscommunication.  Matt is competitive in any fight with anybody and I think a lot of boxing fans, myself included were looking forward to a big cruiserweight fight between two top Americans.  It would of been a great fight between two excellent boxers who are good for the sport."

As far as when Flores is planning a return to the ring he said he doesn't have any plans of as now. He is ready and willing to fight any of the champions in the division. At this point in his career he said he only wants meaningful fights.

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