David Haye: "John Ruiz is Dull, Boring, No Personality"

By Mark Vester

WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KOs) is now firing back at former two-time heavyweight champion John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KOs). Haye defends against Ruiz on April 3 at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England. He blasted Ruiz and said the challenger's personality and ring ability is so dull that he won't be able to do much of his usual pre-fight trash talking.

“Ruiz is a dull guy and perhaps so boring even I won’t be able to trash talk him. He has no personality and that is reflected in his marketability. Nobody wants him. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion that nobody wants to fight,” Haye told ESPN.co.uk.

Haye was unable to fight fire with fire with the seven-foot Nikolai Valuev last year when he capture the title from the giant. He thinks Ruiz's style will allow him to explode with his usual power punch combinations to score a spectacular knockout. Haye wants to impress in order to lure the Klitschko brothers to the table.

“He will be good for me. I can be more gung-ho against him. I can do my usual stuff and it will come off,” Haye said.

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