Putting a poll to it: John Ruiz vs. James Toney

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Toney won. Cool.

Toney was great in the early 90's. But, at Heavy has very little experience. If Ruiz has anything, it's experience. This difference alone will show bigtime. The true heavyweight wins this one.

Ruiz will stop the little middleweight late in the fight. Toney is no Roy Jones. He's a softer, less explosive puncher and he has no mobility. He likes to fight on the inside and counterpunch but he's going to find that things won't go as he plans when Ruiz gets ahold of him and starts bulling him around. Johnny loves it when guys try to fight him on the inside. It just means they're closer to him and easier to grab and tie up after he lands a punch or two. Have you forgotten about Toney's injury's? He just pulled a bicep in his last fight. How do you think his aging body is going to hold up to all of the wrestling? The guy was awesome in his prime but he's in way over his head at heavyweight.

Ruiz by decision. Toney will run out of gas in the 8th

I just hope that Toney ends that ugly punch-and-clinch boxing style of Ruiz. JT can slide sideways and catch huggybear with an uppercut-cross combo when he tries to come in. hey! i just put Ruiz' name with boxing in the same sentence. OMG!!! Toney will wear him down, possibly a late KO win. :boxing:

Toney has more KO power than Jones Jr. And it was obvious that Ruiz was stunned by RJ. I pick Toney to wear down Ruiz like he did Evander

so anyone want that 50 mil point bet? :boxing:

I wish Toney kicks Ruiz' ass and KOs him early in the fight.

I think James Toney is going to win by KO. Ruiz is a joke to me he doesn't even box all he does is grab.I predict James Toney KOs Ruiz like David Tua did.

Is Toney preparing his usual "weight problems" excuse for the looming loss to Ruiz? Has he given up already?

This could actually be a very quick KO win for Toney. Toney is probably a decent puncher at heavyweight, not a hard, but decent. The difference will be the accurancy and speed of Toney`s shot plus Ruiz`s weak chin. I have put money on this fight today before the odds favour Toney more so. I place 50 to win 30. Its a risk yes but after reading all the opinions on this site and boxing news sites i can`t see anyway for Ruiz to win unless Toney gets old over night or the weight of Ruiz really effects James. i can`t see it happening. Toney`s ony weakness in the past has been weight draining before a fight, this isn`t the case anymore, i see Toney winning very easy!

i just read where he had less time to train due to them moving the fight date up. regardless i see ruiz coming out trying to fight at a distance for the first few rounds and then going to his normal style. this isnt really a pick em fight but it is still a tough one to choose. ill go with Toney via 10th round KO.

Toney is really blowing it. Please publish this article that says Toney only trained 5 weeks for this fight!

I think James's condition will be terrible this saturday..I just read an article that says James only trained 5 weeks for this fight! Ruiz might outwork him Toney is really blowing it.

I think James's condition will be terrible this saturday..I just read an article that says James only trained 5 weeks for this fight! Ruiz might outwork him

after the weigh in if james looks in decent shape i'll make a 50 million point bet with any ruiz fan . :hijacked:

....A quick tally brings it to 55-35 in favor of Toney. The survey says........enough John Ruiz already. The good news is that one of these guys should lose. I'm actually getting kind of excited about this fight. Not sure why though.

I picked toney as a win by DQ but it depends on the ref if it's Nady then I think there is a good chance of ruiz getting DQed

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