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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Call it gallows humor, John Ruiz style.
When presented with a “gun to your head” scenario on his chances of being in a ring with Nikolay Valuev again by the end of the year, the 37-year-old former two-time heavyweight belt-holder pronounced his own sentence ominously.
“I guess in that case I’m a dead man,” he said.
“I feel like there’s been a black cloud associated with me for my whole career, and it’s following me around. I’ve been blessed in a lot of ways with the things that I’ve accomplished, but it does feel sometimes like the sport has it in for me.”
Never a stranger to controversy and intrigue both in the ring and out, Ruiz’s latest soap opera once again involves the World Boxing Association and its multi-fragmented heavyweight title – which as of Monday night remained in familiar limbo. [details]
When presented with a “gun to your head” scenario on his chances of being in a ring with Nikolay Valuev again by the end of the year, the 37-year-old former two-time heavyweight belt-holder pronounced his own sentence ominously.
“I guess in that case I’m a dead man,” he said.
“I feel like there’s been a black cloud associated with me for my whole career, and it’s following me around. I’ve been blessed in a lot of ways with the things that I’ve accomplished, but it does feel sometimes like the sport has it in for me.”
Never a stranger to controversy and intrigue both in the ring and out, Ruiz’s latest soap opera once again involves the World Boxing Association and its multi-fragmented heavyweight title – which as of Monday night remained in familiar limbo. [details]
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