Where did these Ruiz fans come from

[Dio2]

What did you use to make that Toney pic?

[The Pretender]

I sure don't see many Ruiz fans here. I see myself as the only true Ruiz fan who really appreciates Ruiz as a fighter, champ, and person.

You people are branding anyone that doesn't hate Ruiz as a Ruiz fan. Some of those people simply believe in fair play and justice in boxing. But they don't like Ruiz as a fighter.

And yes a few people are coming on here faking as fans when they aren't. Fake Ruiz fans are the one thing worse than haters.

[Red_Menace]

I don't think there are many new Ruiz fans around. Just a lot of people that are pissed at Toney for cheating.

[SnoopySmurf]

Pretender, you have to admit that John Ruiz is the worst heavy weight champion in the history of boxing. He punched and hugged his way to some wins....got a gift decision against Golota (Golota beat his ass easily), barely squeaked a victory against a tired old Holyfield and later, when Holy was OLDER, only managed a draw. Rahman has no real ameteur experience and hasn't boxed as long as Ruiz so he had no experience to get out of Ruiz's clinching. Johnson got DQ'd but is far more skilled than Ruiz...but Ruiz has to punch and hold him.

You picked a name "Pretender" which is what John Ruiz is. He's not a real fighter. He's a wrestler pretending to be a fighter.

[The Pretender]

Pretender, you have to admit that John Ruiz is the worst heavy weight champion in the history of boxing. He punched and hugged his way to some wins....got a gift decision against Golota (Golota beat his ass easily), barely squeaked a victory against a tired old Holyfield and later, when Holy was OLDER, only managed a draw. Rahman has no real ameteur experience and hasn't boxed as long as Ruiz so he had no experience to get out of Ruiz's clinching. Johnson got DQ'd but is far more skilled than Ruiz...but Ruiz has to punch and hold him.

You picked a name "Pretender" which is what John Ruiz is. He's not a real fighter. He's a wrestler pretending to be a fighter.

I admit Ruiz started with very little natural born talent but through hard work, heart, courage, and dedication accomplished far more than countless other heavyweights ever did with much more innate ability.

Nothing wrong with clinching in fights. Just like nothing wrong with being a jabbing whore like Lewis. Or running and dancing like Hopkins. You use a style that fits you best and wins you fights. If that makes a boring fight for you, so what. Ruiz out there fighting for himself and his family, not to please you. He has a finite number of years to accomplish things and has to do what he has to do.

At least he doesn't **** talk other fighters or cheat with drugs.

You're damn right I'm a Ruiz fan and proud of it.

[The Pretender]

Oh and for the last time, my name is a play on that ****** Contender show which pretends to be real boxing, only sissyfied with 5 rounds.

[BBFM]

hopkins is as annoying if not worst since hes a middleweight than john ruiz, pretender got me into ruiz haha.

[SnoopySmurf]

Nothing wrong with clinching in fights. Just like nothing wrong with being a jabbing whore like Lewis. Or running and dancing like Hopkins. You use a style that fits you best and wins you fights. If that makes a boring fight for you, so what. Ruiz out there fighting for himself and his family, not to please you. He has a finite number of years to accomplish things and has to do what he has to do.

But there's very little athletic ability in that, that's why people complain about his style. It's not boxing. Boxing is about jabbing, moving, dancing, fienting blows, slipping punches, countering, hooking and all that. But clinching? Yes, it's part of the sport. But he does it too much. It has it usefulness but it makes the fight hard to watch. Boxing without its fans will die as a sport. If Ruiz is not there to be a boxer but to steal away a potentially great fight by hugging, it's not good for the sport. There's no athleticism in that!

But I respect your dauntless support for Ruiz. But you have to understand why boxing fans like myself are turned off from heavyweight boxing and mostly talk about the lighter weights. Ruiz has nothing for us to talk about except for us to complain about him.

[The Pretender]

But there's very little athletic ability in that, that's why people complain about his style. It's not boxing. Boxing is about jabbing, moving, dancing, fienting blows, slipping punches, countering, hooking and all that. But clinching? Yes, it's part of the sport. But he does it too much. It has it usefulness but it makes the fight hard to watch. Boxing without its fans will die as a sport. If Ruiz is not there to be a boxer but to steal away a potentially great fight by hugging, it's not good for the sport. There's no athleticism in that!

But I respect your dauntless support for Ruiz. But you have to understand why boxing fans like myself are turned off from heavyweight boxing and mostly talk about the lighter weights. Ruiz has nothing for us to talk about except for us to complain about him.

I don't have any problem with people who don't like Ruiz. Everyone should support their favorite fighters for whatever reasons make them happy. I never contest that Ruiz has a unorthodox style, some say very boring, but boxing is also about what we as fans appreciate in these atheletes. Myself, I like underdogs and those who accomplish great things in the face of adversity and long odds. Plus its a bonus that Ruiz happens to be a genuinely humble down to earth guy in real life, not an arrogant loud mouth prick like most pro fighters these days. Just look at his website and photo galleries where he shares pics of his family and himself from a baby to adolescense to adulthood.

Eventually Ruiz will lose the belt and his career will end, but I'm sure he only hopes he goes out like a champ and the winner beats him fairly. It'll be a great day for you but a sad day for me. For now, I enjoy Ruiz being successful.

[Kimmy]

I don`t like Ruiz but i have to admit he gets the job done. The Golota fight could have gone either way, he beat Rahman fair and square, Fres Oquendo was stopped and he got the better of Holyfield and Kirk Johnson. He is luckly with the James Toney situation but love or hate him, John Ruiz is making a habbit of staying champ!