BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (July 3, 2008) – The World Boxing Association ruled today at its Directory Meeting that WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev will be considered “champion in recess†due to an injury and that he has until June 26, 2009 to fight for the title. http://fightbeat.com/news_details.php?NW=21711
The sport is fighting for relevance in today's world. And this fight is a sign of how bad a shape the sport is in. Not good at all.
precisley. furthermore - nothing good can come of this match - it will only tarnish the sport more. ruiz should never be allowed to fight again
Chagaev's been hard to get in the ring recently. Perhaps Valuev can beat Ruiz a bit more convincingly this time.
Valuev will win rather easily this time, and I dont agree that Ruiz was robbed in thier first fight, I shamefully bandied along with that "robbed!" bandwagon with it being a Sauerland organised event, until I actually saw the fight itself, and cannot see where Ruiz managed to score points in all these rounds he apparently won??.. unless those taps to the love handles while in a Ruiz induced hold is what was supposed to be the paradox to Valuev's jab - ie the only clear visable shots in the course of the whole fight basically, it was a typical eye searing Ruiz scrap, thankfully Valuev can't be slothed backwards so easily like all Ruiz's other victims, and that occasional 'sneaker' became tangled in Valuev's tree trunk arms.. I had it 6 - 5 - 1,.. a draw at best for Ruiz. Larry Donald on the other hand,..now he, ...he was fucken ROBBED, he were truelly arse-raped by the typical Sauerland setup, he made the ogre cry, and could not miss with his right hand, could not miss.
