haye v ruiz april 3rd manchester

[whicker]

It will be interesting to see how public appeal for the fighters is shown by the attendence at this event. A British heavyweight champion defending his title- SHOULD fill the MEN -Barrera could.

[MacTavish]

They need a good undercard for this...

[TheCobra]

I think personally the good people of Manchester will go for this big time, London can be one of those vast places where there are so many events on that it seems hard for people to get truly up for things. Manchester and cities like it (Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool etc) are sports mad cities, you put David Haye on in any of those and it will sell out an arena no probs in my opinion. A good undercard will obviously boost this, but a british heavyweight world champ pretty much sells itself, I'll be going if this is true.

[Alba]

any Update on this ?

[leforge]

Annoucement tomorrow for Haye according to Buncey!

[Finn]

well im poised and ready to take 3 tickets, I think he will fill the MEN the, undercard is likely to be fairly good as well.

[leforge]

Press conference in Manchester tomorrow so there it is.

[damianhucker1]

im so hoping that the date is wrong ....... ive got a white collar show the same date , my show is due to be 5pm till 9 pm for travel reasons for some lads , maybe i can somehow tag on hayes fight to the end of the show . aaaaarrrrrrgggghhhh

[Alba]

Press conference in Manchester tomorrow so there it is.

how do you know this ,if you dont mind me asking ?

[Poncey]

Press conference in Manchester tomorrow so there it is.

how do you know this ,if you dont mind me asking ?

haye's myspace page.

[leforge]

Actually Buncey show last night. It says on myspace sky box office.

[15829]

only half hour away for me cant wait for this one now

[leforge]

To far away for me as its Easter weekend.

[Poncey]

Actually Buncey show last night. It says on myspace sky box office.

..and that it's MEN.

[Poncey]

Because effing Star Wars is already booked at the O2 and UFC have reserved the 10th.

[bennie]

David Haye’s mandatory defence of his WBA heavyweight title against former two-time champion John Ruiz looks set for Manchester’s MEN Arena on April 3.
Haye, a former outstanding cruiserweight, won the heavyweight title in Germany just two months ago – and only a year after moving up - by outscoring Russian monster Nikolai Valuev. Haye proved too quick and slick for the man dubbed “The Beast from the East” (along with a hundred other tags) but it was a tepid affair, with Haye, conscious of an early injured right hand and Valuev’s vast size and weight (or worse, his own questionable stamina), only opening up in the last round when he staggered the 7ft 2ins giant with a left hook.
For the neutrals and for those willing Haye on, it was too little, too late, which is why we want Haye to really go for it this time against American veteran Ruiz, a 38-year-old spoiler who needs to be blown away before he makes Haye look bad. Ruiz goes by the bizarre tag of “The Quiet Man”, which triggers visions of the longest fight scene in Hollywood history between John Wayne and Victor McLaglen in the rolling Irish countryside, but believe me, Ruiz would only indulge in similar rumbustious, drawn-out scenes if plenty of “clinches” were choreographed into them.
Never great to watch, call him “a stinker”, Ruiz first won the WBA title (with Haye still an amateur) when he outscored a fading Evander Holyfield back in 2000, a man he would ultimately maul with three times (losing, winning and then drawing). Ruiz, the first man of Puerto Rican descent to ever hold a ‘world’ heavyweight belt, lost it to Florida hot-shot Roy Jones Jnr on an upset decision in 2003. Jones was moving all the way up from light-heavyweight and proved too quick and smart, shades of Haye-Valuev. Frankly, the fight was lost at the weigh-in when Ruiz turned up in puple-coloured attire more suited to Quentin Crisp than a fighter; then came his performance, his non-performance.
Mentally, Ruiz looked a beaten fighter long before the first bell, and nice-guy Haye has proved surprisingly outstanding in the inevitable trash-talk that pervade the pre-fight scene these days. It is all baloney, of course, but Ruiz fights like he is unsure of himself and history tells us he is unsure of himself. Haye will prey on that. Ruiz survived two knockdowns to barely outpoint the equally flaky Andrew Golota in 2004 in his second spell as WBA champ (after Jones had dropped back down to light-heav). Golota is a man who simply cannot handle the pressure of a big fight, so it shows you what he thought of the fight with Ruiz – nothing.
Ruiz continued to live on his luck when he was outpointed by the chubby (if clever) James Toney for the title in 2005 but remained champ when Toney subsequently tested positive for steroids (Ruiz, for sedation). He finally lost it to that man Valuev, who looked slower than a snowman against Haye, and then lost a second time to him in an attempt to win it back. Both Valuev fights were sufficiently close, if not sufficiently exciting, to warrant Ruiz’s mandatory status in one of the weakest heavyweight boxing eras ever.
Thankfully, Haye adds real excitment to the era, real class. He is quick, heavy handed, charismatic, fit and willing - he wants to fight, which is something rarely said about the challenger, a pro since 1992. The much younger Haye needs to jump on him, deny him the usual chance to jab, clinch and frustrate. It is not as though the occasionally fragile Londoner has to worry about anything coming back this time. Ruiz, who has fought six times in Britain before (all typically forgettable wins), is no banger.
Haye smashes the light-hitting, awkward, all-out-of-luck Ruiz inside four rounds.

[leforge]

Star wars wtf?

[Alba]

Press conference in Manchester tomorrow so there it is.

how do you know this ,if you dont mind me asking ?

haye's myspace page.

there is nowt in the media about it.

[Poncey]

there is nowt in the media about it.

Person that deals with David's PR on these sites is shit hot and won't piss bout. If it says it, it's true.

[Spud]

Press Conference in Manchester on Monday at 12.30 at The Raddison.

[Finn]

Press Conference in Manchester on Monday at 12.30 at The Raddison.

Is Ruiz coming across for that, do you know?

O/T, I have a good shagging story about that hotel; if it is the one across from Bridgewater Hall. But that is for another day.

Me too! wait your real name isnt enrique is it? you rocked my world!!!

[Spud]

Press Conference in Manchester on Monday at 12.30 at The Raddison.

Is Ruiz coming across for that, do you know?

O/T, I have a good shagging story about that hotel; if it is the one across from Bridgewater Hall. But that is for another day.

Yes both fighters will be there - the venue and the undercard will be announced - not many surprises!!!

[Alba]

Press Conference in Manchester on Monday at 12.30 at The Raddison.

Is Ruiz coming across for that, do you know?

O/T, I have a good shagging story about that hotel; if it is the one across from Bridgewater Hall. But that is for another day.

Yes both fighters will be there - the venue and the undercard will be announced - not many surprises!!!

spud ,how do you know this? do you work for hayemaker/GBp

[Spud]

Nope.

The information is reliable.

Newly-crowned WBA world heavyweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye and challenger John ‘The Quiet Man’ Ruiz will discuss their upcoming heavyweight title clash at a news conference in Manchester on Tuesday, January 26.

The press conference will take place at the Radisson Edwardian hotel in Manchester city centre and commence from 12.30 PM.

Champion and challenger will reveal full details of their title showdown and also be available for one-on-one interviews.

[alexpaterson]

Haye should win this one handily, beat Ruiz to the punch similiar to what Jones did catch him before he can set his feet and move winning widely on points or maybe even forcing a stoppage late