He beat NO ONE to deserve this fight. Ruiz is pushing 40 and gets fights on his name alone. When's the last time he looked impressive? When he fought Roy Jones 10 years ago? Oh wait, he already looked like a bum by that point.
As for Valuev, that cant be taken seriously b/c in his *previous* fight, he was clearly beaten by an Evander Holyfield who is pushing FIFTY years old, lol. Evander clearly won 7 rounds in maybe the worst fight for a belt in heavyweight history - neither guy able to throw an even half decent punch. But that Evander was robbed is uncontroversial, maybe you can check it out on Youtube, Valuev was already well-finished by then. Obviously a safe opponent for Haye to Cherry Pick. Maybe not if it was the Valuev of several years ago of course, but that's not who this big guy was. As for his other two fights, Barret and Harrison, well...I shouldnt even have to comment, agree? He made good money for Valuev and Valuev *did* have a belt, since he robbed Holy, so I don't blame Haye for taking that fight, but his other three are obvious cherry picks. There were plenty of true tests for him that he avoided, guys that would have loved to fight him, had bigger names (and more money for him) than the other three guys he fought and he avoided them in obvious fashion. Arreola, Adamek, Peter, Povietkin, even Eddie Chambers or Tony the Tiger would have been much better fights any way you look at them. Everything about his move to heavy was obviously for the big money fight with Wvlad. In fact Wvlad was the FIRST heavy weight he called out to fight and did so in person at some event Wvlad was at. Not blaming him for his money-making strategy, just pointing it out. He's all hype and will be no match for Wvlad at all. I'll give you Haye at whatever SBR has him at (I think +165 or so) for 100 points, want it? EDIT: Just noticed you're not a "pro" so that means you can't transfer pionts, right? I don't pay close attention these days....nevermind that then