Retired two-time World heavyweight champion John Ruiz becomes a MMA and Boxing promot

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As he prepares to officially launch the new American Fighting Organization (AFO), two-time World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John "The Quietman" Ruiz has become New England's newest combat sports promoter.AFO will promote amateur and professional mixed martial arts and boxing events, as well as promote MMA fighters and boxers, starting in January with an amateur MMA tournament in various weight classes to determine the best in New England."We are going to put on the best shows in New England," Ruiz promised.* "I'm investing a lot of money to promote events and fighters, in addition to putting on great MMA and boxing shows for fans."

 

 

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[gavpowell]

Re: Retired two-time World heavyweight champion John Ruiz becomes a MMA and Boxing pr

 

Good luck to him.

[davemurphy]

Re: Retired two-time World heavyweight champion John Ruiz becomes a MMA and Boxing pr

 

It's a bit bizarre in that most of the fighters who've tried their hand at promoting in the past have been fighters with charisma/dynamic personality. Neither of those describe Ruiz. In fact, our friend Ice Man Scully told me about a party he had once where Ruiz was one of his guests and sat on the living room floor for like six hours and didn't say six words the entire time, and apparently it made everyone at the party kind of uneasy. Is that the guy who's going to sell anybody on a fight by power of persuasion? Probably not.