The_budweiser Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 LAS VEGAS (April 29, 2011) – Two-time World Boxing Association (“WBA”) heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz is enjoying retirement by spending time with his family in Las Vegas, but he is also staying involved in boxing in terms of the opening of his boxing gym in the Boston area, as well as starting a consulting agency, “Quietman Sports,” along with his longtime attorney and advisor, Boston Attorney Anthony M. Cardinale. The 39-year-old Ruiz, who retired from the ring a year ago, had a 44-9-1 (30 KOs) career record and fought in 12 world title fights. In late May, Ruiz is opening a multi-fight gym – boxing, MMA and wrestling – named “Quietman Sports Gym,,” inside of Gold’s Gym in Medford (4000 Mystic Valley Parkway), which is a suburb of Boston only a few miles from where Ruiz grew-up in Chelsea. Read More: http://ringnews24.com//index.php/blog/35-demo-content/20503-ruiz-comfortable-in-retirement-staying-involved-in-boxing.html#ixzz1Kvs7wX6l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman370 Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 good for him. there are many reasons why he shouldn't come back and this should help stave off the usual boxers return to the ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Good to see him happy in retirement as I don't want to see him competing in a boxing ring again.(I get enough sleep as it is) Good he's passing on his boxing knowledge to youngsters - though that may mean a whole new generation of huggers. grin// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoner Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Good to see he's happy in retirement. We can knock Ruiz for his boring style etc but one thing we can't knock him for is his willingness to take on the best. Ruiz fought a whole host of modern day greats. If all boxers took challenges the way he did boxing would be so much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Good to see he's happy in retirement. We can knock Ruiz for his boring style etc but one thing we can't knock him for is his willingness to take on the best. Ruiz fought a whole host of modern day greats. If all boxers took challenges the way he did boxing would be so much better. He took on the best? O_o Theirs a long line of top names from 1996-2010 that he missed...both Klitschko's, Tyson, Lewis etc... He was Don King's boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoner Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Good to see he's happy in retirement. We can knock Ruiz for his boring style etc but one thing we can't knock him for is his willingness to take on the best. Ruiz fought a whole host of modern day greats. If all boxers took challenges the way he did boxing would be so much better. He took on the best? O_o Theirs a long line of top names from 1996-2010 that he missed...both Klitschko's, Tyson, Lewis etc... He was Don King's boy He fought a lot of other good fighters though: Tua, Holyfield (x3), Rahman, Toney, Valuev, Chagaev, Haye. Nobody fights everybody and very few fight "most" good fighters. Ruiz definitely fought "most" of the better fighters out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 A very faded Holyfield who had just lost to Lewis Even if you go to just good opponents you're missing a bunch there (I think me and Rob have had this conversation before) such as Grant, Briggs etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 A very faded Holyfield who had just lost to Lewis Even if you go to just good opponents you're missing a bunch there (I think me and Rob have had this conversation before) such as Grant, Briggs etc. That was regarding Wlad Klitschko and the names missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donlevy Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Ruiz was actually Lewis's mandatory at one point,and Lewis vacated the title because of it.Not that I'm suggesting that Lewis was somehow blatantly avoiding him,but he is the reason that fight never took place. I think those other fights not happening were the result of King and his control of atleast a half of the heavyweight title picture.Don't believe either Byrd or Ruiz fought many fighters that King didn't have some control over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 A very faded Holyfield who had just lost to Lewis Even if you go to just good opponents you're missing a bunch there (I think me and Rob have had this conversation before) such as Grant, Briggs etc. That was regarding Wlad Klitschko and the names missing. Did we not have one about Ruiz's durability and how he avoided punchers between Tua and Haye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Ruiz was actually Lewis's mandatory at one point,and Lewis vacated the title because of it.Not that I'm suggesting that Lewis was somehow blatantly avoiding him,but he is the reason that fight never took place. I think those other fights not happening were the result of King and his control of atleast a half of the heavyweight title picture.Don't believe either Byrd or Ruiz fought many fighters that King didn't have some control over. Lewis didn't want to deal with King IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Lewis didn't want to deal with King IIRC. Yeah, he'd faced Tony Tucker and few other King fighters, but King was a big hold up to getting LL-Holy set up in the first place, and once LOL had had to beat Holy TWICE because of the so called "Draw", then it was certainly understandable that he'd swing clear of DKP fighters after that. I dock Lewis NO POINTS for never facing "Ordinary Jahwny". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 A very faded Holyfield who had just lost to Lewis Even if you go to just good opponents you're missing a bunch there (I think me and Rob have had this conversation before) such as Grant, Briggs etc. That was regarding Wlad Klitschko and the names missing. Did we not have one about Ruiz's durability and how he avoided punchers between Tua and Haye? Yes, I think we probably did. grin// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoner Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Lots of guys don't fight every guy out there for whatever reason. I would probably think most fans would be happy to see a guy fight around 60-75% of other very good fighters. So in say 20 fights, he might have 6 or 7 tune ups. Ruiz might not have fought Lewis, Tyson, Briggs etc but he did fight 7 or 8 other very competent fighters. I give him the benefit of the doubt. But, i was by no way a fan or anything of his. But, was nice to see him challenging some kind of level of decent opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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