NUREMBERG, Germany LAS VEGAS (November 7,
2009) – Two-time World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion
John “The Quietman” Ruiz did exactly what he was supposed to do tonight
in Germany, stopping former IBU title-holder Adnan “Aachen Assassin”
Serin, to set the stage for a 2010 world title fight against new WBA
champion David “Hayemaker” Haye.
WBA No. 1 contender Ruiz (44-8-1, 29 KOs) had agreed with the promoters
for defending champion Nicolai Valuev and challenger Haye to “step
aside” as the WBA “Official Challenger." Ruiz, provided he defeated
Serin (19-11-1, 7 KOs), was guaranteed a title bout against the
Valuev-Haye winner by the end of May, 2010. Haye defeated Valuev by a
12-round majority decision.
Ruiz, the first and only world heavyweight champion of Latino heritage,
fought for the first time in 14 months and at his lightest weight (226)
in six years. Fighting for the first time with head trainer/cutman
Miguel Diaz in his corner, Ruiz displayed a much more aesthetically
pleasing, aggressive style – no holding, clutching or grabbing.
Ruiz outclassed Serin from the opening bell until Serin’s corner threw
in the towel at 1:34 of the seventh round. John came out strong, using a
stiff jab to set-up punishing rights to Serin’s body, but “The Quietman”
suffered a cut to his forehead, near the bridge of his nose, from an
apparent head-butt in the fourth round. Ruiz picked up the pace, hurting
Serin in the sixth, and unloaded six straight damaging right hands to
Serin’s head, leading to an 8-count in the seventh. Four more rights
resulted in the referee halting the action, after a towel was thrown
into the ring from Serin’s cornerman. Published on WBAN.
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