10-24-2016, 04:22 PM
DUCO MATCHMAKER FIRES BACK
You know what .. Bob refers to the fact that his matchmakers Bruce Trampler & Bobby Goodman both tell him that Ruiz stands a good chance of beating Parker - so he believes it? I will start by saying Bruce Trampler in my opinion is the most credentialed matchmaker in the sport - someone I respect and aspire to be like .. Bobby Goodman is well credentialed and respected also .. But on this occasion they got it wrong. Does Ruiz stand a chance - of course he does - it is the heavyweight division and one punch can change everything .. but now lets take a look at the facts.
In Ruiz's last outing he faced 41yo Franklin Lawrence and couldn't put him away winning the fight on points. Where was the hand speed and power they are talking about in this fight? He came in soft looking @ 252lbs and gassed out half way through the fight. A younger opponent with better skills than Lawrence would have taken him out in the second half of this fight.
Now we take a look at 42 year old Josh Gormley, his fight prior to Lawrence in March this year. Josh's record didnt look so bad numerically 23W - 4L .. coming of 4 wins. Now lets take a closer look and you will see that the 4 wins Josh had notched up was against opponents with records of 3-17 / 2-16 / 4-23 & 3-15 .. hardly impressive wins for mine.. Prior to those 4 wins Josh was knocked out in the 3rd round by an opponent 13-12 .. when you consider Josh's 4 losses had come at the hands of ordinary opponents with records of 9-10 & 1-5 also - it paints a totally different picture about this win. Also consider in Josh's fight since he lost to Ruiz - he was KO'd by Travis Kauffman in the 2nd round - then you start to be able to measure this win by Ruiz.
Prior to these 2 fights - Ruiz fought 45 year old Ray Austin and 3 or 4 journeyman. His only 2 respectable wins were over Tor Hammer who I dont really rate and Joey Hanks who also lost to Derric Rossy in his next fight after Ruiz.
Now lets look at Joseph Parker's most recent fights. He fought 6'7 Dimitrenko (34 years old with a record of 38-2) in his last outing dropping him in the opening round - again in the 2nd round before stopping him in the 3rd. Prior to that he stopped Solomon Haumono who had much better credentials than Josh Gormley. Prior to that he defeated Carlos Takam who was in 3 of the 4 sanctioning bodies top 5 ratings and a feared credible opponent. Takam for mine beats Ruiz.
Joseph has a height & reach advantage over Ruiz - he is younger and has equally as good if not better hand speed than Ruiz. Ruiz fights better when he has 250lb on him to push his way around - watch his fights and this is clearly evident. For mine Parker has better demonstrated power than Ruiz also. Bob Arum was quoted as saying that Parker is slow last week in the media? Ruiz looks good when he is up against limited skilled opponents who stand in front of him. Have a closer look at who Ruiz has KO'd of late .. Gormley who I have already spoken about .. and 2 others 12-8 and 29-8? (and that is since 2013). Now lets look at who he couldn't put away in his most recent fights .. Zunbano Love whose record was 37-11 who had only won 3 of his last 6 outings .. and you guessed it - all 3 of those losses were by knock out! Joshua put him away in 2 rounds, Charles Martin knocked him out as did Eric Molina - yet Ruiz couldn't? Where was that power and hand speed in this fight? Another that Ruiz couldn't put away in his last 6 outings was Joel Godfrey 17W - 14L - 1D who had only won one fight in his last 6 outings. Again where was the power and hand speed on this occasion? Godfrey had already been KO'd twice - no excuses with this one either.
All this talk of Ruiz's hand speed and power amounts to nothing more than dressing mutton up to look like lamb. Ruiz is a tough credible foe make no mistakes about it - but talking him up isn't going to get him across the line with Joseph Parker. Look closely at the facts and I have Joseph as favorite in this one - he has fought better opponents than Ruiz - bigger - stronger - fitter and his recent form has been better. For mine his hand speed is equal to that of Ruiz if not better and as Ruiz will discover - he hits harder.
You know what .. Bob refers to the fact that his matchmakers Bruce Trampler & Bobby Goodman both tell him that Ruiz stands a good chance of beating Parker - so he believes it? I will start by saying Bruce Trampler in my opinion is the most credentialed matchmaker in the sport - someone I respect and aspire to be like .. Bobby Goodman is well credentialed and respected also .. But on this occasion they got it wrong. Does Ruiz stand a chance - of course he does - it is the heavyweight division and one punch can change everything .. but now lets take a look at the facts.
In Ruiz's last outing he faced 41yo Franklin Lawrence and couldn't put him away winning the fight on points. Where was the hand speed and power they are talking about in this fight? He came in soft looking @ 252lbs and gassed out half way through the fight. A younger opponent with better skills than Lawrence would have taken him out in the second half of this fight.
Now we take a look at 42 year old Josh Gormley, his fight prior to Lawrence in March this year. Josh's record didnt look so bad numerically 23W - 4L .. coming of 4 wins. Now lets take a closer look and you will see that the 4 wins Josh had notched up was against opponents with records of 3-17 / 2-16 / 4-23 & 3-15 .. hardly impressive wins for mine.. Prior to those 4 wins Josh was knocked out in the 3rd round by an opponent 13-12 .. when you consider Josh's 4 losses had come at the hands of ordinary opponents with records of 9-10 & 1-5 also - it paints a totally different picture about this win. Also consider in Josh's fight since he lost to Ruiz - he was KO'd by Travis Kauffman in the 2nd round - then you start to be able to measure this win by Ruiz.
Prior to these 2 fights - Ruiz fought 45 year old Ray Austin and 3 or 4 journeyman. His only 2 respectable wins were over Tor Hammer who I dont really rate and Joey Hanks who also lost to Derric Rossy in his next fight after Ruiz.
Now lets look at Joseph Parker's most recent fights. He fought 6'7 Dimitrenko (34 years old with a record of 38-2) in his last outing dropping him in the opening round - again in the 2nd round before stopping him in the 3rd. Prior to that he stopped Solomon Haumono who had much better credentials than Josh Gormley. Prior to that he defeated Carlos Takam who was in 3 of the 4 sanctioning bodies top 5 ratings and a feared credible opponent. Takam for mine beats Ruiz.
Joseph has a height & reach advantage over Ruiz - he is younger and has equally as good if not better hand speed than Ruiz. Ruiz fights better when he has 250lb on him to push his way around - watch his fights and this is clearly evident. For mine Parker has better demonstrated power than Ruiz also. Bob Arum was quoted as saying that Parker is slow last week in the media? Ruiz looks good when he is up against limited skilled opponents who stand in front of him. Have a closer look at who Ruiz has KO'd of late .. Gormley who I have already spoken about .. and 2 others 12-8 and 29-8? (and that is since 2013). Now lets look at who he couldn't put away in his most recent fights .. Zunbano Love whose record was 37-11 who had only won 3 of his last 6 outings .. and you guessed it - all 3 of those losses were by knock out! Joshua put him away in 2 rounds, Charles Martin knocked him out as did Eric Molina - yet Ruiz couldn't? Where was that power and hand speed in this fight? Another that Ruiz couldn't put away in his last 6 outings was Joel Godfrey 17W - 14L - 1D who had only won one fight in his last 6 outings. Again where was the power and hand speed on this occasion? Godfrey had already been KO'd twice - no excuses with this one either.
All this talk of Ruiz's hand speed and power amounts to nothing more than dressing mutton up to look like lamb. Ruiz is a tough credible foe make no mistakes about it - but talking him up isn't going to get him across the line with Joseph Parker. Look closely at the facts and I have Joseph as favorite in this one - he has fought better opponents than Ruiz - bigger - stronger - fitter and his recent form has been better. For mine his hand speed is equal to that of Ruiz if not better and as Ruiz will discover - he hits harder.