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Ruiz loses heavyweight title to Russian giant
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=sportsNews&storyid=2005-12-18T022526Z_01_SPI80 ^
| Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:25 AM GMT
| Erik Kirschbaum
Posted on 12/17/2005 11:55:25 PM PST by RusIvan
BERLIN (Reuters) - Nikolai Valuev won the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title with a controversial majority decision over American John Ruiz on Saturday to become the first Russian champion in boxing's most glamorous division.
Ruiz's bitterly disappointed manager, Norman Stone, grabbed the title belt away from Valuev after the fight and ran around the ring holding it over his head until five ring bodyguards forcibly took it back.
Two of the judges put Valuev ahead of the defending champion at the end of the 12-round fight, scoring it 116-114 and 116-113 for the Russian who is known as the "Beast of the East" for his towering size and formidable weight advantage in every fight.
The third judge had both Valuev and Ruiz even at 114 in the first heavyweight title fight ever held in Berlin.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: boxing; champion; sport
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posted on
12/17/2005 11:55:26 PM PST
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RusIvan
To: RusIvan
Ruiz's bitterly disappointed manager, Norman Stone, grabbed the title belt away from Valuev after the fight and ran around the ring holding it over his head until five ring bodyguards forcibly took it back.
Oh goodness, what a bad display, no wonder they hate all Americans /sarcasm
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posted on
12/18/2005 12:00:38 AM PST
by
GeronL
(1678 computer infections and still Freeping!!!)
To: sergey1973; lizol; A. Pole; Lukasz; vox_PL; twinself; nativeRussian; jb6; Mazepa; GarySpFc; ...
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posted on
12/18/2005 12:02:09 AM PST
by
RusIvan
("THINK!" the motto of IBM)
To: GeronL
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posted on
12/18/2005 12:02:50 AM PST
by
RusIvan
("THINK!" the motto of IBM)
To: GeronL
Champion of the Month.
Boxing hasn't had a real champ since Mike Tyson was KOed by Buster Douglas.
To: RusIvan
Valuev, who is 2.13 metre (7ft) and 147 kg (324lbs)
To: Troublemaker
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posted on
12/18/2005 12:36:25 AM PST
by
Alter Kaker
(Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one’s nose.-Heine)
To: iPod Shuffle
Lennox Lewis was champ for almost 8 years...
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posted on
12/18/2005 12:43:36 AM PST
by
kajingawd
(" happy with stone underhead, let Heaven and Earth go about their changes")
To: RusIvan
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
12/18/2005 2:16:26 AM PST
by
NMR Guy
To: Alter Kaker
You could hit that guy with a sledghammer and you would have to go out and buy a new sledgehammer. Plus the fight photos ar freaky. Who's the the Travis Bickle mohawk guy in the audience?
To: RusIvan
Remember how when Ali was champ he always proclaimed he was the prettiest? Well this guys family tree hasn't evolved since cro magnum days.
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posted on
12/18/2005 2:38:41 AM PST
by
Joe Boucher
(an enemy of islam)
To: RusIvan
Boxing or WWE?
We knew Heavyweight "Champion" John Ruiz was a joke...but now Don King has decided the only opponent people will watch is a wrestling castoff. Nikolai Valuev is 7-foot, 330-pounds.
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posted on
12/18/2005 2:42:58 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(Giving power and money to Congress is like giving liquor and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rour)
To: RusIvan
To: kajingawd
Lennox Lewis was champ for almost 8 years...I was about to say...
Seriously, boxing is such a joke these days I had no idea, nor did I care, who was heavyweight champ. The days of Ali are long gone.
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posted on
12/18/2005 2:46:39 AM PST
by
ABG(anybody but Gore)
(If Liberals had as much passion for our troops as they do for Tookie, the war would be over...)
To: Troublemaker
Valuev, who is 2.13 metre (7ft) and 147 kg (324lbs)>>>>>>>>
And UUUUggggLLEEEE!!!!!!!!! He should star in the next remake of beauty and the beast, uh, on second thought, he is too ugly to be a beast.
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posted on
12/18/2005 3:19:38 AM PST
by
RipSawyer
(Acceptance of irrational thinking is expanding exponentiallly.)
To: RusIvan
Ruiz, your papers.......now!
We will send your mammie back
To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
Agree. Ali was the "Greatest" boxer. Too bad he embraced Islam-a cult of death and racism.
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posted on
12/18/2005 3:37:30 AM PST
by
MrLee
To: NMR Guy
or this:
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posted on
12/18/2005 3:47:50 AM PST
by
zeebee
To: Troublemaker
7 foot 2 inches, I read yesterday..... not that it matters much
;-)
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posted on
12/18/2005 3:49:04 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Murtha: Redeployment - What .......Surrender? --- Victory is not a strategy.)
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