Two Dice Boxing

David Haye retained the WBA Heavyweight title against John Ruiz at the M.E.N arena in Manchester with a stoppage in the ninth round.

The aggressive and agile Haye dominated the early rounds and landed excellent body combinations which had Ruiz confused and unable to respond to what amounted to an endless barrage of hooks and uppercuts from Haye much to the delight of the 18,000 in attendance.

Ruiz deployed effective counter punching yet didn’t have the power to rock Haye and ultimately led to his downfall by coming forward to press the action only to get sent to the floor on numerous occasions.

Ruiz was knocked down twice in the first round, which saw Haye getting a point deducted for a rabbit punch to Ruiz.

The time of the stoppage was 2.01 in round 9 in which Ruiz's corner saw him unfit to continue and threw in the towel to halt the bout.

“I've had three British fights of the year up till now; I'm always in good fights so if I've got more in the tank at middleweight it should make for an interesting next few years”

This week, I caught up with Manchester fighter and ex-European light middleweight champion Jamie Moore, who is looking to bounce back from a defeat last October and make a serious impact in doing so at middleweight for the first time. He gave me the lowdown on his current status, what he's looking to do next and some of his enduring memories from the fight game...