Donovan Ruddock

Donovan "Razor" Ruddock ( born December 12, 1963 in St. Catherine, Jamaica ) is a retired Canadian heavyweight boxer of Jamaican origin. He is often known only by the name Razor Ruddock.

Professional career

Ruddock was 1982 professional and punched initially cautious, he won only against three of his first nine opponents by knockout. Against David Jaco in the tenth battle he suffered an asthma attack and gave up the fight. Although he could end up in his fourteenth fight against getting on in years previous world champion Mike Weaver just one point victory, it nevertheless succeeded gradually in the sequence, to use his clout in the ring effectively.

On 2 July 1989, he won early against James " Bonecrusher " Smith, what was Mike Tyson in 1987 did not succeed. The 1990 KO against Michael Dokes with his special punch, the left hook was so devastating that many well-known journalists, they were afraid that Dokes was dead.

In 1991, he scored twice on Mike Tyson, who had sensationally lost his world title to Buster Douglas in the year. It should be the most famous fights of his career. In the first encounter Ruddock was indeed beaten by Tyson in the second and third rounds to the ground, yet the battle of referee Richard Steele was canceled too early in the seventh round by the prevailing opinion. Thus, a rematch was scheduled, Tyson won on points. This fight was extremely controversial, Ruddock had to go back twice to the ground (in the second and fourth round ), as well as a point for hitting after the broadcast he was deducted. Tyson even lost three points for fouls and low blows.

In the fighting Ruddock showed that he had a good chin and was in top shape with about 105 kg, but he did not have the boxing skills resources to investigate auszupunkten or at least with his hook to catch clean and knock out Tyson. Ruddock won after each prematurely against Greg Page and the undefeated Phil Jackson.

After Tyson in 1992 had to begin his sentence and beaten Evander Holyfield and Buster Douglas had defended the title against veteran George Foreman and Larry Holmes, among other things, it came to an agreed mini- tournament with Holyfield, Riddick Bowe, Lennox Lewis and Ruddock. The winners of the semifinals should compete against each other, Ruddock was generally regarded as slight favorites against Bowe, Lewis and Holyfield.

Ruddock had committed a new coach with Floyd Patterson and was formed in 1992 as the 2-1 favorite in the fight against Lewis. He started the fight in the first round carefully with the jab. However, Lewis met fully with his right hand and beat Ruddock had heavily to the ground. The bell saved him, but after he had to go back twice to the ground in the second round, the fight was in favor of Lewis' canceled.

Ruddock then paused for some time and then fought in 1995 against Tommy Morrison. He had Morrison in the first round at the bottom, a direct hit by Morrison's left hook but was caught later and went KO.

Later he had his career with a series of victories finish against unknown opponents. An offer against Vitali Klitschko to fight the WBO World Championship in 2000, he had to cancel due to medical problems. As a substitute Chris Byrd was committed. In 2001, he finally ended his career.