David Haye vs. John Ruiz, billed as Lord Of The Ring, was a professional boxing match contested on 3 April 2010, for the WBA Heavyweight championship.

[2][3] Ruiz claimed that he would change his usual jab and grab style saying that "You're going to see the old Ruiz, boxing and punching,"[4] This was the first Heavyweight title bout in the UK for a decade since Lennox Lewis stopped Francois Botha in 2000 and the first ever in Manchester.

Ruiz was aiming to join Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield, and Lennox Lewis as the only boxers ever to win a heavyweight title on three or more occasions.

The referee, Guillermo Perez Pineda, docked Haye a point before giving Ruiz an eight-count.

Following his win Haye was again linked with the Klitschko brothers,[8][9] however he opted to face Audley Harrison,[10] after rejecting interest from Bernard Hopkins[11] and Evander Holyfield.