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As far as title claimants go Bruce Seldon is very conspicuous in his absence from this, or any other listing of poor heavyweight champs. I'd also probably place Tony Tucker on one too.
Good call! Emanuel Stewart once said that Bruce Seldon was physically the best heavy he ever coached. He was a great sprinter, weightlifter and the like. He could not handle the bright lights. I saw Oliver McCall eat him alive about 5 years before Seldon became a brief paper champion.
I thought Tucker had nice ability but was past his prime by the time he was champ.
Ruiz, though I like him, belongs on the list. I think he would have had serious issues with most of the heavies from the 80's because they all had decent movement. Ruiz is too heavy on his front leg and fighters like Tubbs, Page, Carl Williams, Holmes, Spinks, Dokes, and Berbick would have employed similar styles as Jones and Toney did to box to fairly one-sided wins. Ruiz also takes alot of righthands from the outside, Witherspoon would have knocked his head off with his looping right.
MJ
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