Britain's David Haye retained his WBA heavyweight title against John Ruiz in style with an exciting ninth round stoppage in ManchesterThe "Hayemaker", making his first title defence, came out blazing at the MEN Arena and had the 38-year-old mandatory challenger on the canvas twice in the opening round. Ruiz, who has held the belt twice, went down on his knees twice more in the following rounds before his corner threw in the towel for Panamanian referee Guillermo Perez to stop the contest after two minutes and a second of the ninth.