Ruiz, John

John Ruiz
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Born: 4-Jan-1972
USA
Number of Weight Divisions in which boxer was a World Champion: 1

John Ruiz - Title Statistics

CHAMPION
OPPONENT
TOTAL
7
5
WBA
7
5
WBC
0
0
IBF
0
0
WBO
0
0

Fights' Stats

World Boxing Association
Heavyweight
2010-04-03
HAYE David
RUIZ John
Technical Knockout 9/12
Manchester, United Kingdom
2008-08-30
VALUEV Nikolay
RUIZ John
Split Decision 12/12
Berlin, Germany
Nikolay Valuev won vacant heavyweight title after WBA decided to make Ruslan Chagaev champion in recess.
2005-12-17
VALUEV Nikolay
RUIZ John
Majority Decision 12/12
Berlin, Germany
2005-04-30
RUIZ John
TONEY James
No Decision 12/12
New York, USA
2004-11-13
RUIZ John
GOLOTA Andrew
Unanimous Decision 12/12
New York, USA
2004-04-17
RUIZ John
OQUENDO Fres
Technical Knockout 11/12
New York, USA
2003-12-13
RUIZ John
(interim champion)
RAHMAN Hasim
Unanimous Decision 12/12
Atlantic City, USA
John Ruiz was upgrated to regular WBA heavyweight champion after Roy Jones relinquished the title and went down to light heavyweight division.
2003-03-01
JONES Roy
RUIZ John
Unanimous Decision 12/12
Las Vegas, USA
2002-07-27
RUIZ John
JOHNSON Kirk
Disqualification 10/12
Las Vegas, USA
2001-12-15
RUIZ John
HOLYFIELD Evander
Points 12/12
Mashantucket, USA
The bout was a draw and John Ruiz retained his belt.
2001-03-03
RUIZ John
HOLYFIELD Evander
Unanimous Decision 12/12
Las Vegas, USA
2000-08-12
HOLYFIELD Evander
RUIZ John
Unanimous Decision 12/12
Las Vegas, USA
Evander Holyfield captured vacant WBA heavyweight title after WBA stripped Lennox Lewis of the title because he refused to fight the WBA's top challenger.