John Ruiz (The Quietman) is a 52-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former heavyweight world champion. In a career spanning 17 years, 7 months, and 14 days, Ruiz amassed a record of 44-9-1, which includes 30 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.
John Ruiz was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S. on January 4, 1972. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on August 20, 1992 against Kevin Parker. Ruiz defeated Parker via 4-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Ruiz got his first shot at a world title at the age of 28 after 39 professional fights. On August 12, 2000 Ruiz challenged Evander Holyfield's WBA heavyweight title but lost via 12-round unanimous decision.
In his next fight, he got another shot at the heavyweight WBA (vacant) title. This time he defeated Holyfield via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.
Ruiz' last fight was a 9th-round TKO loss to David Haye at age 38, on April 3, 2010, in which he was fighting for the WBA heavyweight title.
Some of John Ruiz' best fights have been against Evander Holyfield (HOFer), Kirk Johnson, Tony Tucker, Andrew Golota, Hasim Rahman, Jameel McCline, and Julius Francis. For a complete list of Ruiz' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of John Ruiz".
Ruiz has 9 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "John Ruiz Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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55 | Apr 03, 2010 | 38 |
David Haye 29 23-1 | loss | TKO 9 |
54 | Nov 07, 2009 | 37 | Adnan Serin | win | TKO 7 |
53 | Aug 30, 2008 | 36 |
Nikolai Valuev 35 48-1 | loss | UD 12 |
52 | Mar 08, 2008 | 36 |
Jameel McCline 37 38-8-3 | win | UD 12 |
51 | Oct 13, 2007 | 35 | Otis Tisdale | win | TKO 2 |
50 | Nov 18, 2006 | 34 |
Ruslan Chagaev 28 21-0-1 | loss | SD 12 |
49 | Dec 17, 2005 | 33 |
Nikolai Valuev 32 42-0 | loss | MD 12 |
48 | Apr 30, 2005 | 33 |
James Toney 36 68-4-2 | nc | NA
|
47 | Nov 13, 2004 | 32 |
Andrew Golota 36 38-4-1 | win | UD 12 |
46 | Apr 17, 2004 | 32 | Fres Oquendo | win | TKO 11 |
45 | Dec 13, 2003 | 31 |
Hasim Rahman 31 35-4-1 | win | UD 12 |
44 | Mar 01, 2003 | 31 |
Roy Jones Jr. 34 47-1 | loss | UD 12 |
43 | Jul 27, 2002 | 30 |
Kirk Johnson 30 32-0-1 | win | DQ 10 |
42 | Dec 15, 2001 | 29 |
Evander Holyfield 39 37-5-1 | draw | SD 12 |
41 | Mar 03, 2001 | 29 |
Evander Holyfield 38 37-4-1 | win | UD 12 |
40 | Aug 12, 2000 | 28 |
Evander Holyfield 37 36-4-1 | loss | UD 12 |
39 | Dec 11, 1999 | 27 | Thomas Williams | win | TKO 2 |
38 | Jun 12, 1999 | 27 | Fernely Feliz | win | TKO 7 |
37 | Mar 13, 1999 | 27 | Mario Cawley | win | TKO 4 |
36 | Sep 19, 1998 | 26 | Jerry Ballard | win | TKO 4 |
35 | Jan 31, 1998 | 26 |
Tony Tucker 39 56-6 | win | TKO 11 |
34 | Jun 17, 1997 | 25 | Ray Anis | win | TKO 1 |
33 | Jan 14, 1997 | 25 | Jimmy Thunder | win | SD 12 |
32 | Nov 26, 1996 | 24 | Yuriy Yelistratov | win | TKO 3 |
31 | Oct 25, 1996 | 24 | Nathaniel Fitch | win | TKO 3 |
30 | Jul 18, 1996 | 24 | Greg Pickrom | win | TKO 1 |
29 | Jun 06, 1996 | 24 | Doug Davis | win | TKO 6 |
28 | Mar 15, 1996 | 24 |
David Tua 23 22-0 | loss | KO 1 |
27 | Oct 07, 1995 | 23 | Steve Pannell | win | TKO 4 |
26 | Aug 24, 1995 | 23 | Willie Jackson | win | KO 1 |
25 | Jun 16, 1995 | 23 | Derrick Roddy | win | KO 2 |
24 | May 17, 1995 | 23 | Michael Murray | win | TKO 4 |
23 | Mar 30, 1995 | 23 | Jack Basting | win | TKO 1 |
22 | Feb 04, 1995 | 23 | Boris Powell | win | UD 10 |
21 | Oct 01, 1994 | 22 | Rick Sullivan | win | KO 2 |
20 | Aug 04, 1994 | 22 | Danell Nicholson | loss | SD 12 |
19 | Jun 25, 1994 | 22 | Muhammad Askai | win | TKO 2 |
18 | May 25, 1994 | 22 |
Julius Francis 29 6-0 | win | KO 4 |
17 | Nov 27, 1993 | 21 | Carl Williams | win | PTS 6 |
16 | Nov 03, 1993 | 21 | Cordwell Hylton | win | PTS 6 |
15 | Aug 12, 1993 | 21 | Sergei Kobozev | loss | SD 10 |
14 | Jun 25, 1993 | 21 | Exum Speight | win | UD 8 |
13 | Apr 30, 1993 | 21 | George Chambers | win | KO 1 |
12 | Apr 16, 1993 | 21 | Mark Sonnier | win | TKO 1 |
11 | Apr 03, 1993 | 21 | Juan Quintana | win | PTS 6 |
10 | Mar 20, 1993 | 21 | Lorenzo Poole | win | KO 1 |
9 | Mar 05, 1993 | 21 | Derrick Jones | win | TKO 1 |
8 | Feb 20, 1993 | 21 | Phil Prince | win | KO 1 |
7 | Jan 30, 1993 | 21 | Miguel Rosa | win | TKO 2 |
6 | Jan 16, 1993 | 21 | John Basil Jackson | win | PTS 6 |
5 | Dec 10, 1992 | 20 | Jesus Rohena | win | TKO 1 |
4 | Nov 13, 1992 | 20 | John Basil Jackson | win | PTS 6 |
3 | Nov 03, 1992 | 20 | Barry Kirton | win | TKO 2 |
2 | Sep 12, 1992 | 20 | Mike Vasser | win | KO 1 |
1 | Aug 20, 1992 | 20 | Kevin Parker | win | UD 4 |