John Ruiz

Career, Record, Stats
John Ruiz

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.

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LEGEND

John Ruiz' Boxing Career

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".

John Ruiz' Boxing Record

Total Fights
54
Wins
44
Losses
9
Draws
1
KO Wins
30
KO Losses
2
Title Fights
11
Title-Fight Wins
4
Title Defenses
3
Title-Fight KOs
1
Title-Fight Dec.
3
Undisputed
0
# Date Age Opponent Res Via
55
Apr 03, 2010 38 David Haye David Haye 29 23-1
loss
TKO
9
54
Nov 07, 2009 37 generic fighter pic Adnan Serin
win
TKO
7
53
Aug 30, 2008 36 Nikolai Valuev Nikolai Valuev 35 48-1
loss
UD
12
52
Mar 08, 2008 36 Jameel McCline Jameel McCline 37 38-8-3
win
UD
12
51
Oct 13, 2007 35 generic fighter pic Otis Tisdale
win
TKO
2
50
Nov 18, 2006 34 Ruslan Chagaev Ruslan Chagaev 28 21-0-1
loss
SD
12
49
Dec 17, 2005 33 Nikolai Valuev Nikolai Valuev 32 42-0
loss
MD
12
48
Apr 30, 2005 33 James Toney James Toney 36 68-4-2
nc
NA
47
Nov 13, 2004 32 Andrew Golota Andrew Golota 36 38-4-1
win
UD
12
46
Apr 17, 2004 32 generic fighter pic Fres Oquendo
win
TKO
11
45
Dec 13, 2003 31 Hasim Rahman Hasim Rahman 31 35-4-1
win
UD
12
44
Mar 01, 2003 31 Roy Jones Jr. Roy Jones Jr. 34 47-1
loss
UD
12
43
Jul 27, 2002 30 Kirk Johnson Kirk Johnson 30 32-0-1
win
DQ
10
42
Dec 15, 2001 29 Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield 39 37-5-1
draw
SD
12
41
Mar 03, 2001 29 Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield 38 37-4-1
win
UD
12
40
Aug 12, 2000 28 Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield 37 36-4-1
loss
UD
12
39
Dec 11, 1999 27 generic fighter pic Thomas Williams
win
TKO
2
38
Jun 12, 1999 27 generic fighter pic Fernely Feliz
win
TKO
7
37
Mar 13, 1999 27 generic fighter pic Mario Cawley
win
TKO
4
36
Sep 19, 1998 26 generic fighter pic Jerry Ballard
win
TKO
4
35
Jan 31, 1998 26 Tony Tucker Tony Tucker 39 56-6
win
TKO
11
34
Jun 17, 1997 25 generic fighter pic Ray Anis
win
TKO
1
33
Jan 14, 1997 25 generic fighter pic Jimmy Thunder
win
SD
12
32
Nov 26, 1996 24 generic fighter pic Yuriy Yelistratov
win
TKO
3
31
Oct 25, 1996 24 generic fighter pic Nathaniel Fitch
win
TKO
3
30
Jul 18, 1996 24 generic fighter pic Greg Pickrom
win
TKO
1
29
Jun 06, 1996 24 generic fighter pic Doug Davis
win
TKO
6
28
Mar 15, 1996 24 David Tua David Tua 23 22-0
loss
KO
1
27
Oct 07, 1995 23 generic fighter pic Steve Pannell
win
TKO
4
26
Aug 24, 1995 23 generic fighter pic Willie Jackson
win
KO
1
25
Jun 16, 1995 23 generic fighter pic Derrick Roddy
win
KO
2
24
May 17, 1995 23 generic fighter pic Michael Murray
win
TKO
4
23
Mar 30, 1995 23 generic fighter pic Jack Basting
win
TKO
1
22
Feb 04, 1995 23 generic fighter pic Boris Powell
win
UD
10
21
Oct 01, 1994 22 generic fighter pic Rick Sullivan
win
KO
2
20
Aug 04, 1994 22 generic fighter pic Danell Nicholson
loss
SD
12
19
Jun 25, 1994 22 generic fighter pic Muhammad Askai
win
TKO
2
18
May 25, 1994 22 Julius Francis Julius Francis 29 6-0
win
KO
4
17
Nov 27, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Carl Williams
win
PTS
6
16
Nov 03, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Cordwell Hylton
win
PTS
6
15
Aug 12, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Sergei Kobozev
loss
SD
10
14
Jun 25, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Exum Speight
win
UD
8
13
Apr 30, 1993 21 generic fighter pic George Chambers
win
KO
1
12
Apr 16, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Mark Sonnier
win
TKO
1
11
Apr 03, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Juan Quintana
win
PTS
6
10
Mar 20, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Lorenzo Poole
win
KO
1
9
Mar 05, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Derrick Jones
win
TKO
1
8
Feb 20, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Phil Prince
win
KO
1
7
Jan 30, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Miguel Rosa
win
TKO
2
6
Jan 16, 1993 21 generic fighter pic John Basil Jackson
win
PTS
6
5
Dec 10, 1992 20 generic fighter pic Jesus Rohena
win
TKO
1
4
Nov 13, 1992 20 generic fighter pic John Basil Jackson
win
PTS
6
3
Nov 03, 1992 20 generic fighter pic Barry Kirton
win
TKO
2
2
Sep 12, 1992 20 generic fighter pic Mike Vasser
win
KO
1
1
Aug 20, 1992 20 generic fighter pic Kevin Parker
win
UD
4
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