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Total Fights | 57 |
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Wins | 53 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 2 |
Title-Fight KOs | 3 |
KO Wins | 41 |
KO Losses | 3 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 10 years and six months, Rafael Ruelas fought 57 times with 53 wins and 4 losses.
Ruelas retired from professional boxing with a record of 53-4, which included two world-title wins and two successful title defense fights at the lightweight weight division. He had a 71.9% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 41 of his total 57 fights being knockout wins, three of which were in title fights. Ruelas suffered three knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Oscar De La Hoya in a lightweight title fight.
His last fight was a 10-round split decision victory over Hicklet Lau on August 8, 1999.
Some of Ruelas' best fights and notable victories include wins over Mike Evgen, Jorge Páez, Tomas Valdez, Billy Schwer, Steve Cruz, Conrado Lopez, and Manuel Hernandez.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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57 | Aug 8, 1999 | 28 | Hicklet Lau | Win | SD |
56 | Aug 15, 1998 | 27 | Kostya Tszyu | Loss | TKO9 |
55 | Jun 19, 1998 | 27 | Juan Baldwin | Win | RTD5 |
54 | Mar 21, 1998 | 26 | Tim Scott | Win | TKO2 |
53 | Nov 14, 1997 | 26 | Rodney Wilson | Win | TKO7 |
52 | Jul 19, 1997 | 26 | Mike Griffith | Win | TKO2 |
51 | Jan 23, 1997 | 25 | Jesus Arce | Win | TKO2 |
50 | Dec 3, 1996 | 25 | Jaime Balboa | Win | KO5 |
49 | Aug 23, 1996 | 25 | Livingstone Bramble | Win | UD |
48 | Jul 10, 1996 | 25 | Mike Walsh | Win | KO2 |
47 | Apr 30, 1996 | 25 | Tomas Barrientes | Win | KO2 |
46 | Oct 7, 1995 | 24 | George Scott | Loss | UD |
45 | May 6, 1995 | 24 | Oscar De La Hoya | Loss * | TKO2 |
44 | Jan 28, 1995 | 23 | Billy Schwer | Win * | RTD8 |
43 | Dec 8, 1994 | 23 | Omar Pacheco | Win | KO3 |
42 | May 27, 1994 | 23 | Mike Evgen | Win * | TKO3 |
41 | Feb 19, 1994 | 22 | Freddie Pendleton | Win * | UD |
40 | Oct 22, 1993 | 22 | Manuel Hernandez | Win | KO1 |
39 | Aug 19, 1993 | 22 | Conrado Lopez | Win | KO1 |
38 | Jul 17, 1993 | 22 | Darryl Tyson | Win | UD |
37 | Feb 23, 1993 | 21 | Robert Rivera | Win | TKO3 |
36 | Jan 19, 1993 | 21 | Roberto Burgos | Win | KO1 |
35 | Nov 6, 1992 | 21 | Jorge Páez | Win | RTD10 |
34 | Aug 25, 1992 | 21 | Benny Dominguez | Win | KO1 |
33 | Jul 7, 1992 | 21 | Mauro Gutierrez | Win | UD |
32 | May 26, 1992 | 21 | Francisco Ortiz | Win | TKO2 |
31 | Apr 3, 1992 | 20 | Francisco Lopez | Win | TKO1 |
30 | Jan 30, 1992 | 20 | Rocky Lockridge | Win | UD |
29 | Nov 26, 1991 | 20 | Juan De La Paz | Win | TKO2 |
28 | Jul 31, 1991 | 20 | Mauro Gutierrez | Loss | KO2 |
27 | Jun 25, 1991 | 20 | Narciso Valenzuela Romo | Win | UD |
26 | May 17, 1991 | 20 | Fernando Soldadito Teran | Win | KO1 |
25 | Mar 31, 1991 | 19 | Steve Cruz | Win | KO3 |
24 | Feb 26, 1991 | 19 | Vicente Gonzalez | Win | UD |
23 | Jan 14, 1991 | 19 | Tomas Valdez | Win * | TKO3 |
22 | Nov 27, 1990 | 19 | Richard Abila | Win | KO7 |
21 | Sep 22, 1990 | 19 | Felipe de Jesus | Win | TKO7 |
20 | Aug 17, 1990 | 19 | Job Walters | Win | TKO9 |
19 | Jul 31, 1990 | 19 | Rosendo Alonso | Win | TKO1 |
18 | Jun 18, 1990 | 19 | Abe Gomez | Win | UD |
17 | May 29, 1990 | 19 | Vicente Gonzalez | Win | RTD5 |
16 | Apr 14, 1990 | 18 | Arturo Hernandez | Win | TKO1 |
15 | Mar 8, 1990 | 18 | Antonio Sanchez | Win | KO2 |
14 | Feb 27, 1990 | 18 | Roberto Rios | Win | TKO2 |
13 | Feb 5, 1990 | 18 | Simon Contreras | Win | KO5 |
12 | Nov 28, 1989 | 18 | Ricardo Flores | Win | KO1 |
11 | Oct 24, 1989 | 18 | Margarito Ruiz | Win | DQ |
10 | Sep 26, 1989 | 18 | Jose Luis Vazquez | Win | KO1 |
9 | Aug 29, 1989 | 18 | Joey Quinlan | Win | KO1 |
8 | Jul 14, 1989 | 18 | Ben Gomez | Win | KO3 |
7 | Jun 27, 1989 | 18 | Chilo Guzman | Win | KO3 |
6 | Jun 16, 1989 | 18 | Benito Rodriguez | Win | KO3 |
5 | May 30, 1989 | 18 | Javier Lara | Win | KO3 |
4 | Apr 25, 1989 | 17 | Margarito Arreola | Win | MD |
3 | Mar 28, 1989 | 17 | Leopoldo Maya | Win | TKO1 |
2 | Feb 14, 1989 | 17 | Robert Rayford | Win | TKO3 |
1 | Jan 17, 1989 | 17 | Marcos Covarrubias | Win | UD |
* World-title fight
Rafael Ruelas is a 52-year old retired Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Yerbabuena, Jalisco, Mexico on April 26, 1971. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 10 years — from 1989 to 1999.
Ruelas made his professional boxing debut against Marcos Covarrubias at the age of 17 on January 17, 1989, defeating Covarrubias via 4 round unanimous decision. He went on to win 26 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 21 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 19 on January 14, 1991 after 22 professional fights, against Tomas Valdez for the featherweight IBF (vacant) title. He defeated Valdez via 3rd round TKO to become the featherweight champion of the world.
Ruelas has won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Ruelas' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Ruelas had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Hicklet Lau on August 8, 1999. Ruelas won the fight via 10 round split decision. It's been 24 years, 8 months, and 17 days since this fight.
Ruelas had a total of five world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and two successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost one.
Rafael Ruelas fought for world titles in three fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won two belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Feb 19, 1994 | Freddie Pendleton | Lightweight | IBF | UD |
Jan 14, 1991 | Tomas Valdez | Featherweight | IBF* | TKO |
Rafael Ruelas had three lightweight world-title defense fights. He won two of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jan 28, 1995 | Billy Schwer | Lightweight | IBF | RTD |
May 27, 1994 | Mike Evgen | Lightweight | IBF | TKO |
Rafael Ruelas lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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May 6, 1995 | Oscar De La Hoya | Lightweight | IBF | TKO |
Ruelas fought a total of 57 times during his professional career, which includes 5 world-title fights at two weight divisions. These five fights are the highlight of his career.
January 14, 1991: Ruelas wins his first world title by defeating Tomas Valdez via 3rd round TKO. He is now the IBF featherweight world champion.
March 31, 1991: Rafael Ruelas beats Steve Cruz via 3rd round KO.
January 30, 1992: Rafael Ruelas beats Rocky Lockridge via 10th round unanimous decision.
November 6, 1992: Rafael Ruelas beats Jorge Páez via 10th round RTD.
May 27, 1994: Ruelas successfully defends the IBF lightweight title against Mike Evgen, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.
Ruelas knocked out 41 of his 57 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 71.9%. Of his total 53 wins, 41 of them were via KO (77.4%).
Ruelas' first world-title win was the IBF (vacant) belt at featherweight. He defeated Tomas Valdez via 3 round TKO to win the title.
Ruelas won two world titles at two weight classes.
Ruelas had a total of three title defense fights. He was successful two times and lost one time.