John Ruiz (born January 4, 1972) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2010, and held the WBA heavyweight title twice between...

Andrés Ponce Ruiz Jr. (born September 11, 1989) is a Mexican-American professional boxer. He is a former unified world heavyweight champion, having held...

defeated in a rematch eight months later. The following year, he defeated John Ruiz for the vacant WBA title, becoming the first boxer in history to win a...

Michael Moorer was sanctioned for the IBF championship. Upon defeating John Ruiz, Roy Jones Jr. simultaneously held the World Boxing Association's heavyweight...

The Spanish surname Ruiz is a patronymic from the personal name Ruy, a short form of Rodrigo, meaning "son of Roderick". Roderick's roots can be traced...

John Ruiz vs. Andrew Golota, billed as Struggle For Supremacy (Night of the Heavyweights), was a professional boxing match contested on November 13, 2004...

John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr., billed as Never Take A Heavyweight Lightly, was a professional boxing match contested on March 1, 2003 for the WBA heavyweight...

Tomasz Adamek, Roberto Duran, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Chris Byrd, John Ruiz, Julio César Chávez, Ricardo Mayorga, Andrew Golota, Bernard Hopkins,...

Lorenzo Ruiz (Filipino: Lorenzo Ruiz ng Maynila; Chinese: 李樂倫; Spanish: Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila; November 28, 1594 – September 29, 1637), also called Saint...

James, CJ. "John Ruiz and David Haye Sign, Bernard Hopkins Waits". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 19 January 2018. "David Haye v John Ruiz set for the Manchester...

Evander Holyfield vs. John Ruiz, billed as Justice, was a professional boxing match contested on August 12, 2000 for the vacant WBA heavyweight championship...

Evander Holyfield vs. John Ruiz II, billed as The Last Word, was a professional boxing match contested on March 3, 2001 for the WBA heavyweight championship...

second world title shot in a row. Despite knocking down WBA champion John Ruiz twice within the bout, he lost by unanimous decision. Golota received...

Mind". www.boxing247.com. Retrieved February 9, 2017. "Jones Jr - Ruiz: John Ruiz Puts His Heavyweight Title on the Line Against Undisputed Light Heavyweight...

instead fought John Ruiz for the vacant title on 30 August 2008 and the WBA decided to make Chagaev "Champion In Recess". Valuev defeated Ruiz by unanimous...

WBC. On December 13, Rahman was matched with former WBA world champion John Ruiz, in a match for an Interim WBA heavyweight title (caused by Roy Jones...

first round, which included knockouts of world heavyweight champions John Ruiz and Michael Moorer within thirty seconds of the first round, as well as...

full WBA champion following Roy Jones Jr.'s return to Light heavyweight, John Ruiz signed to the make his first defence against Fres Oquendo, who in his...

Evander Holyfield (1st meeting) - BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2021-05-30. "Ruiz-Holyfield III a Draw". Los Angeles Times. 2001-12-16. Retrieved 2021-06-09...

title when he chose to face Michael Grant instead of mandatory challenger John Ruiz. Similarly, the IBF stripped Lewis of their title in 2002 when he chose...

John Ruiz vs. Evander Holyfield III was a professional boxing match contested on December 15, 2001 for the WBA heavyweight championship. The fight ended...

David Haye vs. John Ruiz, billed as Lord Of The Ring, was a professional boxing match contested on 3 April 2010, for the WBA Heavyweight championship...

John Ruiz vs. Nikolai Valuev was a professional boxing match contested on 17 December 2005, for the WBA heavyweight championship. After reversing his...

King brought in John Ruiz to replace him. This was Rahman's first bout with new trainer Roger Mayweather. Most expected Rahman to win. Ruiz staggered Rahman...

knockout. In 1998 Tucker challenged John Ruiz for his NABF belt. Despite a big sixth round in which he had Ruiz in trouble, Tucker was eventually stopped...

Retrieved 28 November 2021. "BEST I FACED: JOHN RUIZ". ringtv.com. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2021. "Bout: John Ruiz vs. Kirk Johnson". boxrec.com. Retrieved...

John Ruiz vs. James Toney was a professional boxing match contested on April 30, 2005, for the WBA heavyweight championship. After Roy Jones, Jr. elected...

John Jairo Ruiz Barrantes (born January 10, 1994) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as winger for Liga FPD club Herediano. John Jairo...

for fighting Michael Grant instead of the association's #1 contender, John Ruiz. The fight took place on April 29, 2000. Lewis remained a unified world...

contender John Ruiz. Lewis instead wanted to face Michael Grant in his first defense. The WBA agreed to allow Lewis to face Grant if he would fight Ruiz after...