Ruslan Chagaev
Statistics
Real name	Ruslan Chagaev
Nickname(s)	White Tyson
Rated at	Heavyweight
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Nationality	Uzbekistan
Born	(1978-10-19) October 19, 1978 (age 33) Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	32
Wins	29
Wins by KO	18
Losses	2
Draws	1
No contests	0

Medal record
Competitor for  Uzbekistan
Men’s Boxing
World Amateur Championships
Gold	Belfast 2001	Super Heavyweight

Ruslan Chagaev (Tatar Cyrillic: Руслан Шамил улы Чагаев, Latin: Ruslan Şamil ulı Çağaev; Russian: Руслан Шамилович Чагаев) born October 19, 1978 in Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is an Uzbekistani former WBA heavyweight boxing champion of Tatar ethnicity. As an amateur boxer, he has won the Asian and World Championships in the heavyweight (81–91 kg) category.

Chagaev won the WBA title in 2007 with a majority decision victory over Nikolai Valuev, but was made "champion in recess" after he sustained an injury. He relinquished the title after failing to have a rematch with Valuev. In his next fight, Chagaev lost by stoppage to IBF, WBO and IBO Champion Wladimir Klitschko.

Amateur career[link]

Chagaev, a two-time world amateur champion, defeated legendary Cuban boxer Félix Savón to capture the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships but was then stripped of his crown for having two professional fights prior to the championships. Chagaev was reinstated as an amateur the following year when the fights were declared exhibitions.

• 1995 Won the gold medal at the Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan at Heavyweight.
• 1996 Represented Uzbekistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States at Heavyweight.
  • lost to Luan Krasniqi (Germany) PTS (4–12)
• 1996 Won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in Havanna, Cuba at Heavyweight.
  • def. Marat Tuchazyan (Armenia) RSC-3
  • lost to Yurkis Sterlin (Cuba) PTS (11–14)
• 1997 Won the gold medal (later stripped) at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary at Heavyweight.
  • def. Jonie Amour Tancongco (Belarus) PTS (15–7)
  • def. Giacobbe Fragomeni (Italy) PTS (18–4)
  • def. Mike Hanke (boxer) (Germany) PTS (12–7)
  • def. Felix Savon (Cuba) PTS (14–4)
• 1998 Won the gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand at Heavyweight.
  • def. Muzaffar Iqbal Mirza (Pakistan) RSC-1
• 1999 International Boxing Cup
  • def. Felix Savon (Cuba) PTS (7–2)
• 1999 Represented Uzbekistan at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas, United States at Heavyweight.
  • def. Garth Da Silva (New Zealand) PTS
  • def. David Turner (Australia) RSC-1
  • lost to Felix Savon (Cuba) PTS (1–9)
• 1999 Asian Championships – gold medal
• 2000 Represented Uzbekistan at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia at Heavyweight.
  • def. Alexander Yatsenko (Ukraine) PTS (15–2)
  • lost to Vladimer Chanturia (Georgia) PTS (12–18)
• 2001 Won the gold medal at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland at Super heavyweight.
  • def. Csaba Kurtucz (Hungary) RTD-2
  • def. Vitali Boot (Germany) RSCO-3
  • def. Alexei Mazikin (Ukraine) RTD-2

Chagaev vs Savón[link]

Chagaev is notable for being the only foreign fighter to defeat Félix Savón twice in the international competitions. First at the age of 19, he beat the then 2-time Olympic champion 14–4 to capture the 1997 World Heavyweight title. In 1999, he defeated him again 7–2 in the final of an international boxing cup in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Savon was able to avenge defeats in the 1999 World Championship, beating Chagaev 9–1.

Professional career[link]

Heavyweight[link]

Ruslan Chagaev (center) inside the ring with his coach Michael Timm (right) challenging Rob Calloway (left). January 7, 2006).

Having fought twice in 1997, Chagaev returned to amateur boxing. He turned pro fully in 2001, with the only flaw on his early record coming October 5, 2002 bout against Rob Calloway in Detroit, Michigan, United States. At the end of third round, the fight was stopped due to Calloway having a wound caused by a headbutt. Michigan boxing rule mandated that the fight be called a Technical Draw (TD) since the bout ended by an accidental foul. Usually four rounds are needed to go to the score cards for decision.

Chagaev slowly but steadily climbed up the heavyweight ranks, first avenging the no-contest with a brutal second round knockout of Calloway, then beating undefeated Ukrainian prospect Vladimir Virchis in a close and intense punchfest, and slowly took apart prominent British boxer Michael Sprott.

John Ruiz[link]

On November 18, 2006, he fought the former WBA champion John Ruiz, and prevailed in a close contest. He took a split decision with scores of 117–111 and 116–112 for Chagaev, and 115–114 for Ruiz. Chagaev became the mandatory challenger for a shot at Nikolai Valuev, the WBA heavyweight champion at the time. Chagaev defeated Valuev on April 14, 2007 by a majority decision (117–111, 115–113 and 114–114) to win the title.

On June 26, 2007, it was announced that Ruslan Chagaev would partake in a heavyweight unification bout with WBO heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov. The fight was due to take place in Moscow on October 13, 2007 and would have been the first heavyweight unification bout since 1999;^[1] however, Chagaev had to drop out of the fight after contracting hepatitis B.^[2] At that point, it was not clear whether he would have been able to compete at all, with WBA considering a championship tournament for Chagaev's crown.^[3] After Ibragimov defended his crown against Evander Holyfield, however, it was announced that Chagaev was able to recover.

Chagaev defended his WBA heavyweight title against Matt Skelton on January 19, 2008 by unanimous decision.

His next mandatory defense was to be a rematch on July 5, 2008 with Nikolai Valuev, who defeated former WBO champion Sergei Liakhovich by unanimous decision to earn the right. However, the fight had to be cancelled after Chagaev suffered a complete tear of an Achilles tendon during his final sparring session in preparation for the defense, causing Chagaev's second postponement of the match. The WBA elected to make Chagaev "Champion In Recess" due to the injury that Chagaev sustained and necessary recovery time and mandated that top-contenders Valuev and John Ruiz meet for the vacated title.^[4] By beating Ruiz, Valuev also became champion on August 30, 2008.

Chagaev returned from injury on February 7, 2009 with a victory over the then-unbeaten Costa Rican, Carl Davis Drumond to retain his title. The bout was decided by a controversial technical decision after Chagaev sustained a cut from an unintentional clash of heads. Chagaev and Nikolai Valuev were supposed to fight no later than June 26, 2009 to determine who the WBA regarded as their champion.^[5] They were scheduled to fight on 30 May 2009 in Helsinki, Finland at the Hartwall Arena, but Chagaev failed a Finnish medical test, allegedly due to hepatitis. On July 24, 2009, when the WBA published their Official Ratings as of June 2009, Chagaev was no longer the "Champion In Recess" but the #1 challenger instead.

Wladimir Klitschko[link]

Chagaev was defeated for the first time in his professional career in a bout with Wladimir Klitschko on 20 June 2009 with a 9th round ref stoppage. Klitschko retained his WBO, IBO & IBF crowns and won the vacant Ring magazine title. The fight was held at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, and Klitschko's WBO, IBO & IBF heavyweight titles were at stake.

The WBA title that he shared with Nikolai Valuev was not at stake, as the WBA confirmed Valuev was to be the WBA Champion.

WBA Title Eliminator[link]

Chagaev fought Kali Meehan (35–3; 29 KO) on May 22, 2010, in a WBA Heavyweight Title Eliminator at the Stadthalle in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The former WBA champion won the bout by unanimous decision with the scores of 117–111, 117–112 and 118–110.^[6]

Professional boxing record[link]

29 Wins (18 knockouts), 2 Losses, 1 Draw[7]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Rounds	Date	Location	Notes
Win	29-2-1	Billy Zumbrun	KO	3 (8), 1:26	21/04/2012	Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Win	28-2-1	Kertson Manswell	UD	8	28/01/2012	Rotherbaum, Hamburg, Germany
Loss	27-2-1	Aleksander Povetkin	UD	12	27/08/2011	Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany	For vacant WBA Heavyweight title.
Win	27-1-1	Travis Walker	UD	8	19/11/2010	Universum Gym, Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany
Win	26-1-1	Kali Meehan	UD	12 (12)	2010-05-22	Rostock, Germany	WBA Heavyweight Title Eliminator.
Loss	25-1-1	Wladimir Klitschko	RTD	9 (12), 3:00	2009-06-20	Gelsenkirchen, Germany	For IBF, WBO, and IBO Heavyweight Titles; Chagaev's WBA title Was Not on the line.
Win	25-0-1	Carl Davis Drumond	TD	6 (12), 3:00	2009-02-07	Rostock, Germany	Defended WBA World Heavyweight Title; Fight was stopped due to an accidental headbutt.
Win	24-0-1	Matt Skelton	UD	12 (12)	2008-01-19	Düsseldorf, Germany	Defended WBA World Heavyweight Title.
Win	23-0-1	Nikolai Valuev	MD	12 (12)	2007-04-14	Stuttgart, Germany	Won WBA World Heavyweight Title. Valuev's first loss.
Win	22-0-1	John Ruiz	SD	12 (12)	2006-11-18	Düsseldorf, Germany	WBA Heavyweight Title Eliminator.
Win	21-0-1	Michael Sprott	TKO	8 (12), 2:54	2006-07-15	Hamburg, Germany	Defended WBA Inter-Cont. HW Title; Won Vacant WBO Asia Pacific HW Title.
Win	20-0-1	Volodymyr Vyrchys	MD	12 (12)	2006-03-11	Hamburg, Germany	Won WBO and WBA Inter-Cont. HW Titles.
Win	19-0-1	Rob Calloway	KO	2 (10), 2:10	2006-01-07	Munich, Germany
Win	18-0-1	Mark Krence	KO	5 (8), 1:28	2005-10-22	Halle, Germany
Win	17-0-1	Jucimar Francisco Hipolito	TKO	1 (8), 0:50	2005-09-28	Hamburg, Germany
Win	16-0-1	Sherman Williams	UD	8 (8)	2005-03-26	Riesa, Germany
Win	15-0-1	Tommy Connelly	TKO	2 (8), 1:51	2004-12-14	Sölden, Austria
Win	14-0-1	Asmir Vojnovic	TKO	4 (10), 0:45	2004-11-16	Cuxhaven, Germany
Win	13-0-1	Willie Williams	KO	3 (8), 2:25	2004-10-26	Rostock, Germany
Win	12-0-1	Garing Lane	KO	5 (8), 1:46	2004-07-31	Stuttgart, Germany
Win	11-0-1	Sedreck Fields	KO	2 (8), 2:45	2004-06-22	Telfs, Austria	Rematch.
Win	10-0-1	Wade Lewis	KO	1 (6), 2:33	2004-05-18	Lübeck, Germany
Win	9-0-1	Alexey Varakin	KO	2 (6), ?:??	2004-03-30	Aachen, Germany
Win	8-0-1	Sedreck Fields	UD	6	2004-02-17	Lübeck, Germany
Win	7-0-1	Daniel Frank	KO	2 (6), 0:54	2003-11-18	Wandsbek, Germany
Win	6-0-1	Zakeem Graham	TKO	3 (10), 2:26	2003-05-22	Yonkers, USA
Draw	5-0-1	Rob Calloway	TD	3 (10), 2:41	2002-10-05	Detroit, USA
Win	5–0	Chris Isaac	UD	8	2002-05-11	Biloxi, USA
Win	4–0	Val Smith	KO	1 (4), 2:26	2002-01-14	Las Vegas, USA
Win	3–0	Everett Martin	TKO	4 (4), ?	2001-09-21	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Win	2–0	Brian Jones	KO	2 (4), 1:10	1997-09-03	Rosemont, USA
Win	1–0	Donnie Penelton	KO	1 (4), 2:30	1997-08-21	Aurora, USA	Chagaev's professional debut.

Ethnicity[link]

Chagaev's parents, Shamil and Zamira Chagaev, are from the Tatar village of Kalda (located in today's Baryshsky District of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia), who moved to Uzbekistan in the 1950s.

See also[link]

• List of current world boxing champions
• List of heavyweight boxing champions
• List of left-handed boxers

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site of Ruslan Chagaev
• Ruslan Chagaev Fight-by-Fight Career Record
• News and Pictures of Ruslan Chagaev
• Professional boxing record for Ruslan Chagaev from BoxRec
• Ministry of Cultural and Sports Affairs of Uzbekistan

Mike Sheppard (born October 29, 1951) is an American football coach and former player. From 1984 to 1987, he served as the head football coach at Long Beach State, where he compiled a 16–18 record through three seasons. In 1984 to 1985, he compiled back-to-back non-losing seasons at 6–6 and 6–5, respectively. From 1987 to 1991, he took the head coaching job at the University of New Mexico, and led the Lobos to a 9–50 record. His best season with New Mexico was a 3–9 season in 1991.

Sheppard was the offensive coordinator of the San Diego Chargers in 1997 and 1998, the Buffalo Bills in 2001, and the New Orleans Saints in 2005. He was the wide receivers coach of the Cincinnati Bengals from 2007 to 2010.

In February 2011, Sheppard was hired by the Jacksonville Jaguars to replace Mike Shula as quarterbacks coach.^[1] He was moved to wide receivers coach on November 30 to replace fired coach Johnny Cox.

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John Ruiz
John Ruiz, holding his WBA Heavyweight Championship belt, on a visit to the White House in 2001
Statistics
Real name	John Ruiz
Nickname(s)	"The Quietman"
Rated at	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Reach	78 in (198 cm)
Nationality	United States Puerto Rico
Born	(1972-01-04) January 4, 1972 (age 40) Methuen, Massachusetts
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	55
Wins	44
Wins by KO	30
Losses	9
Draws	1
No contests	1

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John "The Quietman" Ruiz (born January 4, 1972 in Methuen, Massachusetts), is a former American professional boxer. Ruiz is the first Latino heavyweight champion and former two-time WBA heavyweight champion. After a professional career spanning over 18 years, Ruiz officially announced his retirement from the sport at a press conference on April 26, 2010.^[1] His final fight was a title shot against the then WBA heavyweight title holder David Haye, in which Ruiz was defeated by TKO in round 9.

Ruiz has defeated three world champions in Evander Holyfield, Hasim Rahman, and Tony Tucker, as well as top contenders such as Andrew Golota, Fres Oquendo, Jameel McCline, and Kirk Johnson.

He is currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Professional career[link]

His professional record is 44–9–1–1, with 30 knockouts. Frustrated by years of criticism from the boxing press and fans, he retired upon his second loss of the WBA Title on April 30, 2005 (to James "Lights-Out" Toney). Ruiz un-retired in 10 days, after finding out that James Toney had tested positive for anabolic steroids. The official outcome, a unanimous-decision defeat, was changed to a no-contest; the WBA ordered that Ruiz retain the title. Ruiz then filed a lawsuit against Toney, claiming that he had damaged Ruiz's boxing career (due to Toney's use of illegal steroids before their bout).

On December 17, 2005 he lost his title for the third time — in controversial fashion, — to Nikolai Valuev. Ruiz lost a rematch for the vacant WBA Heavyweight title with Valuev on August 30, 2008.

First reign as WBA champion[link]

After Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield for the Undisputed (i.e., WBC + IBF + WBA) World heavyweight championship in late 1999, the WBA mysteriously ordered Lewis to defend the title against obscure Don King fighter Ruiz, their #1-ranked contender, but Lewis refused. Though he had been undefeated since a loss against David Tua in 1996, the level of competition Ruiz had been facing was suspect and the only name he had beaten was a nearly 40 year old Tony Tucker.

Ruiz and his management sued, claiming that WBA rules entitled him to a title shot. A judge agreed, but rather than face Ruiz in a bout that was seen as commercially unattractive, Lewis instead fought Michael Grant, considered to be a very worthy contender at the time having knocked out a series of recognized 'name' opponents on HBO. After learning of this, the judge decreed that upon entering the ring against Grant on April 29, 2000, Lewis would automatically forfeit the WBA title.

Ruiz fought former champion Holyfield to fill the vacancy on August 12, 2000, losing by unanimous decision (this result made Holyfield the first to win a world heavyweight title on four separate occasions). Many observers and boxing reporters felt that the underdog Ruiz had done enough to win.

Due to this controversial decision, the WBA ordered an immediate rematch in early 2001, and Ruiz won the WBA title in a slightly less-close unanimous decision - controversial as Ruiz had been decked by a Holyfield body shot and rolled around on the floor holding his groin for over a minute. The replay shows that the blow was a legal bodyshot, not remotely near Ruiz's crotch, and should have been scored a KO10 victory for Holyfield.

Ruiz defended the title twice: a controversial draw in a third match against Holyfield where the press believed Holyfield to have won, and a disqualification victory against Kirk Johnson where the Canadian contender was disqualified for repeated low blows in the tenth round. Ruiz was accused in both the second Holyfield fight and the Johnson fight of faking low blows that actually seemed to be closer to his beltline than his groin (although Johnson was shown on replays to hit Ruiz below the belt several times).

On March 1, 2003, Ruiz was contracted to fight Roy Jones, Jr., who at the time was The Ring light heavyweight champion. If Jones was to beat Ruiz in the fight, he would join Bob Fitzsimmons, Michael Spinks, and Michael Moorer as the only three fighters to win titles at light heavyweight and heavyweight as well as becoming the second fighter (Fitzsimmons being the first) to win titles at both middleweight and heavyweight. Ruiz, who said the referee "wouldn't let me fight my fight", lost a unanimous decision to Jones and moved back into the WBA's contender pool.

Second reign as WBA champion[link]

Ruiz, however, would receive another shot before 2003 was out. As champion Jones was required to face the WBA's number one contender, former WBO champion Vitali Klitschko. Neither the Jones nor the Klitschko camps were able to agree to a fight by an imposed deadline, so Jones became a champion-in-recess. Klitschko, however, did not want to fight the #2 contender, former WBC, IBF, and lineal champion Hasim Rahman, for the interim championship. After David Tua, the #3 contender, also turned down the fight against Rahman Ruiz, the #5 contender and the only one interested in the fight, decided to accept. He fought Rahman on December 13, 2003, and with a unanimous decision victory became the WBA's interim champion. When Jones announced on February 24, 2004 that he would return to competing in the light heavyweight division, the WBA took the interim tag off of Ruiz and he became an official two-time world heavyweight champion.

On April 17, 2004, Ruiz fought the first defense of his second world title. He retained it with an eleventh-round technical knockout of Fres Oquendo at Madison Square Garden. This fight was historic in that it was the first time two Hispanics/Latinos faced each other for a world heavyweight title.

On November 13 of that same year, Ruiz retained the belt with a close unanimous-decision over Polish-American Andrzej Gołota (a.k.a., "Andrew" Golota), although he suffered two knockdowns and a one-point deduction by referee Randy Neumann. But Ruiz managed to win the complete 2nd half of the fight which was enough get the decision.

On April 30, 2005, Ruiz lost the title to James "Lights Out" Toney in Madison Square Garden by unanimous decision, marking the second time that Ruiz had lost to a former middleweight champion. However, after Toney failed the post-match drug test (for stanozolol, an anabolic steroid), the New York Athletic Commission suspended him from boxing in the USA for 90 days, and fined him $10,000 (U.S.). The WBA banned the aging (then 36 years-old) Toney from fighting for its heavyweight title for the next two years. This resulted in Toney's win being changed to a "no contest" — basically, a nullification. Ruiz came out of retirement before it was found out that Toney would be suspended and he would be reinstated as champion.

Controversial Loss To Valuev[link]

On December 17, 2005, Ruiz lost the WBA Championship in Berlin to 7 ft. tall, 324-lb. Russian Nikolai Valuev. The official outcome was a majority decision (scored 114-116, 113-116, and 114-114), but it was also a controversial one. Ruiz was convinced that his jab / combination-punch technique had given him a clear victory. He demanded that his promoter, Don King, set up an immediate re-match with the now-first-ever Russian world heavyweight champion. Ruiz's long-time manager, Norman Stone, declared that they would also formally petition the WBA: after all, the 10,000 German spectators booed when the decision was announced. Ruiz's camp claimed that the Germans booed because they too felt that the outcome was unjust. Wilfried Sauerland, the manager who rescued Valuev's career from obscurity 2 years earlier, angrily countered that the fans had booed because Stone's in-ring behavior had agitated them.^[2]

In September 2006 Ruiz announced that he would be managed by Sauerland. His former manager Norman Stone retired on December 22, 2005, stating that the decision in the loss to Valuev was the last straw, and he would continue to support Ruiz from retirement.^[3]

The Road Back[link]

After the loss Don King announced his intention to still promote Ruiz. King had become aware of Ruiz after his KO win over the former IBF title holder Tony Tucker in 1998.[1] Ruiz followed up the loss to Valuev with a fight against up-and-coming contender Ruslan Chagaev. In a close fight, Chagaev prevailed, taking a split decision with scores of 117-111 and 116-112 for Chagaev, and 115-114 for Ruiz. Chagaev became the mandatory challenger for a shot at Valuev, whom he defeated on April 14, 2007 to claim the WBA heavyweight championship.

Another Comeback[link]

Ruiz faced Otis Tisdale on 10/13/07 and ended the fight with a TKO victory in the 2nd round as referee Pete Podgorski called a halt to the bout as Tisdale went down for the third time. The bout was scheduled for 10 rounds. On March 8, 2008 Ruiz won a 12 round unanimous decision over Jameel McCline in Mexico.

Valuev-Ruiz II[link]

Valuev defeated Ruiz by unanimous decision on August 30. Scores were 114-113, 116-113, and 116-111. The result was initially declared a split decision win for Valuev. The 114-113 score by ringside judge Takeshi Shimakawa was announced in favor of Ruiz. Shimakwa alerted WBA officials after that his score was intended for Valuev. One of the scorecards had the names of the fighters in opposite order, resulting in the confusion.

The decision was once again unpopular with the live crowd as some booed the outcome, much like the first match in December 2005.

Another title shot[link]

After petitioning the WBA to protest against the outcome of his controversial fight with Valuev, Ruiz was made the WBA's mandatory challenger to fight the winner of Chagaev-Valuev II in 2009. As that bout was cancelled Ruiz stepped aside as mandatory challenger so Valuev could fight Cruiserweight Champion David Haye. On the undercard to that fight Ruiz stopped Adnan Serin in 7 rounds. Ruiz, coming in at 226 pounds (his lightest since 2001), dominated his overmatched opponent to retain his mandatory challenge to the WBA belt. Valuev later lost a majority decision to David Haye, meaning Ruiz would now fight Haye for the WBA title, after Haye had recovered from a hand injury. When the fight took place on April 3 at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, Ruiz lost to Haye by TKO when his corner threw in the towel in the ninth round after suffering four knockdowns in the previous rounds. Ruiz, whose face was covered in blood, could not stand up to Haye's greater speed and power.

Retirement[link]

Ruiz retired following the loss to Haye after an 18 year boxing career. He indicated that he may return to boxing as a trainer at some point.^[4]

Professional boxing record[link]

44 Wins (30 Knockouts), 9 Losses, 1 Draw, 1 No Contest[5]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	44-9-1 1 NC	David Haye	TKO	9 (12)	04/03/2010	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, England, United Kingdom	For WBA Heavyweight title. Ruiz down twice in the 1st, once late in the 5th and once in the 6th. Haye deducted a point in the 1st for hitting the back of Ruiz's head. Ruiz's corner finally threw in the towel in round 9.
Win	44-8-1 1 NC	Adnan Serin	TKO	7 (10)	07/11/2009	Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Bayern, Germany	Serin's corner threw in the towel.
Loss	43-8-1 1 NC	Nikolai Valuev	UD	12	30/08/2008	Max Schmeling Halle, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany	For vacant WBA Heavyweight title. Valuev received a point deduction in 10th round for pushing Ruiz down. Valuev was originally scored a split decision victory but an error later found on the scorecards gave him a unanimous decision.
Win	43-7-1 1 NC	Jameel McCline	UD	12	08/03/2008	Plaza de Toros, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico	WBA Heavyweight title eliminator.
Win	42-7-1 1 NC	Otis Tisdale	TKO	2 (10)	13/10/2007	Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States	Tisdale down twice in the 1st round and once in the 2nd round.
Loss	41-7-1 1 NC	Ruslan Chagaev	SD	12	18/11/2006	Burg-Waechter Castello, Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	WBC Heavyweight title eliminator.
Loss	41-6-1 1 NC	Nikolai Valuev	MD	12	17/12/2005	Max Schmeling Halle, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany	Lost WBA Heavyweight title. Valuev became the tallest (7'0") and heaviest (324 lbs) heavyweight world title holder in history.
NC	41-5-1 1 NC	James Toney	ND	12	30/04/2005	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	Ruiz's WBA & Toney's IBA Heavyweight titles on the line. Originally Ruiz lost by UD. However, he regained the title after Toney tested positive for Stanozolol after the fight. Ruiz down in 7th round.
Win	41-5-1	Andrew Golota	UD	12	13/11/2004	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	Retained WBA Heavyweight title. Ruiz down twice in the 2nd round. Ruiz had one point deducted for hitting after the break.
Win	40-5-1	Fres Oquendo	TKO	11 (12)	17/04/2004	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	Retained WBA Heavyweight title.
Win	39-5-1	Hasim Rahman	UD	12	13/12/2003	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Won interim WBA Heavyweight title.
Loss	38-5-1	Roy Jones Jr.	UD	12	01/03/2003	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Lost WBA Heavyweight title. Jones became the first former middleweight world titlist in 106 years to win a heavyweight world title (Bob Fitzsimmons, 1897). After that Jones vacated the title on February 20, 2004, choosing to fight Antonio Tarver for the WBC and IBO Light Heavyweight titles rather than Ruiz.
Win	38-4-1	Kirk Johnson	DQ	10 (12)	27/07/2002	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBA Heavyweight title. Johnson DQ'd for low blows.
Draw	37-4-1	Evander Holyfield	SD	12	15/12/2001	Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	Retained WBA Heavyweight title by way of a draw in a lackluster fight filled with numerous clinches.
Win	37–4	Evander Holyfield	UD	12	03/03/2001	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won WBA Heavyweight title. Ruiz becomes the first Latino fighter to win a major Heavyweight title. Ruiz put Holyfield down in the 11th with a right hand to the temple.
Loss	36–4	Evander Holyfield	UD	12	12/08/2000	Paris Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	For vacant WBA Heavyweight title. Holyfield became the first boxer to win a version of the Heavyweight title four times.
Win	36–3	Thomas Williams	TKO	2 (12)	11/12/1999	Grand Casino, Tunica, Mississippi, United States	Retained NABA Heavyweight title.
Win	35–3	Fernely Feliz	TKO	7 (12)	12/06/1999	Shriner's Auditorium, Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States	Retained NABA Heavyweight title.
Win	34–3	Mario Cawley	TKO	4 (12)	13/03/1999	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	Retained NABA Heavyweight title.
Win	33–3	Jerry Ballard	TKO	4 (12)	19/09/1998	Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia, United States	Retained NABF Heavyweight title. Won vacant NABA Heavyweight title.
Win	32–3	Tony Tucker	TKO	11 (12)	31/01/1998	Ice Palace, Tampa, Florida, United States	Retained NABF Heavyweight title. Tucker down twice in the 1st and once in the 11th rounds.
Win	31–3	Ray Anis	TKO	1 (12)	17/06/1997	Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, United States	Retained NABF Heavyweight title. Ruiz stopped Anis in 22 seconds.
Win	30–3	Jimmy Thunder	SD	12	14/01/1997	Hale Arena, Kansas City, Missouri, United States	Won vacant NABF Heavyweight title.
Win	29–3	Yuriy Yelistratov	TKO	3 (?)	26/11/1996	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England, United Kingdom
Win	28–3	Nathaniel Fitch	TKO	3 (6)	25/10/1996	The Roxy, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	27–3	Greg Pickrom	TKO	1 (10)	18/07/1996	The Roxy, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	26–3	Doug Davis	TKO	6 (10)	06/06/1996	The Roxy, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Loss	25–3	David Tua	KO	1 (12)	15/03/1996	Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Lost WBC International Heavyweight title. Tua stopped Ruiz with a series of brutal hooks in 19 seconds.
Win	25–2	Steve Pannell	TKO	4 (10)	07/10/1995	Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	24–2	Willie Jackson	KO	1 (10)	24/08/1995	Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Win	23–2	Derrick Roddy	KO	2 (12)	16/06/1995	Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom	Won vacant WBC International Heavyweight title.
Win	22–2	Michael Murray	TKO	4 (10)	17/05/1995	Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Win	21–2	Jack Basting	TKO	1 (8)	30/03/1995	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England, United Kingdom
Win	20–2	Boris Powell	UD	10	04/02/1995	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	19–2	Rick Sullivan	KO	2 (?)	01/10/1994	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Loss	18–2	Danell Nicholson	SD	12	04/08/1994	Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	For vacant IBO Heavyweight title.
Win	18–1	Muhammad Askai	TKO	2 (?)	25/06/1994	Revere, Massachusetts, United States
Win	17–1	Julius Francis	TKO	4 (8)	25/05/1994	Bristol, Avon, England, United Kingdom
Win	16–1	Carl Williams	PTS	6	27/11/1993	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Win	15–1	Cordwell Hylton	PTS	6	03/11/1993	Whitchurch Leisure Centre, Bristol, Avon, England, United Kingdom
Loss	14–1	Sergei Kobozev	SD	10	12/08/1993	Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, United States
Win	14–0	Exum Speight	UD	8	25/06/1993	Chelsea A.C., Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States	Speight down twice in round 2.
Win	13–0	George Chambers	KO	1 (?)	30/04/1993	Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States
Win	12–0	Mark Sonnier	TKO	1 (?)	16/04/1993	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	11–0	Juan Quintana	PTS	6	03/04/1993	Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Win	10–0	Lorenzo Poole	KO	1 (?)	20/03/1993	Revere, Massachusetts, United States
Win	9–0	Derrick Jones	TKO	1 (?)	05/03/1993	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	8–0	Phil Prince	KO	1 (?)	20/02/1993	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	7–0	Miguel Rosa	TKO	2 (?)	30/01/1993	National Guard Armory, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	6–0	John Basil Jackson	PTS	6	16/01/1993	Belmont, New Hampshire, United States
Win	5–0	Jesus Rohena	TKO	1 (?)	10/12/1992	Teachers Union Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	4–0	John Basil Jackson	PTS	6	13/11/1992	Revere, Massachusetts, United States
Win	3–0	Barry Kirton	TKO	2 (?)	03/11/1992	Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States
Win	2–0	Mike Vasser	KO	1 (?)	12/09/1992	Wonderland Race Track, Revere, Massachusetts, United States
Win	1–0	Kevin Parker	UD	4	20/08/1992	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Pro debut for Ruiz.