Donovan "Razor" Ruddock was born on December 21,1963 and is a Jamaican-born Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 2001 and in 2015.
16 Facts About Donovan Ruddock
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Donovan Ruddock is known for his two fights against Mike Tyson in 1991, a fight against Lennox Lewis in 1992, and a fight with Tommy Morrison in 1995.
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Donovan Ruddock attended Emery Collegiate Institute and Westview Centennial Secondary School, when he was a teenager.
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Donovan Ruddock turned pro in 1982, but his career started slowly, having only 11 fights between 1982 and 1985.
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Donovan Ruddock won eight of his first nine fights, but drew his fifth.
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Donovan Ruddock was knocked down in round two but got up, regrouped and stopped Smith in the seventh round.
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Donovan Ruddock went into the fight as underdog but put on one of the best performances of his career knocking out Dokes in the 4th round.
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Donovan Ruddock hoped to fight Evander Holyfield.
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Donovan Ruddock was dropped in round three but fought back until referee Richard Steele stopped the fight in Tyson's favor during round 7.
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Again, like the first Tyson fight, Donovan Ruddock was controversially stopped on his feet in the 6th round.
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Donovan Ruddock was scheduled to challenge Vitali Klitschko for the WBO heavyweight title in April 2000, yet was forced to withdraw at late notice due to injury.
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On March 28,2015, Donovan Ruddock returned to the ring with a fifth round knockout win over Raymond Olubowale and scored a 6 round majority points decision over Eric Barrak two months later, but was defeated by 3 round KO by Dillon Carman on September 11,2015 in a bid for the Canadian heavyweight title.
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Donovan Ruddock made a comeback to the ring at age 59 on November 11,2023, when he fought 55-year-old James Toney, a former three-division world champion and hall of famer, in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Donovan Ruddock was ranked 70th on The Ring magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time".
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In 2006, Donovan Ruddock invented a non-electrical garbage compactor called The Boxer which he hoped would become a success.
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Donovan Ruddock marketed the device he designed one day after becoming increasingly frustrated with the amount of waste his family was collecting, and sold it from his website Razorruddock.