22 Facts About John Ruiz

1.

John Ruiz was born on January 4,1972 and is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2010, and held the WBA heavyweight title twice between 2001 and 2005.

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John Ruiz un-retired in 10 days, after finding out that James Toney had tested positive for anabolic steroids.

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The official outcome, a unanimous-decision defeat, was changed to a no-contest; the WBA ordered that John Ruiz retain the title.

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John Ruiz then filed a lawsuit against Toney, claiming that he had damaged John Ruiz's boxing career.

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John Ruiz lost a rematch for the vacant WBA Heavyweight title with Valuev on August 30,2008, in controversial fashion.

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John Ruiz fought former champion Holyfield to fill the vacancy on August 12,2000, losing by unanimous decision.

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Many observers and boxing reporters felt that the underdog John Ruiz had done enough to win.

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8.

On March 1,2003, John Ruiz was contracted to fight Roy Jones Jr.

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John Ruiz, who said referee Jay Nady "wouldn't let me fight my fight", lost a unanimous decision to Jones and moved back into the WBA's contender pool.

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John Ruiz would receive another shot before 2003 was out.

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John Ruiz fought Rahman on December 13,2003, and with a unanimous decision victory became the WBA's interim champion.

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John Ruiz retained it with an eleventh-round technical knockout of Fres Oquendo at Madison Square Garden.

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John Ruiz came out of retirement before it was found out that Toney would be suspended and he would be reinstated as champion.

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John Ruiz demanded that his promoter, Don King, set up an immediate re-match with the now-first-ever Russian world heavyweight champion.

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John Ruiz's camp claimed that the Germans booed because they too felt that the outcome was unjust.

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In September 2006 John Ruiz announced that he would be managed by Sauerland.

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John Ruiz followed up the loss to Valuev with a fight against up-and-coming contender Ruslan Chagaev.

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John Ruiz faced Otis Tisdale on October 13,2007, and ended the fight with a TKO victory in the second round as referee Pete Podgorski called a halt to the bout as Tisdale went down for the third time.

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On March 8,2008, John Ruiz won a 12-round unanimous decision over Jameel McCline in Mexico.

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John Ruiz, coming in at 226 pounds, dominated his overmatched opponent to retain his mandatory challenge to the WBA belt.

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Arena in Manchester, John 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.

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John Ruiz has indicated that he wants to return to boxing in some capacity as either a manager or trainer at some point.