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However Valuev managed to rock Ruiz with a left in the eighth and edged the final round with right-left combination that wobbled the American. The two of the three judges scored the bout for Valuev 114–116 and 113–116 while the third scored it 114–114, giving Valuev a Majority Decision victory, becoming the first-ever Russian world ...
They also mandated that Valuev and number two ranked contender John Ruiz meet for the vacated title. Ruiz had also recorded back to back wins following his consecutive defeats against Valuev and Chagaev. Sauerland Events won the purse bid with an offer of $2,106,401. [4] Heading into the bout, Valuev was the 5-2 on favourite. [5]
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.
Valuev 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 decision to regain the WBA heavyweight championship, with Valuev and Chagaev set to fight no later than 26 June 2009 to determine whom the WBA regarded as their champion. [17]
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John Ruiz has weathered trouble before and his Coral Gables home, an office building he owned and even his boat were all the subject of foreclosure actions a decade ago. But his current problems ...
Miami lawyer John Ruiz’s publicly-traded company, LifeWallet, told federal regulators Friday that it faces delisting from the NASDAQ stock exchange, a fate the health insurance claims firm has ...
Chagaev became the mandatory challenger for a shot at Nikolai Valuev, the WBA heavyweight champion at the time. Valuev was sat ringside and believed Chagaev was the rightful winner. [92] [93] At the conclusion of 2006, Chagaev was ranked No.9 heavyweight in the world by The Ring; Nikolai Valuev was ranked 8th; John Ruiz was ranked 10th. [94]