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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 2001 and 2005. Ruiz is of Puerto Rican descent, and is the first Latino boxer to win a world heavyweight title.
This prompted Neumann to expel Stone from the corner and send him back to the dressing room, something that HBO's Harold Lederman stated was unprecedented in his memory. [10] Ruiz would come on strong late and at the end of 12 rounds, would win a close but unanimous decision, with two judges scoring the bout 114–111 and third 113–112.
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 heavyweight champion. He also became the tallest and heaviest champion in boxing history. [4]
Boxing: Madison Square Garden Heavyweights undercard: (BoxingCentral) John Ruiz recovers from two knockdowns and one point reduction to retain his WBA world Heavyweight title with a twelve-round unanimous decision over Andrzej Gołota. His manager, Norman Stone, has an altercation with the referee and also punches Gołota's trainer after round one.
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Brian Norman Jr. (born November 23, 2000) is an American boxer who has held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title since August 2024. Early life [ edit ]
Iron Mike Productions (formerly Acquinity Sports) was a boxing promotion company, based in Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States.Acquinity Sports was founded in 2012 by Garry Jonas, CEO of Acquinity Interactive which abruptly ceased operations in 2013 after an FTC complaint.
The Cus D'Amato Award, known alternatively as the Boxing Writers of America Manager of the Year Award and previously known as the Al Buck Award from 1967 to 2008, [1] has been conferred annually since 1967 by the Boxing Writers Association of America on the manager, irrespective of nationality or class of fighter represented, adjudged by the membership of the Association to have been the best ...