On July 13, 2024, a 27-year-old Ruben Villa (22-1, 7 KOs) and a 33-year-old Ugandan boxer Sulaiman Segawa (16-4-1, 6 KOs) met in the ring in a featherweight bout.
Villa came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 30% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months. Segawa was on a -1-fight win streak with a 28% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 13 days.
Sulaiman Segawa defeated Ruben Villa via unanimous decision in the 10-round featherweight fight. Segawa improves his record to 17-4-1, while Villa adds a loss to his record at 22-2.
On October 9, 2020, 23-year-old Ruben Villa (18-0, 5 KOs) and 25-year-old Emanuel Navarrete (32-1, 28 KOs) fought for the vacant WBO featherweight title.
Villa came in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 27% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 18 days. Navarrete was on a 27-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 19 days.
Emanuel Navarrete defeated Ruben Villa via unanimous decision . Navarrete improves his record to 33-1, while Villa adds a loss to his record at 18-1.