On March 24, 2003, a 32-year-old Gabriel Ruelas (49-6, 24 KOs) and Courtney Burton met in the ring.
Ruelas came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 24 days.
Gabriel Ruelas lost to Courtney Burton via TKO in the 8th round, and adds a loss to his record at 49-7.
On October 3, 1999, a 29-year-old Gabriel Ruelas (46-5, 24 KOs) and Manuel Garnica met in the ring.
Ruelas came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 26 days.
Gabriel Ruelas lost to Manuel Garnica via majority decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 46-6.
On October 24, 1998, a 28-year-old Gabriel Ruelas (45-4, 24 KOs) and John Brown met in the ring.
Ruelas came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 49% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 13 days.
Gabriel Ruelas lost to John Brown via TKO in the 8th round, and adds a loss to his record at 45-5.
On October 4, 1997, a 27-year-old Gabriel Ruelas (44-3, 23 KOs) got a shot at the super-featherweight IBF title held by 25-year-old Canadian boxer Arturo Gatti (28-1, 23 KOs).
Ruelas came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 20 days. Gatti was on a 22-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months.
Arturo Gatti stopped Gabriel Ruelas via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF super-featherweight title. Gatti improves his record to 29-1 (24 KOs), while Ruelas adds a loss to his record at 44-4.
On December 1, 1995, Gabriel Ruelas and Azumah Nelson met again in a rematch.
Ruelas came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 25 days. Nelson was on a -1-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 6 months, and 24 days.
In the rematch, Azumah Nelson stopped the champion via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBC super-featherweight champion. Nelson improves his record to 37-3-2 (26 KOs), while Ruelas adds a loss to his record at 41-3.
On February 20, 1993, a 22-year-old Gabriel Ruelas (33-1, 16 KOs) got a shot at the super-featherweight WBC title held by 34-year-old Ghanaian boxer Azumah Nelson (35-2-1, 25 KOs).
Ruelas came in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 22 days. Nelson was on a 2-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 13 days.
Azumah Nelson defeated Gabriel Ruelas via majority decision and successfully defended his WBC super-featherweight title. Nelson improves his record to 36-2-1, while Ruelas adds a loss to his record at 33-2.
On April 14, 1990, a 19-year-old Gabriel Ruelas (21-0, 12 KOs) and Jeff Franklin met in the ring.
Ruelas came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 6 days.
Gabriel Ruelas lost to Jeff Franklin via TKO in the 7th round, and adds a loss to his record at 21-1.