Rafael Ruelas

Career, Record, Stats

Rafael Ruelas is a 53-year-old retired Mexican professional boxer. He is a former lightweight world champion. In a career spanning 10 years, 6 months, and 22 days, Ruelas amassed a record of 53-4, which includes 41 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

Rafael Ruelas' Boxing Career

Rafael Ruelas was born in Yerbabuena, Jalisco, Mexico on April 26, 1971. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 years on January 17, 1989 against Marcos Covarrubias. Ruelas defeated Covarrubias via 4-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Ruelas became a world champion at the age of 22 after 40 professional fights. He challenged Freddie Pendleton for the IBF lightweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.

Ruelas' last fight was a split decision victory over Hicklet Lau at age 28, on August 8, 1999.

Some of Rafael Ruelas' best fights have been against Jorge Páez, Livingstone Bramble, Rick Lockridge, Steve Cruz, and Darryl Tyson. For a complete list of Ruelas' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Rafael Ruelas".

Ruelas has 4 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Rafael Ruelas Losses".

Rafael Ruelas' Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
57	Aug 08, 1999	28	Hicklet Lau	win	SD 10
56	Aug 15, 1998	27	Kostya Tszyu 28 20-1	loss	TKO 9
55	Jun 19, 1998	27	Juan Baldwin	win	RTD 5
54	Mar 21, 1998	26	Tim Scott	win	TKO 2
53	Nov 14, 1997	26	Rodney Wilson	win	TKO 7
52	Jul 19, 1997	26	Mike Griffith	win	TKO 2
51	Jan 23, 1997	25	Jesus Arce	win	TKO 2
50	Dec 03, 1996	25	Jaime Balboa	win	KO 5
49	Aug 23, 1996	25	Livingstone Bramble 35 38-17-3	win	UD 10
48	Jul 10, 1996	25	Mike Walsh	win	KO 2
47	Apr 30, 1996	25	Tomas Barrientes	win	KO 2
46	Oct 07, 1995	24	George Scott	loss	UD 12
45	May 06, 1995	24	Oscar De La Hoya 22 17-0	loss	TKO 2
44	Jan 28, 1995	23	Billy Schwer	win	RTD 8
43	Dec 08, 1994	23	Omar Pacheco	win	KO 3
42	May 27, 1994	23	Mike Evgen	win	TKO 3
41	Feb 19, 1994	22	Freddie Pendleton	win	UD 12
40	Oct 22, 1993	22	Manuel Hernandez	win	KO 1
39	Aug 19, 1993	22	Conrado Lopez	win	KO 1
38	Jul 17, 1993	22	Darryl Tyson 32 40-5-1	win	UD 10
37	Feb 23, 1993	21	Robert Rivera	win	TKO 3
36	Jan 19, 1993	21	Roberto Burgos	win	KO 1
35	Nov 06, 1992	21	Jorge Páez 27 43-4-4	win	RTD 10
34	Aug 25, 1992	21	Benny Dominguez	win	KO 1
33	Jul 07, 1992	21	Mauro Gutierrez	win	UD 10
32	May 26, 1992	21	Francisco Ortiz	win	TKO 2
31	Apr 03, 1992	20	Francisco Lopez	win	TKO 1
30	Jan 30, 1992	20	Rocky Lockridge 33 44-7	win	UD 10
29	Nov 26, 1991	20	Juan De La Paz	win	TKO 2
28	Jul 31, 1991	20	Mauro Gutierrez	loss	KO 2
27	Jun 25, 1991	20	Narciso Valenzuela Romo	win	UD 10
26	May 17, 1991	20	Fernando Soldadito Teran	win	KO 1
25	Mar 31, 1991	19	Steve Cruz 27 35-5	win	KO 3
24	Feb 26, 1991	19	Vicente Gonzalez	win	UD 10
23	Jan 14, 1991	19	Tomas Valdez	win	TKO 3
22	Nov 27, 1990	19	Richard Abila	win	KO 7
21	Sep 22, 1990	19	Felipe de Jesus	win	TKO 7
20	Aug 17, 1990	19	Job Walters	win	TKO 9
19	Jul 31, 1990	19	Rosendo Alonso	win	TKO 1
18	Jun 18, 1990	19	Abe Gomez	win	UD 10
17	May 29, 1990	19	Vicente Gonzalez	win	RTD 5
16	Apr 14, 1990	18	Arturo Hernandez	win	TKO 1
15	Mar 08, 1990	18	Antonio Sanchez	win	KO 2
14	Feb 27, 1990	18	Roberto Rios	win	TKO 2
13	Feb 05, 1990	18	Simon Contreras	win	KO 5
12	Nov 28, 1989	18	Ricardo Flores	win	KO 1
11	Oct 24, 1989	18	Margarito Ruiz	win	DQ 1
10	Sep 26, 1989	18	Jose Luis Vazquez	win	KO 1
9	Aug 29, 1989	18	Joey Quinlan	win	KO 1
8	Jul 14, 1989	18	Ben Gomez	win	KO 3
7	Jun 27, 1989	18	Chilo Guzman	win	KO 3
6	Jun 16, 1989	18	Benito Rodriguez	win	KO 3
5	May 30, 1989	18	Javier Lara	win	KO 3
4	Apr 25, 1989	17	Margarito Arreola	win	MD 4
3	Mar 28, 1989	17	Leopoldo Maya	win	TKO 1
2	Feb 14, 1989	17	Robert Rayford	win	TKO 3
1	Jan 17, 1989	17	Marcos Covarrubias	win	UD 4

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