On August 15, 1998, a 27-year-old Rafael Ruelas (52-3, 41 KOs) and a 28-year-old Australian boxer Kostya Tszyu (20-1, 16 KOs) met in the ring.
Ruelas came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 27 days. Tszyu was on a 2-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 10 days.
Kostya Tszyu stopped Rafael Ruelas via TKO in the 9th round. Tszyu improves his record to 21-1 (17 KOs), while Ruelas adds a loss to his record at 52-4.
On October 7, 1995, a 24-year-old Rafael Ruelas (43-2, 33 KOs) and George Scott met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Ruelas came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 1 day.
Rafael Ruelas lost to George Scott via unanimous decision in the 12-round lightweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 43-3.
On May 6, 1995, the 24-year-old IBF lightweight champion, Rafael Ruelas (43-1, 33 KOs), and the 22-year-old WBO lightweight champion Oscar De La Hoya (17-0, 15 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Ruelas came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 8 days. De La Hoya was on a 17-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 18 days.
Oscar De La Hoya made very easy work of Rafael Ruelas, stopping Ruelas via TKO in the 2nd. De La Hoya improves his record to 18-0 (16 KOs), while Ruelas adds a loss to his record at 43-2.
On July 31, 1991, a 20-year-old Rafael Ruelas (27-0, 21 KOs) and Mauro Gutierrez met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Ruelas came in to the fight on a 27-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 6 days.
Rafael Ruelas lost to Mauro Gutierrez via KO in the 2nd round, and adds a loss to his record at 27-1.