On October 5, 2024, a 34-year-old Ronny Rios (34-4, 17 KOs) got a shot at the featherweight WBA (Regular) title held by 27-year-old British boxer Nick Ball (20-0-1, 11 KOs).
Rios came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 11 days. Ball was on a 1-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 4 days.
Nick Ball stopped Ronny Rios via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Regular) featherweight title. Ball improves his record to 21-0-1 (12 KOs), while Rios adds a loss to his record at 34-5.
On June 25, 2022, a 32-year-old Ronny Rios (33-3, 16 KOs) got a shot at the super-bantamweight WBA (Super) and IBF title held by 27-year-old Uzbek boxer Murodjon Akhmadaliev (10-0, 7 KOs).
Rios came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 4 months, and 12 days. Akhmadaliev was on a 10-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 6 days.
Murodjon Akhmadaliev stopped Ronny Rios via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Super) and IBF super-bantamweight titles. Akhmadaliev improves his record to 11-0 (8 KOs), while Rios adds a loss to his record at 33-4.
On March 9, 2018, a 28-year-old Ronny Rios (29-2, 13 KOs) and a 29-year-old Armenian boxer Azat Hovhannisyan (13-2, 10 KOs) met in the ring in a super-bantamweight bout.
Rios came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 41% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 7 days. Hovhannisyan was on a 7-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 14 days.
Azat Hovhannisyan stopped Ronny Rios via KO in the 6th round. Hovhannisyan improves his record to 14-2 (11 KOs), while Rios adds a loss to his record at 29-3.
On August 26, 2017, a 27-year-old Ronny Rios (28-1, 13 KOs) got a shot at the super-bantamweight WBC title held by 26-year-old Mexican boxer Rey Vargas (29-0, 22 KOs).
Rios came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 20 days. Vargas was on a 29-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 1 day.
Rey Vargas defeated Ronny Rios via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC super-bantamweight title. Vargas improves his record to 30-0, while Rios adds a loss to his record at 28-2.
On October 10, 2014, a 24-year-old Ronny Rios (23-0, 10 KOs) and a 32-year-old Mexican boxer Robinson Castellanos (21-11, 12 KOs) met in the ring.
Rios came in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 26 days. Castellanos was on a -1-fight win streak with a 37% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 25 days.
Robinson Castellanos stopped Ronny Rios via TKO in the 5th round. Castellanos improves his record to 22-11 (13 KOs), while Rios adds a loss to his record at 23-1.