On January 31, 1998, John Ruiz (31-3, 22 KOs) and Tony Tucker (56-6, 46 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round heavyweight bout.
John Ruiz is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round TKO victory over Ray Anis, 7 months and 14 days ago. Tony Tucker is on a 2-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round TKO win over Jerry Haynes, 1 month and 15 days ago.
This should be a confident win for John Ruiz at 99-1 winning odds. Tony Tucker really doesn't have much to present against Ruiz.
John Ruiz stopped Tony Tucker via TKO in the 11th round. Ruiz improves his record to 32-3 (23 KOs), while Tucker adds a loss to his record at 56-7.