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Rafael Ruelas
Born
(1971-04-26) 26 April 1971 (age 53)
Yerbabuena, Jalisco, Mexico
Nationality
Mexican American
Statistics
Weight(s)
Featherweight Lightweight Super lightweight
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Reach
71 in (180 cm)
Stance
Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights
57
Wins
53
Wins by KO
41
Losses
4
Rafael Ruelas (born 26 April 1971) is a Mexican real estate agent in Granada Hills, California. He was a professional boxer who held the IBF lightweight world championship from 1994 until 1995.
having lost to Ruelas twice in golden gloves, defeated Ruelas, knocking him down twice and ending the fight in the second round. Ruelas's career and success...
Garcia was an undercard to his brother's (Rafael Ruelas) lost title fight with Oscar De La Hoya. Ruelas lost his title in a rematch to Nelson in 1995, via...
late-Renaissance RafaelRuelas (born 1971), Mexican professional boxer This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ruelas. If an internal...
Larry Holmes, Ray Mancini, Carlos Monzón, Terry Norris, Gabriel Ruelas, RafaelRuelas, James Toney, Kubrat Pulev, Guido Vianello and Tyson Fury. The company...
title. After beating former world champions Calvin Grove (KO 1) and RafaelRuelas (KO 9), Tszyu was given another world title try, when the WBC's belt...
Hoya defeated IBF lightweight champion RafaelRuelas (43–1–0) in a unification bout. De La Hoya knocked Ruelas down twice before the fight was stopped...
had been knocked down in his career. On March 31, 1991, Cruz took on RafaelRuelas at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas before a crowd of 800 in a North American...
Pendleton, Charles Murray, James "Buddy" McGirt, Roger Mayweather, RafaelRuelas and Kostya Tszyu, as well as world title challengers like Wilfredo Rivera...
win over Tracy Spann. He defended his title once before losing it to RafaelRuelas in 1994. Although he continued to fight until 2001, Pendleton never...
Beasley for the WBO middleweight title; Billy Schwer would challenge RafaelRuelas for the IBF lightweight title, plus Frank Bruno versus Ray Mercer in...
1992 Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S. 52 Loss 44–8 RafaelRuelas UD 10 Jan 30, 1992 Country Club, Reseda, California, U.S. 51 Win 44–7...
Shane Mosley, Terry Norris, Wayne McCullough, and brothers Gabriel Ruelas and RafaelRuelas. Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) ran tapings of its weekly...
2006. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019. Rafael, Dan (28 June 2012). "Timothy Bradley Jr. stays at 147". ESPN. Archived...
Boxrec.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2021-06-04. Rafael, Dan (20 July 2012). "Injured Solis stripped of IBF title". ESPN. Archived...
Feb 18, 1995 John-John Molina UD 12/12 IBF Lightweight May 6, 1995 RafaelRuelas TKO 2/12 WBC Light welterweight Jun 7, 1996 Julio César Chávez TKO 4/12...
Nevada. 25 February 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Rafael, Dan (6 April 2006). "Notebook: Mayweather is in the zone". ESPN. Archived...
Honorees: Benny Urquidez and Mimi Lessos Boxing Honorees: Gabriel Ruelas and RafaelRuelas Other honorees included: Elizabeth, New Jersey (September 30):...
Hoya unifies the WBO and IBF Lightweight titles in his victory against RafaelRuelas. August 19 – Mike Tyson defeats Peter McNeeley in his first comeback...
lightweight champion Livingstone Bramble to a draw. Next Tyson lost to RafaelRuelas. In his next fight Tyson beat Roger Mayweather. In 1995, Tyson lost...
May 6 – Oscar De La Hoya scored a second-round TKO in Las Vegas over RafaelRuelas to retain his World Lightweight Championship. For the first time in...
inside a ring. On March 8, 1990, he beat the famed former world champion Rafael Limón in Atlantic City by an eight-round unanimous decision. Mitchell kept...
In the fifth, with Ruelas again the aggressor and looking close to victory, Gatti connected with a left hook that lifted Ruelas off the canvas and resulted...