John Ruiz
80″ reach · +8.09% reach advantage · 86th percentile
John Ruiz has a reach of 80″ against a height of 74″ — a reach advantage of +8.09%, long for heavyweight boxing and the 86th percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+8.09%
80″ reach on a 74″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 80″ (203.2 cm) | 69th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 74″ (188 cm) | 39th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
44–9
55 bouts on record
Finish rate
68%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 51st percentile
The career, bout by bout
55 recorded bouts from 1992 to 2010. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
19y
1992–2010
Longest unbeaten run
12
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1993
12 bouts
Recorded bouts
55
54 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | L | David Haye | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 2009 | W | Adnan Serin | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 2008 | L | Nikolai Valuev | Decision | 12 |
| 2008 | W | Jameel McCline | Decision | 12 |
| 2007 | W | Otis Tisdale | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2006 | L | Ruslan Chagaev | Decision | 12 |
| 2005 | L | Nikolai Valuev | — | 12 |
| 2005 | ? | James Toney | Decision | 12 |
| 2004 | W | Andrew Golota | Decision | 12 |
| 2004 | W | Fres Oquendo | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 2003 | W | Hasim Rahman | Decision | 12 |
| 2003 | L | Roy Jones Jr. | Decision | 12 |
| 2002 | W | Kirk Johnson | — | 10 |
| 2001 | D | Evander Holyfield | Draw | 12 |
| 2000 | L | Evander Holyfield | Decision | 12 |
| 1999 | W | Thomas Williams | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1999 | W | Fernely Feliz | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1999 | W | Mario Cawley | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1998 | W | Jerry Ballard | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1998 | W | Tony Tucker | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1997 | W | Ray Anis | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Jimmy Thunder | Decision | 12 |
| 1996 | W | Yuriy Yelistratov | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1996 | W | Nathaniel Fitch | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1996 | W | Greg Pickrom | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1996 | W | Doug Davis | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1996 | L | David Tua | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1995 | W | Steve Pannell | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1995 | W | Willie Jackson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1995 | W | Derrick Roddy | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1995 | W | Michael Murray | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1995 | W | Jack Basting | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1995 | W | Boris Powell | Decision | 10 |
| 1994 | W | Rick Sullivan | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1994 | L | Danell Nicholson | Decision | 12 |
| 1994 | W | Muhammad Askai | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1994 | W | Julius Francis | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1993 | W | Carl Williams | Decision | 6 |
| 1993 | W | Cordwell Hylton | Decision | 6 |
| 1993 | L | Sergei Kobozev | — | 10 |
| 1993 | W | Exum Speight | Decision | 8 |
| 1993 | W | George Chambers | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1993 | W | Mark Sonnier | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1993 | W | Juan Quintana | Decision | 6 |
| 1993 | W | Lorenzo Poole | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1993 | W | Derrick Jones | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1993 | W | Phil Prince | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1993 | W | Miguel Rosa | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1993 | W | John Basil Jackson | Decision | 6 |
| 1992 | W | Jesus Rohena | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1992 | W | John Basil Jackson | — | 6 |
| 1992 | W | Barry Kirton | — | 2 |
| 1992 | W | Mike Vasser | — | 1 |
| 1992 | W | Kevin Parker | — | 4 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
20 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Fres Oquendo+8.09% 80″ reach · 86th pct
- BJ Flores+8.09% 80″ reach · 86th pct
- Larry Donald+7.98% 81″ reach · 85th pct
- Larry Holmes+7.98% 81″ reach · 85th pct
- Travis Walker+7.93% 82″ reach · 84th pct
- Abe Simon+7.93% 82″ reach · 84th pct
- Odlanier Solís+8.25% 79″ reach · 87th pct
- James Smith+7.93% 82″ reach · 84th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 317 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: John Ruiz on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.