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Heavyweight Boxing

John Ruiz vs Nikolai Valuev

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

John Ruiz and Nikolai Valuev met 2 times (2005, 2008). Nikolai Valuev won in 2008 by decision; Nikolai Valuev won in 2005.

Side by side

John RuizNikolai Valuev
80″ (203.2 cm)Reach83.9″ (213 cm)
74″ (188 cm)Height83.9″ (213 cm)
+8.09%Reach advantage0%
44–9Record50–2
68%Finish rate68%
12Longest unbeaten run46
55Recorded bouts53
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 4. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentJohn RuizNikolai Valuev
David Haye L L
Evander Holyfield L W
Ruslan Chagaev L L
Jameel McCline W W

Careers side by side

John Ruiz

2000 2010 win vs Jesus Rohena (1992)win vs John Basil Jackson (1992)win vs Barry Kirton (1992)win vs Mike Vasser (1992)win vs Kevin Parker (1992)win vs Carl Williams (1993)win vs Cordwell Hylton (1993)loss vs Sergei Kobozev (1993)win vs Exum Speight (1993)win vs George Chambers (1993)win vs Mark Sonnier (1993)win vs Juan Quintana (1993)win vs Lorenzo Poole (1993)win vs Derrick Jones (1993)win vs Phil Prince (1993)win vs Miguel Rosa (1993)win vs John Basil Jackson (1993)win vs Rick Sullivan (1994)loss vs Danell Nicholson (1994)win vs Muhammad Askai (1994)win vs Julius Francis (1994)win vs Steve Pannell (1995)win vs Willie Jackson (1995)win vs Derrick Roddy (1995)win vs Michael Murray (1995)win vs Jack Basting (1995)win vs Boris Powell (1995)win vs Yuriy Yelistratov (1996)win vs Nathaniel Fitch (1996)win vs Greg Pickrom (1996)win vs Doug Davis (1996)loss vs David Tua (1996)win vs Ray Anis (1997)win vs Jimmy Thunder (1997)win vs Jerry Ballard (1998)win vs Tony Tucker (1998)win vs Thomas Williams (1999)win vs Fernely Feliz (1999)win vs Mario Cawley (1999)loss vs Evander Holyfield (2000)draw vs Evander Holyfield (2001)win vs Kirk Johnson (2002)win vs Hasim Rahman (2003)loss vs Roy Jones Jr. (2003)win vs Andrew Golota (2004)win vs Fres Oquendo (2004)loss vs Nikolai Valuev (2005)? vs James Toney (2005)loss vs Ruslan Chagaev (2006)win vs Otis Tisdale (2007)loss vs Nikolai Valuev (2008)win vs Jameel McCline (2008)win vs Adnan Serin (2009)loss vs David Haye (2010)
winlossdraw / NC1992–2010

Nikolai Valuev

2000 win vs John Morton (1993)win vs Aleksei Tsygankov (1994)win vs Aleksandr Vasiliev (1994)win vs Sergei Anikeev (1995)win vs Darren Fearn (1996)win vs Neil Kirkwood (1996)win vs Sinclair Babb (1997)win vs Alarim Uysal (1997)win vs Kevin Rosier (1997)win vs Aug Tanuvasa (1997)win vs Rodney Harris (1997)win vs Terrell Nelson (1997)win vs Manao Navuilawa (1997)win vs Patrick Slade (1997)win vs Evgeny Odolsky (1998)win vs James Gaines (1998)win vs Jim Huffman (1998)win vs Aleksei Varakin (1999)win vs James McQueen (1999)? vs Andreas Sidon (1999)win vs John Tupou (1999)win vs Aleksei Osokin (1999)win vs Tone Fiso (2000)win vs Yuriy Yelistratov (2000)win vs Yuri Nikolaev (2000)win vs Toakipa Tasefa (2001)win vs George Linberger (2001)win vs Vitali Shkraba (2001)win vs Kostiantyn Pryziuk (2002)win vs Taras Bidenko (2002)win vs Yaroslav Zavorotnyi (2002)win vs Otis Tisdale (2003)win vs Bob Mirovic (2003)win vs Vitali Shkraba (2003)win vs Pedro Daniel Franco (2003)win vs Gerald Nobles (2004)win vs Paolo Vidoz (2004)win vs Richard Igbineghu (2004)win vs Marcelo Domínguez (2004)win vs Dicky Ryan (2004)win vs John Ruiz (2005)win vs Larry Donald (2005)win vs Clifford Etienne (2005)win vs Attila Levin (2005)win vs Monte Barrett (2006)win vs Owen Beck (2006)win vs Jean Francois Bergeron (2007)loss vs Ruslan Chagaev (2007)win vs Jameel McCline (2007)win vs Evander Holyfield (2008)win vs John Ruiz (2008)win vs Siarhei Liakhovich (2008)loss vs David Haye (2009)
winlossdraw / NC1993–2009

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