Hugo Ruiz Dominguez (born September 21, 1988) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the former WBC Super bantamweight.
Professional career In September 2010, Ruiz beat the veteran Jesús Vázquez to win the WBC Continental Americas super flyweight championship, the bout was held at the Arena Solidaridad, in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
WBA bantamweight championship (interim) On January 22, 2011, Ruiz won a technical ninth-round decision over Nicaraguan Álvaro Pérez to capture the interim WBA bantamweight title. He would go to fight for the Regular title against Japanese boxer Kōki Kameda but would lose via split decision.
WBC super bantamweight title fight (interim) In 2016, Ruiz beat fellow countryman Julio Ceja in a rematch to win the WBC Super bantamweight title. He would end up losing the title in his first defense against Japanese boxer Hozumi Hasegawa.
Ruiz vs. Guevara On 19 January 2019, Ruiz beat Alberto Guevara by unanimous decision in their 10-round contest The scorecards read 99–90, 100–89, 99–90 in favor of Ruiz.
Ruiz vs. Davis In his next bout, Ruiz faced WBA super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis. Ruiz was ranked as the #8 super feathwerweight in the world by the WBA. Davis cornered Ruiz from the opening bell, and was able to crack his guard towards the end of the round and drop him with a left hook. Ruiz made the count, but the referee decided to end the fight, awarding Davis with a first-round knockout victory.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes44Loss39–5Gervonta DavisKO1 (12), Feb 9, 201943Win39–4Alberto GuevaraUD10Jan 19, 201942Win38–4Jesus GaliciaKO2 (10), Nov 17, 201841Win37–4Dennis ContrerasUD8Aug 11, 201840Loss36–4Hozumi HasegawaRTD9 (12), Sep 16, 201639Win36–3Julio CejaTKO1 (12), Feb 27, 201638Loss35–3Julio CejaTKO5 (12), Aug 29, 201537Win35–2Carlos MedellinTKO1 (8), Nov 22, 201436Win34–2Ramon MaasTKO1 (10), Mar 22, 201435Win33–2Julio César MirandaMD12Sep 7, 201334Win32–2Giovanni CaroTKO2 (10), Jun 1, 201333Loss31–2Kōki KamedaSD12 Dec 4, 201232Win31–1Jean SampsonKO9 (12), Jul 7, 201231Win30–1Yonfrez ParejoTKO8 (12), Mar 31, 201230Win29–1Francisco Arce ArmentaTKO4 (12), Oct 15, 201129Win28–1Francisco Arce ArmentaUD12 May 14, 201128Win27–1Alvaro PerezTD9 (12)Jan 22, 201127Win26–1Jesus VazquezUD10Sep 4, 201026Win25–1Cesar Ricardo MartinezTKO2 (8), Jun 19, 201025Win24–1Germán MerazTKO7 (12), Apr 3, 201024Win23–1Francisco ReyesTKO3 (10)Feb 13, 201023Win22–1Fred Heberto ValdezKO4 (10)Nov 13, 200922Win21–1Jose TamayoKO8 Sep 25, 200921Win20–1Esau GaonaTKO7 (12)Jun 12, 200920Win19–1Felipe AcostaKO2 (6)Apr 3, 200919Win18–1Ernesto OchoaTKO2 (4)Feb 28, 200918Win17–1Hugo CruzKO1 (4)Dec 12, 200817Win16–1Jose Carlos VargasTKO1 (6)Nov 2, 200816Win15–1Carlos BalmeaKO2 (6)Jun 14, 200815Win14–1Raul RuizKO1 (4)Apr 18, 200814Win13–1Daniel Contreras Jr.KO1 (4)Feb 22, 200813Win12–1Eduardo GutierrezTKO3 (4)Feb 8, 200812Win11–1Jose AlvarezKO1 (4)Jan 25, 200811Win10–1Jesus CotaTKO1 (4)Dec 14, 200710Loss9–1Enrique QuevedoTKO4 (6)Oct 27, 20079Win9–0Martin JocobiTKO1 (4)Sep 28, 20078Win8–0Raul RuizKO1 (4)Sep 14, 20077Win7–0Jacobo Cinco ValenzuelaTKO1 (6)Aug 10, 20076Win6–0Trinidad RuizTKO1 (4)Jul 27, 20075Win5–0Noe FloresKO1 (4)Jul 14, 20074Win4–0Mauro GonzalezKO1 (4)Jun 29, 20073Win3–0Rigoberto CasillasTKO1 (4)May 12, 20072Win2–0Martin JocobiTKO1 (4)Mar 30, 20071Win1–0Noe FloresTKO1 (4)Dec 22, 2006
See also List of Mexican boxing world champions List of world super-bantamweight boxing champions
References
External links
Hugo Ruiz - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live