Who won Ruiz Jr vs Love?
Andy Ruiz Jr beat Raphael Zumbano Love by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest on Saturday 24th October 2015 at CenturyLink Center in Omaha.
The scorecards were announced as 80-72, 80-72, 80-70 in favor of winner Andy Ruiz Jr.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.
Ruiz Jr vs Love stats
Andy Ruiz Jr stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 25 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Raphael Zumbano Love made his way to the ring with a record of 37 wins, 11 loses and 1 draw, with 30 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Love had advantage in power over Ruiz Jr, with a 81% knock out percentage over Ruiz Jr's 68%.
Andy Ruiz Jr was the younger man by 9 years, at 33 years old.
Love had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ruiz Jr. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.
Both Andy Ruiz Jr & Raphael Zumbano Love fought out of an orthodox stance.
Ruiz Jr was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 24 less fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 year and 10 months later than Love, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 65 less professional rounds, 187 to Love's 252.
Ruiz Jr vs Love form
Ruiz Jr had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Anthony Joshua on 1st June 2019 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBA Super World Heavyweight, IBF World Heavyweight and WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.
Previous to that, he had won against Alexander Dimitrenko on 20th April 2019 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Dignity Health Sports Park, California.
Going into that contest, he had beat Kevin Johnson on 7th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Save Mart Arena, California.
Before that, he had defeated Devin Vargas on 10th March 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at StubHub Center, Carson.
He had been beaten by Joseph Parker on 10th December 2016 by majority decision in their WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at Auckland, New Zealand.
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Ruiz Jr's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 35 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7 rounds on average.
Love's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 1 month and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.
What time did Ruiz Jr vs Love start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 AM EST / 9:00 PM PST at CenturyLink Center, Omaha, United States, which was around 5:00 AM BST in the UK.
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