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Antonio Ruiz vs Johnny Tapia — record, stats and common opponents compared

Antonio Ruiz

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Johnny Tapia

Antonio Ruiz (0-3-2 across 5 tracked bouts) and Johnny Tapia (59-5-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Ruiz

Tracked record

0–3–2

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tapia

59

Wins30 KO · 51%

5

Losses

2

Draws66 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Tapia leads 1–0

Antonio Ruiz and Johnny Tapia have met 1 time; Tapia leads 1–0.

Antonio Ruiz and Johnny Tapia have met 1 time; Tapia leads 1–0.
Met1994May 5Series
Antonio RuizFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Johnny TapiaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Ruiz 0 · Tapia 5 of 5 measurable rows
RuizTapia
Record†
0-3-259-5-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
90.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 30
0
30 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50.85%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—51%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.8
1.2
2.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66
5
66

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Antonio Ruiz: No height on file
Johnny Tapia: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Antonio Ruiz: No reach on file
Johnny Tapia: 63″
Agenot held
Antonio Ruiz: No date of birth
Johnny Tapia: Died aged 45
Stance
Antonio Ruiz: Not recorded
Johnny Tapia: Orthodox

Antonio Ruiz left, Johnny Tapia right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Antonio Ruiz0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Antonio Ruiz: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ruiz yet.

Johnny Tapia59 wins · from 66 tracked bouts

Johnny Tapia: 59 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (51%), 28 on the cards (47%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 66 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 51%28 on the cards 47%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Antonio Ruiz 5, Johnny Tapia 66 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Antonio Ruiz last boxed on Aug 28, 1998 — 10,281 days ago. Ruiz had lost the most recent, to Hugo Cázares.LLDDL

Tapia May 1994León Aug 1996Salazar May 1997Sarmiento Aug 1998Cázares Aug 19981.2 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Tapia has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Sandro Marcos. Tapia last boxed on Jun 4, 2011.LWWWW

Marcos Sep 2005Primero Feb 2007Reyes Mar 2010Alonso Sep 2010Pastrana Jun 20112.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Antonio Ruiz and Johnny Tapia ever fought each other?
Yes. Antonio Ruiz and Johnny Tapia met once on May 5, 1994, and Johnny Tapia won by UD.
The meeting

LMay 5, 1994 · Tapia · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ruiz or Tapia?
Antonio Ruiz is 0-3-2 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Tapia is 59-5-2. Johnny Tapia has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ruiz0–3–220%

Tapia59–5–290.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ruiz or Tapia?
Antonio Ruiz has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Tapia has 30. Johnny Tapia has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ruiz0

Tapia3050.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ruiz and Tapia have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Antonio Ruiz and Johnny Tapia have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ruiz and Tapia?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Antonio Ruiz and 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Tapia. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ruiz5bouts

Tapia66bouts

How They Win ↓

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