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Eddie Perkins vs Nelson Ruiz — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT

Eddie Perkins

🇻🇪VENEZUELA

Nelson Ruiz

Eddie Perkins (74-20-3) and Nelson Ruiz (8-2-1) 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.

Perkins

74

Wins21 KO · 28%

20

Losses

3

Draws98 tracked bouts

Ruiz

8

Wins6 KO · 75%

2

Losses

1

Draw2 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Perkins leads 1–0

Eddie Perkins and Nelson Ruiz have met 1 time; Perkins leads 1–0.

Eddie Perkins and Nelson Ruiz have met 1 time; Perkins leads 1–0.
Met1972Dec 15Series
Eddie PerkinsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Nelson RuizFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Perkins 6 · Ruiz 1 of 7 measurable rows
PerkinsRuiz
Record
74-20-3 (edge)8-2-1
Win %0–100%
77.8% (edge)
77.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 21
21 (edge)
6
KO rate0–100%
28.38%
75% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
28%—
Times stopped†max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 5.3
5.3 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 98
98
2

† 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
Eddie Perkins: 5′5″
Nelson Ruiz: No height on file
Reachnot held
Eddie Perkins: 68″
Nelson Ruiz: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Eddie Perkins: Died aged 75
Nelson Ruiz: 77
Stance
Eddie Perkins: Orthodox
Nelson Ruiz: Not recorded

Eddie Perkins left, Nelson Ruiz right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Eddie Perkins74 wins · from 98 tracked bouts

Eddie Perkins: 74 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (28%) and 53 on the cards (72%). Counted from 98 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 28%53 on the cards 72%

Nelson Ruiz0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Nelson Ruiz: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ruiz yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Eddie Perkins 98, Nelson Ruiz 2 — 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

Eddie Perkins has lost four straight, after one straight win. Perkins last boxed on May 31, 1975.WLLLL

Sorimachi May 1974Mattioli Aug 1974Malinga Oct 1974Tsujimoto Nov 1974Csandl May 19755.3 tracked bouts per year

Nelson Ruiz last boxed on Oct 10, 1974 — 19,004 days ago. Ruiz had lost two straight.LL

Perkins Dec 1972Palomino Oct 19741.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Eddie Perkins and Nelson Ruiz ever fought each other?
Yes. Eddie Perkins and Nelson Ruiz met once on December 15, 1972, and Eddie Perkins won by KO.
The meeting

WDec 15, 1972 · Perkins · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Perkins or Ruiz?
Eddie Perkins is 74-20-3 and Nelson Ruiz is 8-2-1. Eddie Perkins has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Perkins74–20–377.8%

Ruiz8–2–177.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Perkins or Ruiz?
Eddie Perkins has 21 knockout wins and Nelson Ruiz has 6. Eddie Perkins has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Perkins2128.4%

Ruiz675%

The Numbers ↓
Do Perkins and Ruiz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Eddie Perkins and Nelson Ruiz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Perkins and Ruiz?
This comparison is drawn from 98 bouts tracked for Eddie Perkins and 2 bouts tracked for Nelson Ruiz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Perkins98bouts

Ruiz2bouts

How They Win ↓

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