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Jerry Ballard vs John Ruiz — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jerry Ballard

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John Ruiz

Jerry Ballard (1-1-1 across 3 tracked bouts) and John Ruiz (44-9-1) 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.

Ballard

Tracked record

1–1–1

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ruiz

44

Wins30 KO · 68%

9

Losses

1

Draw55 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

Ruiz leads 1–0

Jerry Ballard and John Ruiz have met 1 time; Ruiz leads 1–0.

Jerry Ballard and John Ruiz have met 1 time; Ruiz leads 1–0.
Met1998Sep 19Series
Jerry BallardFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John RuizFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Ballard 2 · Ruiz 5 of 7 measurable rows
BallardRuiz
Record†
1-1-144-9-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
82.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 30
1
30 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—68.18%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
68%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.1
1.3
3.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
3
55

† 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
Jerry Ballard: No height on file
John Ruiz: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Jerry Ballard: No reach on file
John Ruiz: 80″
Agenot held
Jerry Ballard: No date of birth
John Ruiz: 54
Stance
Jerry Ballard: Not recorded
John Ruiz: Orthodox

Jerry Ballard left, John 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
Jerry Ballard1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Jerry Ballard: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

John Ruiz44 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

John Ruiz: 44 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (68%), 13 on the cards (30%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 68%13 on the cards 30%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jerry Ballard 3, John Ruiz 55 — 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

Jerry Ballard last boxed on Sep 19, 1998 — 10,258 days ago. Ballard had lost the most recent, to John Ruiz.WDL

Sanders Jun 1996Page Jan 1998Ruiz Sep 19981.3 tracked bouts per year

John Ruiz last boxed on Apr 3, 2010 — 6,044 days ago. Ruiz had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to David Haye.WWLWL

Tisdale Oct 2007McCline Mar 2008Valuev Aug 2008Serin Nov 2009Haye Apr 20103.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jerry Ballard and John Ruiz ever fought each other?
Yes. Jerry Ballard and John Ruiz met once on September 19, 1998, and John Ruiz won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

LSep 19, 1998 · Ruiz · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ballard or Ruiz?
Jerry Ballard is 1-1-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John Ruiz is 44-9-1. John Ruiz has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ballard1–1–150%

Ruiz44–9–182.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ballard or Ruiz?
Jerry Ballard has 1 knockout win and John Ruiz has 30. John Ruiz has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ballard1

Ruiz3068.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ballard and Ruiz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jerry Ballard and John Ruiz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ballard and Ruiz?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Jerry Ballard and 55 bouts tracked for John Ruiz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ballard3bouts

Ruiz55bouts

How They Win ↓

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