Ruben Villa | |
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Statistics | |
Nickname(s) | RV4 |
Weight(s) | |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
Reach | 66+1⁄2 in (169 cm) |
Nationality | American |
Born | Salinas, California, U.S. | April 16, 1997
Stance | Southpaw |
Boxing record [1] | |
Total fights | 22 |
Wins | 21 |
Wins by KO | 7 |
Losses | 1 |
Ruben Villa (born April 16, 1997) is an American professional boxer who challenged for the WBO featherweight title in October 2020. As an amateur he was a two-time U.S. National Golden Gloves champion. As of June 2020, he is ranked as the world's eighth best active featherweight by The Ring. [2]
As an amateur, Villa compiled a record of 116–17, winning two U.S. National Golden Gloves Championships and competing at the U.S. Olympic Trials. He holds notable wins over WBO featherweight champion, Shakur Stevenson, [3] and WBC lightweight champion, Devin Haney. [4]
Villa made his professional debut on July 29, 2016, scoring a first-round knockout (KO) victory over Gerardo Molina at the DoubleTree Hotel in Ontario, California. [5]
After compiling a record of 10–0 (4 KOs) he defeated Marlon Olea on April 14, 2018, at the Salinas Storm House in Salinas, California, capturing the WBO Youth featherweight title [6] by unanimous decision (UD) over eight rounds. All three judges scored the bout 80–72. [7]
After four more wins in non-title fights, one by KO, he won his second professional title by defeating Luis Lopez-Vargas via UD on May 10, 2019, to capture the vacant WBO International featherweight title, [8] with the judges' scorecards reading 98–92, 97–93 and 96–94. [9] He retained the title against Enrique Vivas by UD in September [10] followed by a UD victory against Alexei Collado in January 2020. [11]
21 fights | 20 wins | 1 loss |
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By knockout | 7 | 0 |
By decision | 13 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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21 | Win | 20–1 | Maickol Lopez Villagrana | KO | 5 (8), 0:55 | May 13, 2023 | Stockton Arena, Stockton, California, U.S. | |
20 | Win | 19–1 | Horacio García | KO | 9 (10), 1:12 | Apr 15, 2022 | DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, California, U.S. | |
19 | Loss | 18–1 | Emanuel Navarrete | UD | 12 | Oct 9, 2020 | MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | For vacant WBO featherweight title |
18 | Win | 18–0 | Alexei Collado | UD | 10 | Dec 21, 2019 | Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | Retained WBO International featherweight title |
17 | Win | 17–0 | Enrique Vivas | UD | 10 | Sep 20, 2019 | La Hacienda Event Center, Midland, Texas, U.S. | Retained WBO International featherweight title |
16 | Win | 16–0 | Luis Lopez-Vargas | UD | 10 | May 10, 2019 | Omega Products International, Corona, California, U.S. | Won vacant WBO International featherweight title |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Ruben Cervera | UD | 8 | Jan 11, 2019 | StageWorks, Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Miguel Carrizoza | UD | 8 | Oct 13, 2018 | Salinas Storm House, Salinas, California, U.S. | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | José González | UD | 8 | Aug 24, 2018 | Omega Products International, Corona, California, U.S. | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Ricardo Torres | KO | 6 (8), 2:49 | Jun 30, 2018 | Omega Products International, Sacramento, California, U.S. | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Marlon Olea | UD | 8 | Apr 14, 2018 | Salinas Storm House, Salinas, California, U.S. | Won vacant WBO Youth featherweight title |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Juan Sandoval | UD | 6 | Feb 16, 2018 | DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, California, U.S. | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | German Meraz | UD | 6 | Oct 21, 2017 | Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, U.S. | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Ernesto Guerrero | UD | 6 | Sep 22, 2017 | DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, California, U.S. | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Jonathan Alcantara | UD | 4 | Jul 1, 2017 | Omega Products International, Sacramento, California, U.S. | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Anthony Sanchez | KO | 5 (6), 2:43 | May 19, 2017 | DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, California, U.S. | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Luis Torres | TKO | 6 (6), 1:34 | Apr 14, 2017 | MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S. | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Francisco Camacho | UD | 4 | Feb 10, 2017 | DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, California, U.S. | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Aaron Lopez | UD | 4 | Nov 4, 2016 | Omega Products International, Corona, California, U.S. | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Jose Mora | KO | 1 (4), 2:31 | Sep 23, 2016 | DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, California, U.S. | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Gerardo Molina | KO | 1 (4), 2:25 | Jul 29, 2016 | DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, California, U.S. |
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