John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr. (original) (raw)
- John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr., billed as Never Take A Heavyweight Lightly, was a professional boxing match contested on March 1, 2003 for the WBA heavyweight championship. The fight took place at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of UNLV in Paradise, Nevada. Ruiz was making the third defense of the title he won in 2001 from Evander Holyfield, while Jones was trying to become only the second reigning world light heavyweight champion to win a heavyweight championship after Michael Spinks; he was also looking to join Spinks and Bob Fitzsimmons as the only fighters to win titles at heavyweight and light heavyweight and would match Fitzsimmons as the only other fighter to win titles at heavyweight and middleweight. (en)
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- John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr., billed as Never Take A Heavyweight Lightly, was a professional boxing match contested on March 1, 2003 for the WBA heavyweight championship. The fight took place at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of UNLV in Paradise, Nevada. (en)
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