Ruben Villa (RV4) boxer

Ruben Villa boxer
bouts
19
won
18
lost
1
draw
0
Status
active
Division
feather
Debut
2016-07-29
Height
5′ 6″/168cm
Reach
66½″/169cm
Age
22
Born
1997-04-16
Death
-
Nationality
USA

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.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, and WBC lightweight champion, Devin Haney.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.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 by unanimous decision (UD) over eight rounds. All three judges scored the bout 80–72.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, with the judges' scorecards reading 98–92, 97–93 and 96–94. He retained the title against Enrique Vivas by UD in September followed by a UD victory against Alexei Collado in January 2020.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2020-10-09 Emanuel Navarrete WWWWWW The Bubble, MGM Grand, Las Vegas LOST
Unanimous decision
2020-01-31 Alexei Collado WWWWWW Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport LOST
Unanimous decision
2019-09-20 Jose Enrique Durantes Vivas WWWWWW La Hacienda Event Center, Midland WIN
Unanimous decision
2019-05-10 Luis Alberto Lopez Vargas LWWWWW Omega Products International, Corona WIN
Unanimous decision
2019-01-11 Ruben Cervera WWWWW StageWorks, Shreveport WIN
Unanimous decision
2018-10-13 Miguel Carrizoza WWWLLW Salinas Storm House, Salinas WIN
Unanimous decision
2018-08-24 Jose Santos Gonzalez WWLLWL Omega Products International, Corona WIN
Unanimous decision
2018-06-30 Ricardo Lopez Torres WWDWLL Omega Products International, Sacramento WIN
KO
2018-04-14 Marlon Olea WWWLWL Salinas Storm House, Salinas WIN
Unanimous decision
2018-02-16 Juan Sandoval LLLLLL DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario WIN
Unanimous decision
2017-10-21 German Meraz LLLWWW Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona WIN
Unanimous decision
2017-09-22 Ernesto Guerrero LWWWWW DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario WIN
Unanimous decision
2017-07-01 Jonathan Alcantara LWLLLL Omega Products International, Sacramento WIN
Unanimous decision
2017-05-19 Anthony de Jesus Ruiz Sanchez WWLL DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario WIN
KO
2017-02-10 Francisco Camacho LWLDLL DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario WIN
Unanimous decision
2016-11-04 Aaron Echeveste Lopez WWWW Omega Products International, Corona WIN
Unanimous decision
2016-09-23 Jose Mora DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario WIN
KO
2016-07-29 Gerardo Molina LW DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario WIN
KO