# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-ruiz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:50:41.063Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-ruiz"
name: "John Ruiz"
slug: "john-ruiz"
description: "John Ruiz is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2010, and held the WBA heavyweight title twice between 2001 and 2005. Ruiz is of Puerto Rican descent, and is the first Latino boxer to win a world heavyweight title."
tagline: "American former professional boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Ruiz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1972-01-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53
  momentum:             1.518810961449141
  historical:           15.58487066666667
  currentAttention:     5.600000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 247
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnthequietmanruiz.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%97%D0%B7"
    title: "Джон Руїз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "جون رويز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "جون رويز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Джон Руіс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruiz"
    title: "John Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruiz"
    title: "John Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruiz"
    title: "John Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2"
    title: "جان رویز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruiz"
    title: "John Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruiz"
    title: "John Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruiz"
    title: "John Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%8C%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%BD"
    title: "Ջոն Ռուիս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruiz"
    title: "John Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9_(%E3%83%9C%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC)"
    title: "ジョン・ルイス (ボクサー)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruiz"
    title: "John Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruiz"
    title: "John Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Руис, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruiz"
    title: "John Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738706"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump