# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-ruelas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:45:17.241Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-ruelas"
name: "Rafael Ruelas"
slug: "rafael-ruelas"
description: "Rafael Ruelas is a Mexican real estate agent in Granada Hills, California. He was a professional boxer who held the IBF lightweight world championship from 1994 until 1995. Rafael is the younger brother of former WBC super featherweight champion Gabriel Ruelas. The brothers held their respective world titles concurrently and on January 28, 1995, they became the first pair of brothers to successfully retain their title on the same boxing card."
tagline: "Mexican boxer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1971-04-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.753385333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Ruelas"
    title: "Rafael Ruelas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Ruelas"
    title: "Rafael Ruelas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Ruelas"
    title: "Rafael Ruelas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Ruelas"
    title: "Rafael Ruelas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ラファエル・ルエラス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Ruelas"
    title: "Rafael Ruelas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Руэлас, Рафаэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1978014"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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