EVANDER HOLYFIELD vs. JOHN RUIZ (3) Cancelled 

Description : Here we have an original Closed Circuit poster from Don King (Kingvision) for the 3rd meeting between Evander Holyfield & John (Juan) Ruiz for the WBA Heavyweight Title. This fight was originally scheduled to take place in Beijing China, but fell through at the last moment & was relocated back to the U.S. where it took place.

In 2000, Lennox Lewis was stripped of the WBA belt for failing to meet lightly regarded Don King fighter John Ruiz, having fought Ruiz's conqueror David Tua, and the WBA ordered Holyfield and Ruiz to meet for that organization's world title belt. Holyfield and Ruiz began their trilogy in August of that year, with Holyfield making history by winning on a controversial, but unanimous 12 round decision to become the first boxer in history to be the World Heavyweight Champion four times. Holyfield blamed his lackluster performance on a perforated (broken) eardrum.

Seven months later, in March 2001, it was Ruiz's turn to make history at Holyfield's expense when he surprisingly managed to knock Holyfield down and beat him by a 12 round decision to become the first Hispanic ever to win a Heavyweight title. On December 15 of that year, Holyfield challenged Ruiz for the title, in an attempt to become champion again. The fight was declared a draw and John Ruiz maintained the WBA Championship title.

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