Date
Champions
Opponents
Score, Location
World Boxing Association
2003-12-13
RUIZ John
(interim champion)
(interim champion)
RAHMAN Hasim
Unanimous Decision 12/12
Atlantic City, USA
Atlantic City, USA
John Ruiz was upgrated to regular WBA heavyweight champion after Roy Jones relinquished the title and went down to light heavyweight division.
2003-03-01
JONES Roy
RUIZ John
Unanimous Decision 12/12
Las Vegas, USA
Las Vegas, USA
2002-07-27
RUIZ John
JOHNSON Kirk
Disqualification 10/12
Las Vegas, USA
Las Vegas, USA
2001-12-15
RUIZ John
HOLYFIELD Evander
Points 12/12
Mashantucket, USA
Mashantucket, USA
The bout was a draw and John Ruiz retained his belt.
2001-03-03
RUIZ John
HOLYFIELD Evander
Unanimous Decision 12/12
Las Vegas, USA
Las Vegas, USA
2000-08-12
HOLYFIELD Evander
RUIZ John
Unanimous Decision 12/12
Las Vegas, USA
Las Vegas, USA
Evander Holyfield captured vacant WBA heavyweight title after WBA stripped Lennox Lewis of the title because he refused to fight the WBA's top challenger.
1999-11-13
LEWIS Lennox
HOLYFIELD Evander
Unanimous Decision 12/12
Las Vegas, USA
Las Vegas, USA
1999-03-13
HOLYFIELD Evander
LEWIS Lennox
Points 12/12
New York, USA
New York, USA
The fight was a draw and Evander Holyfield retained his champion belt.
1998-09-19
HOLYFIELD Evander
BEAN Vaughn
Unanimous Decision 12/12
Atlanta, USA
Atlanta, USA
1997-11-08
HOLYFIELD Evander
MOORER Michael
Technical Knockout 8/12
Las Vegas, USA
Las Vegas, USA