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Born in Methuen, Mass. where he lived for 7 mounths. That is before his parents moved back to Puerto Rico.
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Ruíz was only 7 years old when his parents split and. He stayed with his mom and moved to Chelsea.
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His step father one day took him toa local gym in massachusets for his first lesson.
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Ruíz at the age of 20 wnet to the 1992 Olympics. He raked No.1 in the United states and No.6 in the world.
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In mid 1992 Ruíz became a Pro boxer. Finally starting his career as a pro boxer.
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By the end of 1992 Ruíz had 3 knockouts alredy. witha perfect record with no losses
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Ruíz had his first 10 round close decition loss in St. Louis aganist Sergei Kobozev. But it was very close.