# Ruben Villa

Ruben Villa (born April 16, 1997) is an American professional boxer. As an amateur he was a two-time U.S. National Golden Gloves champion.

## Amateur career

As an amateur, Villa compiled a record of 116–17, winning two U.S. National Golden Gloves Championships and competing at the U.S. Olympic Trials. He holds notable wins over Shakur Stevenson and Devin Haney.

## Professional career

Villa made his professional debut on July 29, 2016, scoring a first-round knockout (KO) victory over Gerardo Molina at the DoubleTree Hotel in Ontario, California.
After compiling a record of 10–0 (4 KOs) he defeated Marlon Olea on April 14, 2018, at the Salinas Storm House in Salinas, California, capturing the WBO Youth featherweight title by unanimous decision (UD) over eight rounds. All three judges scored the bout 80–72.
After four more wins in non-title fights, one by KO, he won his second professional title by defeating Luis Lopez-Vargas via UD on May 10, 2019, to capture the vacant WBO International featherweight title, with the judges' scorecards reading 98–92, 97–93 and 96–94. He retained the title against Enrique Vivas by UD in September followed by a UD victory against Alexei Collado in January 2020.
On July 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Villa suffered the defeat by unanimous decision against Sulaiman Segawa.

## Professional boxing record

| 24 fights | 22 wins | 2 losses |
| By knockout | 7 | 0 |
| By decision | 15 | 2 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 24 | Loss | 22–2 | Sulaiman Segawa | UD | 10 | Jul 13, 2024 | Palms Casino Resort, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | Lost WBC Silver featherweight title |
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | Cristian Cruz | UD | 10 | Apr 13, 2024 | American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. | Won vacant WBC Silver featherweight title |
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Brandon Valdes | UD | 8 | Sep 15, 2023 | American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. | |
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Maickol Lopez Villagrana | KO | 5 (8), 0:55 | May 13, 2023 | Stockton Arena, Stockton, California, U.S. | |
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Horacio García | KO | 9 (10), 1:12 | Apr 15, 2022 | DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, California, U.S. | |
| 19 | Loss | 18–1 | Emanuel Navarrete | UD | 12 | Oct 9, 2020 | MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | For vacant WBO featherweight title |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Alexei Collado | UD | 10 | Dec 21, 2019 | Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | Retained WBO International featherweight title |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Enrique Vivas | UD | 10 | Sep 20, 2019 | La Hacienda Event Center, Midland, Texas, U.S. | Retained WBO International featherweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Luis Lopez-Vargas | UD | 10 | May 10, 2019 | Omega Products International, Corona, California, U.S. | Won vacant WBO International featherweight title |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Ruben Cervera | UD | 8 | Jan 11, 2019 | StageWorks, Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Miguel Carrizoza | UD | 8 | Oct 13, 2018 | Salinas Storm House, Salinas, California, U.S. | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | José González | UD | 8 | Aug 24, 2018 | Omega Products International, Corona, California, U.S. | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Ricardo Torres | KO | 6 (8), 2:49 | Jun 30, 2018 | Omega Products International, Sacramento, California, U.S. | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Marlon Olea | UD | 8 | Apr 14, 2018 | Salinas Storm House, Salinas, California, U.S. | Won vacant WBO Youth featherweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Juan Sandoval | UD | 6 | Feb 16, 2018 | DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, California, U.S. | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | German Meraz | UD | 6 | Oct 21, 2017 | Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, U.S. | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Ernesto Guerrero | UD | 6 | Sep 22, 2017 | DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, California, U.S. | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Jonathan Alcantara | UD | 4 | Jul 1, 2017 | Omega Products International, Sacramento, California, U.S. | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Anthony Sanchez | KO | 5 (6), 2:43 | May 19, 2017 | DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, California, U.S. | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Luis Torres | TKO | 6 (6), 1:34 | Apr 14, 2017 | MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S. | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Francisco Camacho | UD | 4 | Feb 10, 2017 | DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, California, U.S. | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Aaron Lopez | UD | 4 | Nov 4, 2016 | Omega Products International, Corona, California, U.S. | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Jose Mora | KO | 1 (4), 2:31 | Sep 23, 2016 | DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, California, U.S. | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Gerardo Molina | KO | 1 (4), 2:25 | Jul 29, 2016 | DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, California, U.S. | |