Donovan Ruddock
"Razor"
- Born
- 1963
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- Canada / Jamaica
- Career
- 1982–2015
Known for the 'smash' punch and two wars with Mike Tyson.
Titles & Honours
- Never won a world title
Career Timeline
1982–2015- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Wes Rowe · W TKO
- Signature fight
vs Mike Weaver
W SD · Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium, Fayetteville, North Carolina , U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Mike Rouse · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Dillon Carman · L KO. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
No freely licensed photographs of Donovan Ruddock are available in this archive.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-03-20 | W | Wes Rowe | TKO | 4 | Columbus Event Centre, Toronto, Ontario , Canada |
| 1982-04-24 | W | Garland Tipton | KO | 2 | Columbus Event Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 1982-06-01 | W | Arthur Hall | MD | 4 | Tropicana , Atlantic City, New Jersey , U.S. |
| 1982-08-13 | W | Al Williams | KO | 1 | Welland Arena, Welland , Ontario, Canada |
| 1983-04-08 | W | Bill Hollis | UD | 6 | St. Lawrence Market , Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 1983-04-26 | D | Phil Brown | SD | 6 | Paul Sauvé Arena , Montreal, Quebec , Canada |
| 1983-09-25 | W | Conroy Nelson | UD | 10 | CNE Coliseum , Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 1984-02-28 | W | Cedric Parsons | TKO | 7 | Sportsplex , Dartmouth, Nova Scotia , Canada |
| 1984-07-31 | W | Ricardo Peterson | UD | 8 | Sportsplex, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 1984-10-20 | W | Oscar Holman | UD | 8 | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 1985-04-30 | L | David Jaco | RTD | 8 | Sportsplex, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 1986-02-26 | W | Carlton Jones | KO | 1 | St. Lawrence Market, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 1986-05-28 | W | John Westgarth | KO | 7 | Alexandra Palace , London , England |
| 1986-07-08 | W | Al Houck | TKO | 1 | Forum , Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada |
| 1986-08-23 | W | Mike Weaver | SD | 10 | Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium, Fayetteville, North Carolina , U.S. |
| 1987-05-16 | W | Robert Evans | TKO | 5 | State Theatre , Easton, Pennsylvania , U.S. |
| 1987-06-15 | W | Carlos Hernandez | DQ | 7 | Convention Hall , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1987-08-09 | W | Juan Quintana | TKO | 2 | State Theatre, Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1987-11-24 | W | Eddie Richardson | KO | 4 | Forum, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 1988-04-26 | W | Larry Alexander | KO | 2 | The Showplace, Camden, New Jersey , U.S. |
| 1988-05-28 | W | Ken Lakusta | KO | 1 | Saskatchewan Place , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan , Canada |
| 1988-06-27 | W | Reggie Gross | TKO | 2 | Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1988-12-06 | W | James Broad | TKO | 1 | Metro Centre , Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 1989-07-02 | W | James Smith | KO | 7 | Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium, Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| 1990-04-04 | W | Michael Dokes | TKO | 4 | Madison Square Garden , New York City, New York , U.S. |
| 1990-08-18 | W | Kimmuel Odum | KO | 3 | Broadway by the Bay Theater , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1990-12-08 | W | Mike Rouse | KO | 1 | Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1991-03-18 | L | Mike Tyson | TKO | 7 | The Mirage , Paradise, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1991-06-28 | L | Mike Tyson | UD | 12 | The Mirage, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1992-02-15 | W | Greg Page | RTD | 8 | The Mirage, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1992-06-26 | W | Phil Jackson | KO | 4 | CSU Convocation Center , Cleveland, Ohio , U.S. |
| 1992-10-31 | L | Lennox Lewis | TKO | 2 | Earls Court Exhibition Centre , London, England |
| 1994-01-29 | W | Anthony Wade | UD | 10 | MGM Grand Garden Arena , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1995-06-10 | L | Tommy Morrison | TKO | 6 | Municipal Auditorium , Kansas City, Missouri , U.S. |
| 1998-04-16 | W | Brian Yates | TKO | 4 | North Vernon, Indiana , U.S. |
| 1998-06-26 | W | Tony Bradham | KO | 2 | DePaul Alumni Hall , Chicago, Illinois , U.S. |
| 1998-08-11 | W | Rodolfo Marin | TKO | 8 | Miccosukee Resort & Gaming , Miami, Florida , U.S. |
| 1999-01-21 | W | Tony LaRosa | TKO | 3 | Grand Casino Avoyelles, Marksville, Louisiana , U.S. |
| 1999-02-19 | W | Anthony Willis | TKO | 6 | Turning Stone Resort Casino , Verona, New York , U.S. |
| 1999-05-27 | W | Derek Amos | TKO | 1 | Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort , Chester, West Virginia , U.S. |
| 1999-07-20 | W | Mike Sedillo | TKO | 8 | Casino Windsor , Windsor, Ontario , Canada |
| 1999-10-08 | W | José Ribalta | KO | 1 | Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, U.S. |
| 2001-04-27 | W | Harold Sconiers | SD | 10 | Convention and Civic Center , Niagara Falls, New York , U.S. |
| 2001-10-12 | W | Egerton Marcus | TKO | 10 | Convention and Civic Center, Niagara Falls, New York, U.S. |
| 2015-03-28 | W | Raymond Olubowale | TKO | 5 | Hershey Centre , Mississauga , Ontario, Canada |
| 2015-05-22 | W | Eric Barrak | MD | 6 | Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu , Quebec, Canada |
| 2015-09-11 | L | Dillon Carman | KO | 3 | Ricoh Coliseum , Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Showing 47 of 47 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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