| Ruben Villa | |
| Nickname: | RV4 |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in |
| Reach: | 66+1/2 in |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Salinas, California, U.S. |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Boxrec: | 768427 |
| Total: | 24 |
| Wins: | 22 |
| Ko: | 7 |
| Losses: | 2 |
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.
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[1] and Devin Haney.[2]
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.[3]
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[4] by unanimous decision (UD) over eight rounds. All three judges scored the bout 80–72.[5]
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,[6] with the judges' scorecards reading 98–92, 97–93 and 96–94.[7] He retained the title against Enrique Vivas by UD in September[8] followed by a UD victory against Alexei Collado in January 2020.[9]
On July 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Villa suffered the defeat by unanimous decision against Sulaiman Segawa.[10]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Loss | 22–2 |  Sulaiman Segawa | UD | 10 | Jul 13, 2024 | |||
| 23 | Win | 22–1 |  Cristian Cruz | UD | 10 | Apr 13, 2024 | |||
| 22 | Win | 21–1 |  Brandon Valdes | UD | 8 | Sep 15, 2023 | |||
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Maickol Lopez Villagrana | KO | 5 (8), | May 13, 2023 | |||
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Horacio García | KO | 9 (10), | Apr 15, 2022 | |||
| 19 | Loss | 18–1 | Emanuel Navarrete | UD | 12 | Oct 9, 2020 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 |  Alexei Collado | UD | 10 | Dec 21, 2019 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Enrique Vivas | UD | 10 | Sep 20, 2019 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Luis Lopez-Vargas | UD | 10 | May 10, 2019 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Ruben Cervera | UD | 8 | Jan 11, 2019 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Miguel Carrizoza | UD | 8 | Oct 13, 2018 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | José González | UD | 8 | Aug 24, 2018 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Ricardo Torres | KO | 6 (8), | Jun 30, 2018 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Marlon Olea | UD | 8 | Apr 14, 2018 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 |  Juan Sandoval | UD | 6 | Feb 16, 2018 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | German Meraz | UD | 6 | Oct 21, 2017 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Ernesto Guerrero | UD | 6 | Sep 22, 2017 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Jonathan Alcantara | UD | 4 | Jul 1, 2017 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Anthony Sanchez | KO | 5 (6), | May 19, 2017 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Luis Torres | 6 (6), | Apr 14, 2017 | ||||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Francisco Camacho | UD | 4 | Feb 10, 2017 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Aaron Lopez | 4 | Nov 4, 2016 | ||||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Jose Mora | KO | 1 (4), | Sep 23, 2016 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Gerardo Molina | 1 (4), | Jul 29, 2016 |