Editing John Ruiz (section)

===Road back to title contention===
After the loss Don King announced his intention to still promote Ruiz. King had become aware of Ruiz after his KO win over the former IBF title holder [[Tony Tucker]] in 1998.<ref>[http://www.doghouseboxing.com/chee/chee_0908g06.htm] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311062703/http://www.doghouseboxing.com/chee/chee_0908g06.htm |date=March 11, 2007 }}</ref> Ruiz followed up the loss to Valuev with a fight against up-and-coming contender [[Ruslan Chagaev]]. In a close fight, Chagaev prevailed, taking a split decision with scores of 117–111 and 116–112 for Chagaev, and 115–114 for Ruiz. Chagaev became the mandatory challenger for a shot at Valuev, whom he defeated on April 14, 2007, to claim the WBA heavyweight championship.