Night of the Undisputed
The Night of the Undisputed, was the billing of a professional boxing event, contested on December 13, 2003.
Background
Promoted by veteran promoter Don King, the pay-per-view section of the bill was to feature five world title bout, with eight championship bouts in total. It drew comparisons to the Revenge: The Rematches card in 1994. Bob Goodman, the veteran V.P. of boxing operations and matchmaker for Don King Productions claimed it broke the record for the most world championship bout on a single card saying "This is history. The most world championships ever on a card were six and that was Don's record. He's breaking his own record."Actor Denzel Washington was one of the 12,000 people who attended the event.
The fights
Undercard
The first of the televised bouts saw Zab Judah easily defend his Light welterweight title against Jaime Rangel, before Alejandro Garcia lost his Light middleweight belt to Travis Simms.Rahman vs Ruiz
After WBA Heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr., opted to return to the Light Heavyweight division to face Antonio Tarver, the WBA confirmed that he had until 20 February 2004 to decide to either defend the title or be stripped. In the meantime WBA ordered a bout for an "Interim" title, between their top ranked contenders David Tua and Hasim Rahman, who had fought to a somewhat controversial draw in March, after the previously top ranked Vitali Klitschko opted to face WBC champion Lennox Lewis in June. However after Tua's estranged management team took him to the High Court, King brought in John Ruiz to replace him.This was Rahman's first bout with new trainer Roger Mayweather. Most expected Rahman to win.
The fight
Ruiz staggered Rahman with a hard right hand midway though the second round. Rahman spend much of the eighth round kept against the ropes by Ruiz's combinations. There was boos from the crowd during the non-eventful championship rounds. Ruiz won a Unanimous Decision with the cards reading 118–110, 116–112 and 115–114. Speaking after the bout Ruiz would say "I can't always look good. Some fights are gruelling. I need an easier fight to look pretty."Mayorga vs Spinks
The penultimate bout would see the first Undisputed welterweight champion since Lloyd Honeyghan dumped his WBA belt in 1987. There were talks of Mayorga facing unified light middleweight champion Shane Mosley should he beat Spinks.Mayorga was the comfortable favourite entering the ring.