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Wednesday, March 5, 2003 | 9:43 a.m.
John Ruiz might end up with a decent payday from Saturday night's WBA heavyweight championship fight, which he lost to Roy Jones Jr.
HBO estimated Tuesday that at least 525,000 homes bought the bout, exceeding expectations and giving Ruiz and his handlers at least something to be happy about.
Ruiz agreed to work for a percentage of the fight's profits and no guarantee. He could have ended up with nothing if pay-per-view sales were flat, but should now make several million dollars.
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