On February 4, 2012 Ronny knocked out the veteran Jeremy McLaurin at the Phoenix Club in
Anaheim, California. On November 21, 2015 Ronny defeated Jayson Velez at the Mandalay Bay Arena in
Las Vegas, Nevada to win the WBC Silver Featherweight Championship. On July 13, 2019, Ronny Rios fought undefeated rising prospect Diego De La Hoya. After a slow start, both fighters let their hands go, and started landing on each other in the second round. In the fourth round, the fight slowed down again. In the sixth round, Rios dropped De La Hoya with a left hook and right uppercut combination. De La Hoya managed to get up, but immediately said something to the referee who decided to wave the fight off. In his next fight, Rios defeated Hugo Berrio via a fourth-round knockout.
WBA ordered his next fight to be against
Murodjon Akhmadaliev. Rios lost the fight by 12th round knockout. Rios challenged
WBA featherweight champion
Nick Ball at the
M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England, on 5 October 2024. He lost the fight by stoppage in the 10th round. After almost 18 months away from the competitive boxing ring, he lost on his comeback to Bryan Acosta via unanimous decision at
Thunder Studios in
Long Beach, California, on 28 March 2026. == Professional boxing record ==