{"id":801763,"date":"2026-07-15T12:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/801763\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:04:13","slug":"andy-ruiz-jr-faces-damian-knyba-september-4-in-matchroom-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/801763\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Ruiz Jr. Faces Damian Knyba September 4 In Matchroom Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxing247.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add East Side Boxing as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEV0p2ZUdsdVp6STBOeTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow East Side Boxing on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The bout headlines the third edition of TNT Sports and DAZN\u2019s monthly series, The Fight, and will air in the United States on TNT, truTV and DAZN.<\/p>\n<p>Ruiz (35-2-1, 22 KOs), who signed with Eddie Hearn\u2019s Matchroom last week, hasn\u2019t fought since battling Jarrell Miller to a majority draw in August 2024. The 36-year-old is looking to restart his career after injuries and inactivity stalled the momentum he built from his stunning upset of Anthony Joshua in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Knyba (17-1, 11 KOs), a 6-foot-7 Polish heavyweight whose lone defeat came against Agit Kabayel in January in a fight for the interim WBC title. Before that setback, Knyba had won all 17 of his professional bouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to be fighting in Newark, New Jersey on September 4, baby,\u201d said Ruiz. \u201cAfter we get this victory, I would love to fight all the guys that have the belts Oleksandr Usyk vacated, and we\u2019re going to become a two-time champion next year, let\u2019s get it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Knyba welcomed the opportunity to fight in front of another large New Jersey crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to be back at the Prudential Center, my second home,\u201d said Knyba. \u201cI\u2019m excited to be back in the ring in front of the New Jersey and New York fans, and they will fill the seats with white and red.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The co-feature matches another recent Matchroom signing, Vito Mielnicki Jr. (23-1, 13 KOs), against former world title challenger Austin \u201cAmmo\u201d Williams (20-2, 13 KOs) in a middleweight bout with major implications for both fighters. Newark prospect Zaquin Moses (7-0, 3 KOs) also returns home for his first scheduled eight-round contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The bout headlines the third edition of TNT Sports and DAZN\u2019s monthly series, The Fight, and will air&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-801763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}