{"id":678001,"date":"2026-07-07T06:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T06:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678001\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T06:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T06:33:10","slug":"andy-ruiz-jr-damian-knyba-in-advanced-talks-for-september-4-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678001\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Ruiz Jr., Damian Knyba In Advanced Talks For September 4 Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former unified heavyweight champion is nearing his first bout in more than a year as negotiations continue for a Newark showdown with Damian Knyba<\/p>\n<p>Andy Ruiz Jr. is closing in on his first fight in more than a year, with advanced talks underway for a September 4 clash against Damian Knyba in Newark, New Jersey. The proposed heavyweight bout would give Ruiz his first opportunity since August 2024 to restart his push toward another world title shot.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<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\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770669047_552_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\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Knyba (17-1, 11 KOs) also enters the fight looking to rebound. The 6-foot-7 heavyweight suffered the first defeat of his professional career in January, when Agit Kabayel stopped him in three rounds in their clash for the interim WBC heavyweight title. Before that setback, the Top Rank prospect had put together an unbeaten record while climbing the rankings.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Andy Ruiz Jr and Damian Knyba are in advanced talks for a fight on September 4th in Newark, New Jersey sources told The Ring\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeCoppinger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@MikeCoppinger<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/agBE1OB5c3\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/agBE1OB5c3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 InsideRingShow (@InsideRingShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/InsideRingShow\/status\/2074220795060953518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fight for Ruiz Jr. represents another opportunity to prove he can still compete with top heavyweights late in his career. A convincing win would help revive his standing after several years in which negotiations for major fights repeatedly failed to produce results.<\/p>\n<p>The September 4 event has yet to be officially announced, but negotiations are reportedly at an advanced stage. If an agreement is reached, both heavyweights will enter the contest looking to put disappointing recent chapters behind them and move back into contention.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Compton is a boxing journalist and contributor to Boxing247.com who has covered the international fight landscape since 2019. He reports on major developments, champions, and rising prospects with a focus on accuracy, sourcing, and analytical clarity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews24.substack.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to subscribe to our FREE newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Latest Boxing News:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tTags <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxing247.com\/boxer\/andy-ruiz-jr\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Ruiz Jr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxing247.com\/boxer\/damian-knyba\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Damian Knyba<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxing247.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boxing<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxing247.com\/category\/boxing-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boxing News<\/a> \u2022 Andy Ruiz Jr., Damian Knyba In Advanced Talks For September 4 Fight<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Last Updated on 2026\/07\/07 at 2:04 AM \t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former unified heavyweight champion is nearing his first bout in more than a year as negotiations continue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-678001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}