DAZN: Andrés Ponce Ruiz Jr. vs. Damian Knyba & Vito Mielnicki Jr. vs. Austin Williams RBR.

gotta be said. terrible match making from matchroom.

 

Might be a case of let's see what he has before we take the deal any further

If so smart match making in some ways

 

Knyba is literally all wrong for him, what was ruiz promoters thinking lmao

 

See what he has left before giving him too much cash maybe

Fat Andy should have took the Zuffa cash

 

The management is most at fault here. Clearly Ruiz should have beaten up a couple of bums as a tuneup, but instead they threw him into a money fight. Yes, this was a money fight for Ruiz, I doubt he got paid peanuts here.

But I am amazed that Ruiz survived the knockdown. He was doing the chicken dance while getting pummeled on the chin. How he was not out cold is beyond me.

 

Every fight is a money fight for Ruiz or he simply doesn't fight

My thoughts are they thought let's see if he is worth the investment

I doubt Hearn is crying too much right now

 

Even prime Ruiz would struggle against Knyba. Shocking matchmaking really.

Short guy on the wrong side of 35 with slow feet and T-Rex arms + coming off a 2 year lay off vs young tall guy with insane reach + good jab and movement.

 

114-113 is disgusting (twice, at that). But, beyond the scorecards, we already knew that Ruiz at top of the division (which is not Knyba) is finished, he's shown us over the last seven years, from the rematch with Joshua onwards. Obviously good old Andy is part of history and will not be forgotten, just as we will not forget Douglas and Hrgovic.