Damian Knyba (18-1, 11 KOs) exposed Andy Ruiz Jr. (35-3-1, 22 KOs) in a fight far more one-sided than two of the official scorecards indicated. Knyba won by scores of 117-110 and 114-113 twice, but those narrow cards were mind-boggling. Ruiz came close to winning two rounds at most, and even that is being generous.
Knyba controlled Ruiz with his jab, reach, and movement from the opening bell. Ruiz followed him around without cutting off the ring, rarely released his combinations, and looked far slower than the fighter who stopped Anthony Joshua in 2019. His 25-month absence did not merely produce rust. It left him unable to react quickl
