Katie Taylor Wins Triumphant Farewell + Knyba Upsets Andy Ruiz And Fight News! | Fight Freaks Unite Recap

Katie Taylor Wins Triumphant Farewell + Knyba Upsets Andy Ruiz And Fight News! | Fight Freaks Unite Recap

From Big Fight Weekend Boxing Podcast by tj

September 6, 2026 · 1h 5m

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The episode recaps Katie Taylor's farewell fight and Andy Ruiz's upset loss, along with other boxing news.

It was an intriguing and bizarre at times weekend of action in Ireland and New Jersey and we're ready to recap Katie Taylor's "Farewell Fight" and former unified heavyweight champ Andy Ruiz comeback to title contntion ending before it began. And we're going over it all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newsletter with all the takes. They start with Saturday’s Matchroom Boxing DAZN card at famed Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland Junior welterweight Katie Taylor W10 Flora Pili, retains WBO/IBF/WBA, wins vacant WBC women’s title to become undisputed again. What a night in fron of over 80,000 fans in one of the greatest scenes in the history of women's boxing. Also, heavyweight Dave Allen No Contest 1 Thomas Carty after Carty fell head first out of the ring to the floor! And, Welterweight Paddy Donovan TKO4 Tyrone McKenna too. Then they discuss Friday’s Matchroom Boxing DAZN/TNT card in Newark, N.J. Heavyweight Damian Knyba W12 Andy Ruiz Jr. with a debacle from the referee after Ruiz was down in the seventh and Knyba was the better fighter to upset Ruiz. The guys have more on Ruiz obviously…

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