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

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Podcast: [Big Fight Weekend Boxing Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-fight-weekend-boxing-podcast-605559)
Published: 2026-09-07T01:47:27+00:00
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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 suffering from age and inactivity. In the co-feature, middleweight Vito Mielnicki Jr. W10 Austin “Ammo” Williams to help his title contention hopes, but Lightweight Eridson Garcia stunned rising Alan Chaves over 10 rounds. Plus, lightweight Zaquin Moses TKO5 Angel Contreras. Next some news It's our obligatory Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua update on the newest nonsense / now, maybe it will be in the UK, and Eddie Hearn is accusing TKO of trying to talk directly to Joshua. Will this fight happen at all in November? Then, the WBO orders middleweight titlist Denzel Bentley to next fight mandatory challen…

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