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Two cards had it far closer than it might have been, but a pair of 114-113 tallies and another by a comfortable 117-110 margin gave Knyba the biggest win of his career by unanimous decision.

"This feeling is so amazing," he said. "Not many people can feel what I'm feeling right now."

Ruiz, who turns 37 next week, didn't suggest the loss meant retirement.

"I couldn't let my combinations go," he said. "I'd love to run it back. I've still got it in me."

Knyba got back on the slow-moving bicycle and regained control with his left jab in the 10th, leaving Ruiz again unable to get close enough to land impactful shots as the cheekbones under both of his eyes continued to redden.

A hard right hand from Knyba landed early in the 11th and sent sweat spraying from Ruiz's head, the underdog's best shot since he scored the seventh-round knockdown.

Ruiz's corner begged him to let his hands go in the 12th, but the miracle he needed to continue his career in a relevant manner didn't come in the final three minutes. Instead, while the ex-champ might have nicked the final round, it's a 115-112 loss on the B/R card.

But, again, it's boxing. So, stay tuned.

Analyst Sergio Mora was suggesting Ruiz needed to make it dirty to have any chance at winning late in the seventh, then Ruiz was on the wrong end of a hard right hand and a follow-up flurry that dumped the ex-champ to the floor in the final 30 seconds.

He rose but was lucky to survive the round.

Referee David Franciosi was generous to let Ruiz stay in the fight and Knyba, emboldened, stayed on his jab and continued to throw right hands until he was clipped early in the eighth and quickly held on. Ruiz, now the more confident fighter, was more impactful in driving shots to Knyba's body that left the bigger man noticeably uncomfortable.

Knyba's first career trip into the ninth round got more dicey as Ruiz continued to punch on breaks and was able to close distance and get closer with his overhand rights.

Still, B/R has it 86-84 for Knyba as they head to the final nine minutes.

Ruiz tried to get close while winging shots in isolated exchanges to open the fourth, but it wasn't nearly effective enough or consistent enough.

Analyst Chris Mannix suggested the ex-champ was nearing an early reckoning point.

"This is where we find out," Mannix said, "if Andy Ruiz has it in him to dig deep."

The crowd began reacting to Knyba's winning ugly strategy late in the fourth with its first audible round of boos. Ruiz opened the fifth by again winging right hands and landed a glancing blow to Knyba's head that had no tangible impact.

A hard right to the body was Ruiz's first solid land of the fight, two minutes into the fifth. He landed his first noticeable head shot midway through the sixth

Still, the lack of consistent activity got the ex-champ to the fight's midway point in a hole on the B/R scorecard, 58-56.

Ruiz moved forward in the opening stages as Knyba, much taller and longer, simply stuck out a pawing left jab and stayed away. Ruiz fired his first serious-looking overhand right in the final minute of the round, but it didn't land. The former champion was already noticeably reddened under the left eye by the end of the first three minutes.

Ruiz seemed more determined to work Knyba's body in the second, given his inability to get close enough to land head shots but didn't land anything of significance. Knyba continued to be effective, if not scintillating, with the long jab occasionally backed up by right hands.

Knyba's strategy stayed consistent into and through the third, keeping the flicking jab in Ruiz's face and keeping the "Destroyer" from mounting a committed offense. So long as it looks like it's looked through three rounds, it's an easy night for the Polish underdog.

A simple-to-score 30-27 through three rounds for Knyba on the B/R scorecard.

There was dissension in the predictions on the studio panel.

Former welterweight rivals Shawn Porter and Terence Crawford chose Knyba to pull off the upset, while another ex-147-pound champ, Tim Bradley, went with Ruiz.

"If Andy can't beat this guy," Bradley said, "there's no point in coming back."

And now it's time for the arrival of ex-champ Ruiz, whose 254.3 pounds on the scale at Friday's weigh-in is his lightest since he was 252.25 against Kevin Johnson in 2018, two fights before he upset Joshua at Madison Square Garden.

Is it a real transformation or just a new gimmick for Ruiz, who promised reinvention several times since losing to Joshua while fighting just three times in seven years.

Knyba, meanwhile, stands 6'7" with an 86-inch reach and had won four straight fights by KO before he was beaten by Kabayel earlier this year.

The judges confirmed the star turn for Mielnicki, giving him a unanimous decision by a trio of decisive 98-91 scores.

"He has arrived," analyst Tim Bradley said. "He put it all together tonight."

Still just 24 after turning pro at age 17, it was Mielnicki's 16th straight win since his lone career in 2021.

"We're ready to go to the next level, baby," Mielnicki said. "Let's go. I'm here for a reason."

Both corners told their fighters to let their hands go in the 10th and Mielnicki, a New Jersey native, seemed anxious to engage and landed a trio of snapping uppercuts, then a hard hook to Williams' body.

Williams was noticeably slower as he moved forward looking for a decisive shot, but Mielnicki continued to land sharper shots and moved effectively enough to mitigate danger.

B/R calls it a 96-93 win, if not a master class, for Mielnicki.

Mielnicki continued to land sharp counter shots while prudently avoiding prolonged exchanges with an opponent, in Williams, who was loading up on hooks in the seventh.

Almost on cue, Williams landed a hard counter left early in the eighth that drew blood from Mielnicki's nose and instantly stiffened his legs. Mielnicki fared better in the round's second half, landing a left hook first as both men fired that and later scoring with a right.

Mielnicki complained about a low blow early in the ninth, but referee David Fields did not react and Williams continued to press. The younger man was more effective later in the ninth as he moved laterally and landed sharper punches.

It's 86-84 for Mielnicki on the B/R card heading to the final round.

Williams was fighting on the front foot to begin the fourth round, which could sway some observers, but Mielnicki had success with sharp punches through his foe's sometimes porous defense. A hard shot backed Williams up late in the fourth and prompted blow-by-blow man Todd Grisham to suggest "it might take a baseball bat" to finish him off.

Mielnicki's shots were leaving Williams slightly less eager to press the action, and the final minute of the fifth was the most one-sided stretch—in Mielnicki's favor—of the fight.

The star-making display through six from Mielnicki was earning praise from analyst Chris Mannix, who said, "he is really showing that he deserves to be a player at 160 pounds."

Call it 59-54 for Mielnicki on the B/R scorecard through six.

Both fighters were active in the first round and Williams had been effective with a jab before he was blasted with a right/left combination just past the midway point of the first that sent him tumbling to the floor on his right shoulder. Mielnicki pressed the advantage, but Williams was still busy enough winging shots to survive to the bell.

Mielnicki became the third fighter to drop Williams.

Williams was effective again early in the second and landed hard lefts to Mielnicki's body and then to his jaw. The 30-year-old continued to press in the third, but Mielnicki was able to land occasionally with counter shots, including one that sent Williams stumbling late.

It's a tight battle through three and it's 29-27 for Mielnicki on the B/R scorecard.

On to fight No. 3, which matches middleweights Mielnicki Jr. and Williams in what the DraftKings line suggests is a toss-up encounter.

Mielnicki Jr. is 23-1 with 13 KOs, while Williams, who lost a bid for the WBC title in his most recent bout in March, is 20-2, also with 13 KOs.

They're scheduled to go 12 rounds for low-tier WBO and WBA title belts.

OK, the right guy won. By a lot.

In a margin that was every big as the competitive gap between the fighters for 10 rounds, Garcia earned a unanimous decision by scores of 99-87, 99-88 and 98-88.

Analyst Sergio Mora called it "the fight of (Garcia's) life."

The Texas-based Dominican is now 24-2. Chaves falls to 22-1.

It looks academic, probably, for the B-side as Garcia was the sharper and clearly more prepared fighter for nearly every moment of 10 rounds.

It's a clear margin—97-90 in points—for Garcia on the B/R card and should provide the Argentine favorite with his first loss in 23 pro fights.

It's particularly shocking to analyst Chris Mannix, who gushed about Chaves going in.

"(Chaves is) one of the most fascinating young contenders in boxing," Mannix said. "He is an excellent, excellent fighter."

But it's boxing. So who knows?

The crowd got restless and began booing in the seventh as Chaves continued to stalk and Garcia continued to move, and the combined work rate plummeted.

Garcia kept leading each exchange with a right jab and continued to control distance in the eighth, not allowing an increasingly desperate (probably) Chaves to get in range for what blow-by-blow man Todd Grisham called "a miracle punch."

Garcia tripped over his feet along the ropes and touched his gloves to the floor late in the eighth in what was probably a more legit knockdown than the one Brown ruled in the sixth. Still, this time it was waved off.

Garcia didn't fight like a man way ahead in the ninth and continued to lead exchanges and lead the more impactful punches, dumping Chaves for a fourth time just past the midway point of the round. Chaves again rose and survived to reach his corner before the final round.

It's 87-81 for Garcia on points, heading to the 10th on the B/R scorecard.

Chaves continued to fight from the outside, which suited the taller Garcia's style as he worked from distance and fared well in each intermittent exchange. As the fourth evolved, Chaves looked like he wasn't sure how to deal with a fighter who didn't stand still to be hit.

Garcia landed a hard right hook just before the bell that left Chaves wobbly at round's end.

Chaves was hit with a combination early in the fifth and took a knee before rising at 9. The Dominican continued to strafe Chaves with three-punch combinations, leading with a flicking right jab and following with a straight left and a clean-up right hook.

A body shot dropped Chaves to the floor for a second time two minutes into the fifth and he again rose at 9 but didn't look like he wanted too much more. He did survive to the bell to end the fifth and nodded when asked between rounds if he wanted to continue.

Garcia appeared to slip in a corner as Chaves threw a punch early in the sixth, but it was questionably ruled a knockdown by referee Earl Brown.

Nevertheless, it's 58-54 on the B/R card for Garcia through six rounds.

Another lefty, Chaves was not shy about moving forward behind a high guard and sitting down on shots from a left-handed stance. Garcia, though, was hardly dissuaded, and landed a solid one-two combination about halfway through the first and worked well behind his own southpaw jab.

Garcia scored a sudden knockdown in the first minute of the second when a quick right/left/right combination dropped Chaves on the seat of his pants. He quickly rose and didn't seem in imminent danger of being stopped, but Garcia was clearly emboldened by his success and consistently beat Chaves to the punch when they engaged.

Chaves looked more confident starting the third and moved forward behind a flicking right jab, but Garcia was still moving well and avoiding danger even as his work rate slowed.

It's two rounds to one for Garcia—29-27 on points—on the B/R card through three.

There was some broadcast stretching—with Jaron Ennis joining the host panel and eyeballing Terence Crawford—before the second fight that'll match lightweights Chaves and Garcia in a scheduled 10-rounder.

Chaves is 22-0 with 19 KOs and has finished five straight fights since July 2024. Garcia started with 17 straight wins, was stopped in one round by Jordan White, then won five straight before losing a 10-round decision to Andres Cortes in April.

It's 8-for-8 for the hometown hero, who boosted his KO percentage to 50 when Contreras was unable to get off his stool to begin the sixth round.

Moses was not forced to go beyond six rounds for the eighth straight fight.

He's earned three six-round decisions, a four-round decision, and KOs in the first, second and fourth rounds.

"I wanted to start earlier, but that was the game plan," Moses said, "keep attacking the body."

Contreras was noticeably impacted by the body shots into the fourth round and began tightening his defense to avoid the blows. Moses' sharpness and speed didn't help the underdog's work rate either.

The favorite's corner encouraged him to step up the pace in the fifth and Moses responded, looking to score a KO over a fighter who'd been stopped just three times in 30 pro fights.

It became four times at the bell to begin the sixth, when Contreras was unable to come out to begin the sixth.

Moses, a Newark product, played to the partisan crowd with a T-shirt that said "My City Made Me" on the back. The youngster started with a strong right jab from a southpaw stance while Contreras, billed as a pressure fighter, seemed content to stay at distance or hadn't figured a way to consistently or effectively get inside.

Contreras went to the floor just before the bell to end the first round, from the combination of a low left hand and a hard head butt that connected alongside his left eye. He rose, was given some time to recover by referee Harvey Dock, and continued.

Moses landed a hard right/left/right combination, including a hard body shot, about two minutes into the second round. Contreras looked more earnest about making it a dirty fight in the third round and worked his way inside by moving his upper body while throwing punches and switching stances. Moses, however, continued to land well to his foe's body.

Hard to argue anything other than a 3-0 margin—or 30-27 in points—on the scorecards.

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The main card starts off with Newark's own Zaquin Moses, a 21-year-old who's won his first seven bouts as a pro – including three by KO.

He'll meet 32-year-old Mexican export Angel Antonio Contreras, who's a less glamorous 18-10-2 as a pro and just 3-5 in his last eight.

They're set for eight rounds.