New Jersey star high school wrestler Anthony Knox New York Post.
Knox and his father, Anthony Knox Sr., were detained after the fight at Collinswood High School went apart. Knox Jr. New Jersey title In his weight class.
Court documents obtained by the post and videos on social media showed a man allegedly Knox younger, sprinted into the stands and joined the high school fight.
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Anthony Knox of St. John Vianney (Peter Ackerman/US Network Today via Imagn Image)
“The defendant did enter the designated part of the opposition team in the District 25 wrestling match, where he continued to punch [redacted] “About the face and head of the face and head, this can cause bruises and pain in the right temple area,” the complaint document reads.
Knox Jr. is disqualified From participating in the competition until Mercer County Superior Court Judge Patrick Bartels granted his temporary restraining order from his injunction, allowing him to compete in the District 7 game 7.
Knox Jr. won the game and will compete for the fourth consecutive state championship this weekend.
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Knox Jr. issued a statement explaining why he joined the quarrel, saying his father approached the other team to resolve the alleged insult.
Knox Jr. “Insults were thrown at us. Apparently, my father approached the person who threw the insults and asked them to stop.
In response, I saw these people attacking my father forward, who was pulled down and completely surrounded by unruly people. My direct reaction was to get close to that section to help my parents and mother’s protection and safety.
St. John Vianney’s Anthony Knox took over Paul VI’s Owen Gardner in the final round of the District 25 wrestling match on February 22, 2025. Knox beat Gardner 17-2. (Imagn)
The Knox family also participated in an interview with ABC7, where Knox Sr. said “racial slander” on the mat below.
“[I] Seeing a group of adult men yelling racial slander, I have been training my son since I was 6 years old, cursing my son, cursing my wife. ” Former MMA fighter plane.
“As a man, I walked over, walked into the stands and asked that guy to stop. At that time, I was beaten. Never punched. Never hurt anyone. Never ran a bat like a bat, just threw a punch at someone else. No one happened. That didn’t happen.
NJSIAA’s initial response after reviewing the video evidence online was to disqualify the country’s 126-pound wrestler Knox Jr., a 126-pound heavyweight wrestler in the country’s championships. Then, after Bartels’ decision on the matter, the governing body said it would appeal the court’s ruling, they “Totally disagree.”
St. John Vianney’s Anthony Knox competes in the 126-pound quarterfinals match of the NJSIAA Regional 7 Championship on February 28, 2025 (Peter Ackerman/US Network Today via Imagn Image)
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Knox Jr., a crime matter for Cornell, had a “hard conversation” with future head coach Mike Gray, talking about the situation at Collinswood High School. Grey told NJ.com that Knox Jr.
Knox Jr. beat Lacey High School’s Aidan Flynn to win the District 7 title in the 126-pound weight class, which put himself in another match that would make him the state’s fifth wrestler to win the New Jersey championship of four-game winning streak.
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