John Ryder: record, next fight and profile →
Two-time Middleweight World Champion Daniel Jacobs insists that he still has plenty left to achieve in his career as he prepares to face Islington's John Ryder in an Eliminator for the WBA Super Middleweight World Title this Saturday February 12 at Alexandra Palace in London, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding New Zealand and Australia).
John Ryder says he is not bitter about his defeat to Callum Smith in 2019, but says that those feelings might come back one days if he does not lift a world title one day.
Daniel Jacobs’ upcoming super middleweight matchup against John Ryder at the Alexandra Palace in London on Feb. 12 could be the last fight of the “Miracle Man’s” career if he loses, according to Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn.
Two-time middleweight world champion Daniel Jacobs will collide with Britain's world rated super middleweight contender John Ryder at the famous Alexandra Palace in London on Saturday February 12, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding New Zealand and Australia).
Daniel Jacobs and John Ryder will fight February 12 at a London venue famous for hosting the PDC World Darts Championships each year.
Daniel Jacobs is close to securing his opportunity to redeem himself in a super middleweight fight. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that representatives for Jacobs and John Ryder have nearly completed a deal for them to meet in a 12-round super middleweight match February 12 in London. O2 Arena is among the potential venues for a main event DAZN will stream.
Eddie Hearn can’t envision any scenario in which Caleb Plant will upset Canelo Alvarez on November 6 in Las Vegas. The British promoter accordingly has mapped out a plan for Alvarez’s return to the ring after defeating Plant in their super middleweight title unification fight next month at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Hearn believes Alvarez – with whom his company, Matchroom Boxing, maintains a professional partnership – will want to conquer the light heavyweight division once he becomes the first fully unified 168-pound champion in the history of boxing’s four-belt era.
French heavyweight Mourad Aliev (born in Russia of Azerbaijani descent) has signed with German-Turkish promoter Ahmet Oner. Aliev won silver in the 2019 European championships at super heavyweight and fought in the 2021 Olympics in Japan where he got a lot of headlines for his protests after being disqualified against Frazer Clarke.
John Ryder continues to bide his time while awaiting his next big opportunity. The super middleweight contender tested the light heavyweight waters for his latest adventure, which came in a fifth-round stoppage of Slovakia’s Josef Jurko. Friday evening at Worthersee Stadium in Klagenfurt, Austria. No knockdowns were scored in the one-sided fight that saw Jurko stopped on his feet at 1:25 of round five.
Dmitry Bivol could next defend his WBA light heavyweight title against John Ryder after his hopes of facing Saul “Canelo” Alvarez were dashed. The Russian had been put forward as an alternative opponent for Canelo when talks for an undisputed world super-middleweight title fight with Caleb Plant seemed to be going nowhere. But a deal was finally sealed last week for that fight to go ahead in November, leaving Bivol looking for another challenger.