Tris Dixon covered his first amateur boxing fight in 1996. The former editor of Boxing News, he has written for a number of international publications and newspapers, including GQ and Men’s Health, and is a board member for the Ringside Charitable Trust and the Ring of Brotherhood. He has been a broadcaster for TNT Sports and hosts the popular “Boxing Life Stories” podcast. Dixon is a British Boxing Hall of Famer, an International Boxing Hall of Fame elector, a BWAA award winner, and is the author of five boxing books, including “Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing” (shortlisted for the William Hill Sportsbook of the Year), “Warrior: A Champion’s Search for His Identity” (shortlisted for the Sunday Times International Sportsbook of the Year) and “The Road to Nowhere: A Journey Through Boxing’s Wastelands.” You can reach him @trisdixon on X and Instagram.

Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan set to renew hostilities

ByTris Dixon

Jan 19, 2025 • 2:30 PM ET

Sandy Ryan Vs Mikaela Mayer

WBO welterweight titleholder Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan are heading closer to the next installment of their feud.

Las Vegas-based Mayer outscored Ryan last September at The Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City via majority decision in a superb contest – but one that was also marred by pre-fight controversy when Ryan was covered in paint by an assailant on her way to the venue.

They are set to renew acquaintances on the West Coast next time, probably in Las Vegas, at the end of March.

There had been bad blood before the bout last year. Ryan had previously set up camp in Las Vegas at DLX Boxing, which is where Mayer has been a fixture. Ryan then left, but she kept working with coach Kay Koroma. It led to ill feelings and verbal exchanges that were commonplace in the run-up to their fight, which Mayer won by margins of 97-93 and 96-94, with a third scorecard even at 95-95.