Sandy Ryan: record, next fight and profile →
There’s little respect left between Sandy Ryan and Mikaela Mayer — and not just because they’ll be fighting this Friday, when Ryan will defend her WBO welterweight title against Mayer.
Mikaela Mayer has urged networks and promoters to do more to help grow women’s boxing. The 34-year-old is one of the sport’s most established stars and tops the bill at the Madison Square Garden Theater on Friday in a grudge match with bitter rival and WBO welterweight champion Sandy Ryan.
A trio of women’s world title fights are the main headliners for this week’s action, including two on Friday — Alycia Baumgardner vs. Delfine Persoon for the WBC junior lightweight belt, Sandy Ryan vs. Mikaela Mayer for the WBO welterweight belt — as well as Rhiannon Dixon vs. Terri Harper on Saturday for the WBO lightweight belt.
Puerto Rican junior middleweight Xander Zayas is ready for his sixth New York City appearance.
Sandy Ryan is to defend her WBO welterweight title against Mikaela Mayer at New York’s Madison Square Garden Theater on Sept. 27
As far as statement wins are concerned, it might be a while until there is a more emphatic one than Sandy Ryan’s March 23 four-round mauling of Terri Harper. It was supposed to be close. Ryan, a 30-year-old from Derby, was taking on a two-weight champion who in her last fight had boxed to a majority decision with veteran Cecilia Braekhaus – at super welterweight – but the likeable Harper was outgunned from the get-go by Ryan, who brought every puff of “the smoke” to the Sheffield Arena, to defend her world welterweight title.
Sandy Ryan ‘100 Per Cent’ Open To Mikaela Mayer Fight, But Natasha Jonas Is Also In The Frame For Mayer
WBO welterweight champion Sandy Ryan (7-1-1, 3 KOs) produced the best performance of her career with a one-sided aggressive display against the former two-weight world champion Terri Harper (14-2-2, 6 KOs).
Sandy Ryan successfully defended her WBO welterweight title win an impressive and one-sided win over Terri Harper.
Dalton Smith and Jose Zepeda Weigh In ahead of thier WBC International Super Lightweight Title fight tomorrow night.