World champion Mikaela Mayer outpointed Briton Sandy Ryan for the second time to defend her WBO welterweight title in Las Vegas. American Mayer, 34, was the deserved winner in an entertaining rematch between the two bitter rivals. After some close early rounds, she dominated the middle of the fight with her higher punch output, shot...
Taylor will defend her light-welterweight undisputed titles in a trilogy bout against Amanda Serrano on 11 July at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The 38-year-old narrowly won both her previous encounters with Serrano, most recently a points decision in November in Texas. “If me and Amanda fought 100 times it would be a fight of...
I was heading to the venue as usual on a fight night, meeting my team in reception and getting ready to go to the venue. Suddenly, I got hit with a can of paint and when I looked up there was a guy running back to his car. You could call it a hit and...
Mikaela Mayer vs Sandy Ryan: WBO welterweight champion on Sandy Ryan paint attack before first fight
The incident took me by surprise but I was in fight mode and it didn’t happen to me, so I wasn’t flustered. If someone had thrown paint on me I would have slapped paint on the ass of my fight shorts and got on with it. I was concerned that she was going to pull...