It was always going to be a tough act to follow: Wembley Stadium, 90-something-thousand fans, a heavyweight upset, a stunning one-punch finish. And yet, one week after Daniel Dubois came of age against Anthony Joshua, boxing fans were treated to thre...
Sandy Ryan’s promoter Eddie Hearn said the New York Police Department has launched an investigation into the former WBO welterweight champion getting splashed with red paint as she left her hotel to defend her belt against Mikaela Mayer at Madison Sq...
As far as omens go, getting splashed with a can of red paint after leaving her hotel was hardly a good one for Sandy Ryan last night (September 27) in New York. She was just two and a half hours from fighting Mikaela Mayer in defence of her WBO women...
Mikaela Mayer’s ambition has her running toward challenges rather than from them. The decorated 2016 Rio Olympian and former world champion is 19-2 (5 KOs) and only wants big fights. On Friday night, she tops the bill at Madison Square Garden’s...
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I’m not above causing a little trouble. So after asking Rick Ramos if his wife, Jessica McCaskill, might get the itch to break off her retirement after watching this Friday’s bout between Sandy Ryan and Mikaela Mayer, he told me to repeat the questio...
Tensions threatened to flare as WBO women’s welterweight champion Sandy Ryan and former junior lightweight titleholder Mikaela Mayer both successfully made weight, setting the stage for their clash Friday night at Madison Square Garden’s Theater.
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...
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...
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